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.
AGATE
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
Women’s Basketball
Jasmine
Dixon
Sr. Reston,
VA
Communication (Master’s)
Agne
Girstautaite
Fr-r Kaunas,
Lithuania
Pre-International Business
Gini
Grimsley
Jr. Fairmont,
NC
Exercise and Sport Science
Meghan Chamberlain
Sr. Lake Mary,
FL
Exercise and Sport Science
Women’s Indoor Track and Field
Jess
Weber
Sr. Lofton,
VA
Conflict Resolution (Master’s)
Mary Ann
Rutz
So. Cary,
NC
Exercise and Sports Science
Courtney
Fawcett
So. Chester,
NH
Pre-Nursing
Sherrika
Jordan
Fr-r Charlotte,
NC
Exercise and Sport Science
Wrestling
Jeff
Hedges
Sr. Mt. Havre,
MT
Exercise and Sport Science
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