SoCon Announces Fall Academic All-Conference

345 Student-Athletes Earn Recognition for Academic Achievements

SPARTANBURG, S.C. - The Southern Conference today announced its Academic All-Conference team for the 2010 fall season. A total of 345 student-athletes, representing all 12 Southern Conference institutions, were named to the team.

The 345 student-athletes, which participated in football, volleyball, men's and women's soccer and men's and women's cross country recorded a 3.56 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.

Eleven student-athletes have maintained perfect 4.0 cumulative GPAs, including Chattanooga's David Moore and Christina Teter, The Citadel's Shanna Couch, Elon's Katelynn O'Dunne, Georgia Southern's Moriah Bellissimo, UNCG's Peyton Ford and Ashley Schnell, Western Carolina's Carrie Minogue, Morgan Turner and Lindsay Carter and Wofford's Rachel Woodlee.

To be eligible, student-athletes must carry at least a 3.2 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.

The women's soccer programs supplied the greatest number of honorees with 85, followed by football and women's cross country which each had 65 players qualify.

Among institutions, Elon had the highest number of academic all-conference team members with 42. Appalachian State (36), Chattanooga (35), The Citadel (33) and Wofford (31) also had at least 30 student-athletes honored as well.