Mercer Leads SoCon in 2018-19 Academic All-Conference Selections

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Mercer Leads SoCon in 2018-19 Academic All-Conference Selections

6/25/2019 4:01:00 PM | Baseball, Men's Basketball, Men's Golf, Men's Lacrosse, Men's Tennis, Softball, Women's Basketball, Women's Golf, Women's Lacrosse, Track & Field, Women's Tennis, Academics

Mercer paced the league with 110 total selections on fall, spring teams

By: Gerrit W. Van Genderen

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Mercer University's 18 athletics programs ranked atop the Southern Conference with 110 total academic all-conference selections during the 2018-19 academic year.

The Bears placed 65 student-athletes on the 2019 Spring Academic All-SoCon Team, which was announced by the league office on Tuesday. Mercer had previously placed 45 student-athletes on the 2018 Fall Academic All-SoCon Team.

It is the fourth consecutive academic year that Mercer has led the SoCon in total academic all-conference selections; 113 in 2017-18, 113 in 2016-17 and 97 in 2015-16. This year Mercer ranked ahead of Samford (107) and ETSU (107) in total academic all-conference selections.

For a full list of the 2019 spring academic all-conference selections, click here.

Four Mercer programs that were included in the spring academic all-conference honorees – baseball (11), men's golf (5), men's tennis (5) and women's basketball (4) – led or were tied for the most selections among their respective sports. Mercer also had four individual student-athletes earn perfect 4.0 grade point averages as well.

To be eligible for the academic all-conference team, student-athletes must carry at least a 3.3 cumulative GPA at the conclusion of the spring semester and were required to compete in at least one-half of their teams' competitions. 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.

Mercer 2019 Spring Academic All-SoCon Team Selections
Jordan Ammons, Baseball
Kyle Bialousz, Baseball
Alex Crotty, Baseball
Kyle Dockus, Baseball
Sawyer Gipson-Long, Baseball
Tanner Hall, Baseball
Andrew Kane, Baseball
Taylor Lobus, Baseball
David Posas, Baseball
Nick Spear, Baseball
RJ Yeager, Baseball
Victor Bafutto, Men's Basketball
Jaylen Stowe, Men's Basketball
Spencer Ball, Men's Golf
Brennan Bogdanovich, Men's Golf
Tyler Copp, Men's Golf
Lino Galdin, Men's Golf
Stanton Schorr, Men's Golf
Pascal Coombs, Men's Lacrosse
Will McCarthy, Men's Lacrosse
Hank Morgan, Men's Lacrosse
Michael O'Brien, Men's Lacrosse
Michael Quinn, Men's Lacrosse
Nick Rockefeller, Men's Lacrosse
Jake Sadd, Men's Lacrosse
Luke Sadd, Men's Lacrosse
Carver Arant, Men's Tennis
Fernando Guardia, Men's Tennis
Nicolas Guillon, Men's Tennis
Olivier Stuart, Men's Tennis
Stathis Tsiranidis, Men's Tennis
Danielle Castleberry, Softball
Allie Jones, Softball
Catie Josselet, Softball
Megan Lane, Softball
Stella Preston, Softball
Amanda Schwartz, Softball
Linnea Rosendal, Women's Basketball
Amanda Thompson, Women's Basketball
Shannon Titus, Women's Basketball
Ally Welch, Women's Basketball
Mary Janiga, Women's Golf
Tiffany Kim, Women's Golf
Karina Kukkonen, Women's Golf
Lauren Lightfritz, Women's Golf
Kendall Garrett, Women's Lacrosse
Michaela Lucas, Women's Lacrosse
Katie Martin, Women's Lacrosse
Lilly Morin, Women's Lacrosse
Audrey Robertson, Women's Lacrosse
Katie Ryan, Women's Lacrosse
Natalie Sannes, Women's Lacrosse
Catie Snee, Women's Lacrosse
Eva Thorn, Women's Lacrosse
Cailey Thornburg, Women's Lacrosse
Lauren Dancy, Track & Field
Myranda Ham, Track & Field
Marina Van Sickle, Track & Field
Cherrish Wright, Track & Field
Christie Cesarini, Women's Tennis
Marie Mottet, Women's Tennis
Maeva Roquebert, Women's Tennis
Celine Schepers, Women's Tennis
Katie Sidor, Women's Tennis
Anna Sovic, Women's Tennis

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