Six Eagles Named to SoCon Winter Academic All-Conference Team
4/3/2013 6:02:00 PM | Women's Basketball
STATESBORO, Ga. - Six Georgia Southern student-athletes were selected to the Winter Academic All-Southern Conference Team as announced by the league office on Wednesday.
In all 177 student-athletes were selected from the league's 12 member institutions. The Academic All-Conference team honors student-athletes from men's and women's basketball, men's and women's indoor track and field and wrestling.
Women's basketball led the way for the Eagles with five selections, while Sara Curry represented the women's indoor track & field team. Anna Claire Knight posted the top GPA on the women's basketball team with a 3.78. Jordi Cook, MiMi DuBose, Meredyth Frye and Ronnesha Smith were also Winter Academic All-Conference selections.
To be eligible, student-athletes must carry at least a 3.3 cumulative GPA entering the winter season and were required to compete in at least one-half of their teams' competitions during the recently concluded winter campaign. In addition, the student-athletes must have successfully completed at least 24 credit hours in the previous two semesters.
The league's 12 women's indoor track and field teams provided the most academic all-conference members with 72, followed by men's indoor track and field with 52 and women's basketball with 36.
Among member institutions, Appalachian State led all schools with 28 members on the academic all-conference team. Western Carolina followed with 23, while Samford was third with 18.
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