Southern Conference Announces Winter Academic All-Conference

160 Student-Athletes Earn Recognition for Academic Achievements

SPARTANBURG, S.C. ? The Southern Conference announced its 2008-09 Winter Academic All-Conference team today, and a total of 160 student-athletes, representing all 12 Southern Conference institutions, were named to the team.

The 160 student-athletes, which participated in men’s and women’s basketball, wrestling and men’s and women’s indoor track and field, averaged a 3.54 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.

Chattanooga junior distance runner David Moore, the eighth-place finisher in the 3,000-meter run at the 2009 SoCon Indoor Track and Field Championships, led the way with a perfect 4.0 GPA.

To be eligible, a student-athlete must possess at least a 3.2 cumulative grade point average entering the winter season and must have competed in at least one-half of their team’s competitions during the recently-concluded campaign.

This is the seventh year that the Southern Conference has named an Academic All-Conference Team by season.

Western Carolina placed a league-high 23 student-athletes on the list followed by Appalachian State’s 21 and Chattanooga’s 16. A total of 103 indoor track and field athletes were honored (45 men, 58 women), in addition to 39 from women’s basketball.