Mercer Places SoCon-Best 52 on Fall Academic All-Conference Team
1/17/2017 11:46:00 AM | Football, General, Men's Cross Country, Men's Soccer, Women's Cross Country, Women's Golf, Women's Soccer, Volleyball, Athletics Department, Academics
SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Mercer University placed a Southern Conference-best 52 student-athletes on the Fall Academic All-Conference team, the league office announced Tuesday. The announcement marked Mercer's third consecutive fall semester in which it has led the conference in academic all-conference selections.
The 52 student-athletes to earn Fall Academic All-SoCon honors are Mercer's most since joining the league in 2014 and bests Mercer's past two fall marks of 50 and 40 in 2015 and 2014, respectively.
Each fall athletic program at Mercer placed at least two student-athletes on the academic all-conference team: football (18), women's soccer (13), volleyball (8), men's soccer (6), women's cross country (5) and men's cross country (2). Of those figures, Mercer led the SoCon in football, women's soccer and volleyball selections.
The Bears also paced the conference with three of the nine total student-athletes who maintained perfect 4.0 cumulative GPAs: Courtney Czerniak (women's cross country), Corey Lockett (football) and Tori Penrod (volleyball).
To be eligible for the academic all-conference team, student-athletes must carry at least a 3.3 cumulative GPA entering the fall season and were required to compete in at least one-half of their teams' competitions during the recently concluded campaign. In addition, the student-athletes must have successfully completed at least three semesters at their institutions, making true freshmen and first-year transfers ineligible for inclusion.
Bears on the SoCon Fall Academic All-Conference Team
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The 52 student-athletes to earn Fall Academic All-SoCon honors are Mercer's most since joining the league in 2014 and bests Mercer's past two fall marks of 50 and 40 in 2015 and 2014, respectively.
Each fall athletic program at Mercer placed at least two student-athletes on the academic all-conference team: football (18), women's soccer (13), volleyball (8), men's soccer (6), women's cross country (5) and men's cross country (2). Of those figures, Mercer led the SoCon in football, women's soccer and volleyball selections.
The Bears also paced the conference with three of the nine total student-athletes who maintained perfect 4.0 cumulative GPAs: Courtney Czerniak (women's cross country), Corey Lockett (football) and Tori Penrod (volleyball).
To be eligible for the academic all-conference team, student-athletes must carry at least a 3.3 cumulative GPA entering the fall season and were required to compete in at least one-half of their teams' competitions during the recently concluded campaign. In addition, the student-athletes must have successfully completed at least three semesters at their institutions, making true freshmen and first-year transfers ineligible for inclusion.
Bears on the SoCon Fall Academic All-Conference Team
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| Justin Hanson | Mercer | So. | Crestwood, Ky. | Men's cross country |
| McHenry Power | Mercer | So. | Acworth, Ga. | Men's cross country |
| Bethanie Bailey | Mercer | So. | Warner Robins, Ga. | Women's cross country |
| Courtney Czerniak | Mercer | Jr. | Suwanee, Ga. | Women's cross country |
| Shannon Millikin | Mercer | Sr. | Stockbridge, Ga. | Women's cross country |
| Victoria Rogers | Mercer | Sr. | Gainesville, Ga. | Women's cross country |
| Brianna Wahy | Mercer | Sr. | Melbourne, Fla. | Women's cross country |
| Oluwatosin Aguebor | Mercer | Sr. | Johns Creek, Ga. | Football |
| Samuel Arrington | Mercer | R-Sr. | Johns Creek, Ga. | Football |
| Lemarkus Bailey | Mercer | Jr. | Marietta, Ga. | Football |
| Robert Brown | Mercer | Sr. | Nashville, Tenn. | Football |
| Sytavious Brown | Mercer | R-Sr. | Cordele, Ga. | Football |
| Tanner Brumby | Mercer | R-So. | Jasper, Ga. | Football |
| Coleman Fisher | Mercer | So. | Walnut Grove, Ga. | Football |
| Michael Gray | Mercer | Sr. | Jacksonville, Fla. | Football |
| Brandon Gurley | Mercer | R-So. | Huntsville, Ala. | Football |
| Dorian Kithcart | Mercer | R-Fr. | Norcross, Ga. | Football |
| Clifford Kleckley | Mercer | Sr. | Macon, Ga. | Football |
| Philip Lieb | Mercer | Jr. | Port Orange, Fla. | Football |
| Corey Lockett | Mercer | Sr. | Warner Robins, Ga. | Football |
| Thomas Marchman | Mercer | Jr. | Gainesville, Ga. | Football |
| Steven Nixon | Mercer | R-Fr. | Kennesaw, Ga. | Football |
| John Russ | Mercer | Sr. | Buford, Ga. | Football |
| Tyler Ward | Mercer | Sr. | Macon, Ga. | Football |
| Charles Yates | Mercer | Jr. | Murfreesboro, Tenn. | Football |
| Ian Antley | Mercer | Sr. | Sharpsburg, Ga. | Men's soccer |
| William Antley | Mercer | R-Jr. | Sharpsburg, Ga. | Men's soccer |
| Priest Blackstock | Mercer | Jr. | Marietta, Ga. | Men's soccer |
| Jeremy Booth | Mercer | R-Jr. | Norcross, Ga. | Men's soccer |
| Jake Mezei | Mercer | So. | Kennesaw, Ga. | Men's soccer |
| Gabriel Tucker | Mercer | R-So. | Virginia Beach, Va. | Men's soccer |
| Mary Barrett | Mercer | Sr. | Brandon, Fla. | Women's soccer |
| Valeria Bermeo | Mercer | Jr. | Auburn, Ga. | Women's soccer |
| Jorden Christensen | Mercer | So. | Trabuco Canyon, Calif. | Women's soccer |
| Madison Clark | Mercer | R-Sr. | Peachtree Corners, Ga. | Women's soccer |
| Katelyn Dimopoulos | Mercer | Sr. | Cochrane, Alberta | Women's soccer |
| Kaitlyn McBride | Mercer | Sr. | Peachtree City, Ga. | Women's soccer |
| Haley McDuffee | Mercer | So. | Plano, Texas | Women's soccer |
| Cristina Mursuli | Mercer | Sr. | Inverness, Ill. | Women's soccer |
| Abigail Reddig | Mercer | Sr. | Fayetteville, Ga. | Women's soccer |
| Isabel Rothschadl | Mercer | Jr. | Carrollton, Ga. | Women's soccer |
| Caroline Smith | Mercer | So. | Augusta, Ga. | Women's soccer |
| Haleigh Svede | Mercer | Sr. | Minisink, N.Y. | Women's soccer |
| Jamilah Tejan | Mercer | Sr. | Trabuco Canyon, Calif. | Women's soccer |
| Paige Alsten | Mercer | So. | Lighthouse Point, Fla. | Volleyball |
| Maria Avramova | Mercer | So. | Sofia, Bulgaria | Volleyball |
| Danielle Faust | Mercer | So. | Reading, Pa. | Volleyball |
| Emily Krogman | Mercer | Jr. | San Diego, Calif. | Volleyball |
| Morgan MacGilvary | Mercer | Jr. | Plano, Texas | Volleyball |
| Gabriella Meyering | Mercer | Jr. | Augusta, Ga. | Volleyball |
| Victoria Penrod | Mercer | Sr. | Jupiter, Fla. | Volleyball |
| Heather Swann | Mercer | So. | Mertztown, Pa. | Volleyball |
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