UNCG student-athletes named to Winter Academic All-Conference Team

SPARTANBURG, SC – Twelve UNCG student-athletes were named to the Southern Conference Academic All-Conference Team for the 2007-08 winter seasons. A total of 137 student-athletes in five sports, representing all 11 Southern Conference institutions, were named to the team.

The 137 student-athletes averaged a 3.56 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.

UNCG’s Jess Weber was one of four student-athletes that posted a perfect 4.0 grade point average. She is joined by women’s basketball players Amy Mohr of Chattanooga and Jessica Geiger of Georgia Southern and women’s indoor track and field athlete Jodi Whittle of The Citadel.

The UNCG’s women’s basketball team and women’s indoor track and field each placed four student-athletes on the squad, highlighted by Weber’s 4.0. Student-athletes from the men’s indoor track and field team and wrestling were also represented.

The league’s women’s indoor track and field teams placed 62 student-athletes on the academic team while 32 women’s basketball players were honored. Western Carolina led the way among schools with 22 selections, followed by Chattanooga (17) and Davidson (14).

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

UNCG students are listed according to sport. Included are the year, hometown and major.

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Men’s Indoor Track and Field
Lincoln Bennett             So.       King, NC                       History
Justin Ruppe                 So.       Rutherfordton, NC         Chemistry (Pre-med)Ryan Solomon              So.       Hope Mills, NC              Special Education