22 Eagles Named Fall Academic All-Conference
SPARTANBURG, S.C. - Georgia Southern earned 22 slots on the 2012 Southern Conference Fall Academic All-Conference team as announced on Thursday afternoon, December 15th.
Two Eagles, Football's Adrian Mora (Dalton, Ga.) and Volleyball's Moriah Bellissimo (Blackstone, Va.) kept their perfect 4.0 GPAs alive. Overall, seventeen SoCon student-athletes accomplished the feat.
To be eligible, student-athletes must carry at least a 3.3 cumulative grade point average entering the fall season and were required to compete in at least one-half of their team's competitions during the recently-concluded fall campaign. In addition, the student-athletes must have successfully completed at least 24 credit hours in the previous two semesters.
Georgia Southern was led by the Women's Soccer team which posted eight honorees, followed by Men's Soccer at five and Volleyball at four. The Eagle Cross Country team earned three nods, while the GSU Football team garnered two spots.
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| Name | Sport | Class | Hometown | GPA | Major |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adrian Mora | Football | Gr. | Dalton, Ga. | 4.00 | Business |
| Billy Greer | Football | Sr. | Crosby, Texas | 3.83 | Finance |
| Roberto Lopez | Men's Soccer | So. | Tegucigalpa, Honduras | 3.73 | Civil Engineering |
| Trent Doty | Men's Soccer | So. | Statesboro, Ga. | 3.57 | Pre-Business |
| Aleksandar Tomic | Men's Soccer | Jr. | Sydney, Australia | 3.45 | Construction Management |
| Hunter Norton | Men's Soccer | So. | Evans, Ga. | 3.37 | Psychology |
| Witt Carlisle | Men's Soccer | Jr. | Alpharetta, Ga. | 3.34 | Sport Management |
| Moriah Bellissimo | Volleyball | Jr. | Blackstone, Va. | 4.00 | Nutrition/Food Science |
| Lauren Larocque | Volleyball | So. | Frisco, Texas | 3.83 | Biology |
| Enjoli Johnson | Volleyball | So. | Lilburn, Ga. | 3.82 | Psychology |
| Kate Van Dyke | Volleyball | Jr. | Shawnee, Kan. | 3.69 | Psychology |
| Brittani Martin | Cross Country | Sr. | Alpharetta, Ga. | 3.80 | Early Childhood Education |
| Sara Curry | Cross Country | Jr. | Lawrenceville, Ga. | 3.77 | Recreation |
| Asea Mayfield | Cross Country | So. | Marietta, Ga. | 3.54 | Early Childhood Education |
| McKenna Storey | Women's Soccer | Jr. | Medford, Ore. | 3.86 | International Studies |
| Katie Merson | Women's Soccer | So. | Albuquerque, N.M. | 3.76 | Nursing |
| Alex Murphy | Women's Soccer | So. | Cincinnati, Ohio | 3.57 | Justice Studies |
| Lindsay Hammer | Women's Soccer | So. | Evans, Ga. | 3.55 | Early Childhood Education |
| Courtney Collins | Women's Soccer | Jr. | Mason, Ohio | 3.54 | Psychology |
| Morgan Springer | Women's Soccer | Jr. | Mandeville, La. | 3.48 | Exercise Science |
| Sara Oland | Women's Soccer | Sr. | Evans, Ga. | 3.40 | Middle Grades Education |
| Sydney Keer | Women's Soccer | So. | Gambrills, Md. | 3.35 | Exercise Science |
- Category: Athletics
- Published on Friday, 23 December 2011 02:07
