Mercer Places 76 Student-Athletes on Spring 2020 Academic All-SoCon Team
6/24/2020 10:52:00 AM | Baseball, General, 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, Athletics Department
Two student-athletes achieved a perfect 4.0 GPA
SPARTANBURG, SC – The Mercer Bears placed 76 student-athletes on the Spring 2020 Academic All-Southern Conference Team, the league office announced Wednesday morning. A total of 621 student-athletes earned a record 742 spots.
The spring's 742 selections are the most for any academic all-conference team in the history of the SoCon, which began selecting teams in the winter of 2002-03 and selected fall, winter and spring teams through 2014-15. Beginning in 2015-16, the winter and spring teams were combined, with those student-athletes honored after the spring semester. The previous record was 581 selections last year. It should be noted that because of the COVID-19 pandemic, some schools instituted measures of academic relief this year.
Eight of the SoCon's 10 full-time institutions had at least 55 honorees this year, representing the sports of men's and women's basketball, men's and women's indoor track and field, rifle, wrestling, men's and women's golf, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's outdoor track and field, men's and women's tennis, baseball and softball.
Mercer's 76 selections included 15 from baseball, 14 from men's and women's lacrosse, 8 from softball, 5 from women's outdoor track and field, 4 from men's basketball, men's tennis, women's tennis, men's golf, and 2 from both women's basketball and women's golf.
Two Bears – softball's Allie Jones and men's tennis' Sachin Khurana both continued to maintain a perfect 4.0 GPA, joining a group of 25 student-athletes within the league. The 25 athletes combined for a total of 30 perfect GPAs, the third highest in Southern Conference, trailing only 38 (2019) and 31 (2018).
To be eligible for the academic all-conference team, student-athletes must carry at least a 3.3 cumulative grade point average at the conclusion of the spring semester. Because of the cancelation of the spring season, the usual participation requirement for honorees to compete in at least one-half of their teams' competitions was modified for this year only to include projected starters and key contributors. 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's 2020 Spring Academic All-SoCon Team Selections
Baseball (15)
Jordan Ammons
Trevor Austin
Le Bassett
Will Bowdoin
Angelo DiSpigna
Kyle Dockus
Zach Graveno
Tommy Green
Tanner Hall
Jackson Kelley
Taylor Lobus
Garrett Mathes
Brandon Michie
Collin Price
RJ Yeager
Women's Lacrosse (14)
Samantha Brown       Â
Molly Dankowski       Â
Haley Gerold            Â
Caroline Kerr            Â
Hannah Lind             Â
Michaela Lucas     Â
Katie Martin        Â
Lily Morin         Â
Emma Pizzo        Â
Katie Ryan      Â
Natalie Sannes           Â
Catie Snee        Â
Eva Thorn                 Â
Cailey Thornburg     Â
Men's Lacrosse (14)
Jean-Luc Brown
Sean Goldsmith
Bradley Hodoval
Tim Kroneberger
Garrett LeClaire
Jackson Mahoney
Will McCarthy
Michael Quinn
Nick Rockefeller
Luke Sadd
Daniel Shumake
John Tarver
Clay Welch
Ashton Wood
Softball (8)
Tori Ash
Danielle Castleberry
Kenlie Harvey
Allie Jones
Bailey Pattison
Micayla Rood
Amanda Schwartz
Abby Walsh
Women's Track & Field (5)
Sydney Campbell       Â
Lauryn Dancy       Â
Tessola Duncan        Â
Marion Meadows       Â
Cherrish Wright
Men's Basketball (4)
Victor Bafutto
Djordje Dimitrijevic
Ethan Stair
Patrick Urey
Men's Golf (4)
Spencer Ball
Tyler Copp
Lino Galdin
Martin Plukka
Men's Tennis (4)
Carver Arant
Sachin Khurana
Olivier Stuart
Stathis Tsiranidis
Women's Tennis (4)
Alara Hollyfield           Â
Marie Mottet             Â
Maeva Roquebert     Â
Anna Sovic         Â
Women's Basketball (2)
Emily Stradling
Shannon Titus
Women's Golf (2)
Lauren Lightfritz    Â
Carol Pyon
To view a complete list of the spring 2020 honorees, click here
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The spring's 742 selections are the most for any academic all-conference team in the history of the SoCon, which began selecting teams in the winter of 2002-03 and selected fall, winter and spring teams through 2014-15. Beginning in 2015-16, the winter and spring teams were combined, with those student-athletes honored after the spring semester. The previous record was 581 selections last year. It should be noted that because of the COVID-19 pandemic, some schools instituted measures of academic relief this year.
Eight of the SoCon's 10 full-time institutions had at least 55 honorees this year, representing the sports of men's and women's basketball, men's and women's indoor track and field, rifle, wrestling, men's and women's golf, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's outdoor track and field, men's and women's tennis, baseball and softball.
Mercer's 76 selections included 15 from baseball, 14 from men's and women's lacrosse, 8 from softball, 5 from women's outdoor track and field, 4 from men's basketball, men's tennis, women's tennis, men's golf, and 2 from both women's basketball and women's golf.
Two Bears – softball's Allie Jones and men's tennis' Sachin Khurana both continued to maintain a perfect 4.0 GPA, joining a group of 25 student-athletes within the league. The 25 athletes combined for a total of 30 perfect GPAs, the third highest in Southern Conference, trailing only 38 (2019) and 31 (2018).
To be eligible for the academic all-conference team, student-athletes must carry at least a 3.3 cumulative grade point average at the conclusion of the spring semester. Because of the cancelation of the spring season, the usual participation requirement for honorees to compete in at least one-half of their teams' competitions was modified for this year only to include projected starters and key contributors. 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's 2020 Spring Academic All-SoCon Team Selections
Baseball (15)
Jordan Ammons
Trevor Austin
Le Bassett
Will Bowdoin
Angelo DiSpigna
Kyle Dockus
Zach Graveno
Tommy Green
Tanner Hall
Jackson Kelley
Taylor Lobus
Garrett Mathes
Brandon Michie
Collin Price
RJ Yeager
Women's Lacrosse (14)
Samantha Brown       Â
Molly Dankowski       Â
Haley Gerold            Â
Caroline Kerr            Â
Hannah Lind             Â
Michaela Lucas     Â
Katie Martin        Â
Lily Morin         Â
Emma Pizzo        Â
Katie Ryan      Â
Natalie Sannes           Â
Catie Snee        Â
Eva Thorn                 Â
Cailey Thornburg     Â
Men's Lacrosse (14)
Jean-Luc Brown
Sean Goldsmith
Bradley Hodoval
Tim Kroneberger
Garrett LeClaire
Jackson Mahoney
Will McCarthy
Michael Quinn
Nick Rockefeller
Luke Sadd
Daniel Shumake
John Tarver
Clay Welch
Ashton Wood
Softball (8)
Tori Ash
Danielle Castleberry
Kenlie Harvey
Allie Jones
Bailey Pattison
Micayla Rood
Amanda Schwartz
Abby Walsh
Women's Track & Field (5)
Sydney Campbell       Â
Lauryn Dancy       Â
Tessola Duncan        Â
Marion Meadows       Â
Cherrish Wright
Men's Basketball (4)
Victor Bafutto
Djordje Dimitrijevic
Ethan Stair
Patrick Urey
Men's Golf (4)
Spencer Ball
Tyler Copp
Lino Galdin
Martin Plukka
Men's Tennis (4)
Carver Arant
Sachin Khurana
Olivier Stuart
Stathis Tsiranidis
Women's Tennis (4)
Alara Hollyfield           Â
Marie Mottet             Â
Maeva Roquebert     Â
Anna Sovic         Â
Women's Basketball (2)
Emily Stradling
Shannon Titus
Women's Golf (2)
Lauren Lightfritz    Â
Carol Pyon
To view a complete list of the spring 2020 honorees, click here
Follow the Bears
For complete coverage of Mercer Athletics, please follow the Bears on social media at @MercerBears (Twitter), /MercerAthletics (Facebook) and @MercerAthletics (Instagram) or visit the official home of Mercer Athletics at MercerBears.com.
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