Twenty-six UNCG student-athletes take Academic All-SoCon honors

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Twenty-six UNC Greensboro student-athletes earned spots on the Spring Academic All-Southern Conference Team, the league office announced recently. The team included 320 student-athletes from all 12 member schools, representing the sports of men's and women's golf, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's outdoor track and field, baseball and softball.

To be eligible, student-athletes had to own a 3.2 cumulative grade point average entering the spring semester.

UNCG's softball team led the way for the Spartans with six selections, followed by men's outdoor track and field with five and women's golf and women's tennis with four each. Men's golf had three honorees, women's outdoor track and field had two and baseball and men's tennis had one each.

Fourteen of the 26 UNCG student-athletes sported a 3.5 gpa or better, led by women's golfer Sofia Aidemark's 3.92 effort.

Student-Athlete          Cl.     Hometown                      Sport                             GPA        Major

Rob Gilliam                  Jr.     Chapel Hill, N.C.             Baseball                        3.28         Political Science

Darragh Coghlan        So.    Dublin, Ireland                 Men's Golf                    3.22         Physics

David Heyen                Sr.     New London, N.C.          Men's Golf                    3.41         Business Studies

John Isenhour             So.    Hickory, N.C.                   Men's Golf                    3.38        International Business

Andrew Cline               So.    Washingtonville, N.Y.    MO Track & Field         3.70         Undecided

Corey Bowen               Jr.     Asheville, N.C.                 MO Track & Field         3.74         Pre-Accounting

Justin Ruppe                Jr.     Rutherfordton, N.C.        MO Track & Field         3.34         Bio-Chemistry (Pre-med)

Lincoln Bennett           Jr.     King, N.C.                        MO Track & Field         3.73         History

Ryan Solomon             Jr.     Hope Mills, N.C.              MO Track & Field         3.34         Special Education

Andrey Bubnov            Sr.     Belgorod, Russia            Men's Tennis               3.70         International Business

Emily Akiyama              Jr.     Kirkland, Wash.              Softball                          3.70         ESS - Sports Medicine

Kayla Hensley              So.    Durham, Calif.                  Softball                          3.52         Elementary Education

Laura Olenderski         Jr.     Lewes, Del.                      Softball                          3.75         Marketing

Lyndsay Mouse           Sr.     McGuire AFB, N.J.           Softball                          3.34         ESS - Sports Medicine

Mary Catherine Vercoe         Sr.                                     Signal Mountain, Tenn.              Softball   3.61         Finance

Whitney Sirois             Jr.     Hope Mills, N.C.              Softball                          3.32         Nursing

Annelie Weimenhog   Jr.     Kattarp, Sweden              Women's Golf              3.29         Commericial Recreation

Erica Creed                  So.    Kernersville, N.C.            Women's Golf              3.54         Communiations Studies

Jennifer Link                Sr.     Mooresville, N.C.            Women's Golf              3.38         Speech Pathology

Sofia Aidemark             Jr.     Laholm, Sweden             Women's Golf              3.92         Communiations Studies

Courtney Fawcett         Jr.     Chester, N.H.                   WO Track & Field        3.58         Nursing

Mary Ann Rutz              Jr.     Cary, N.C.                        WO Track & Field        3.65         ESS - Sports Medicine

Arielle VonStrolley       Sr.     Ocho Rios, Jamaica       Women's Tennis         3.77         ESS - Sports Medicine

Jess Eblen                    Jr.     Hendersonville, N.C.      Women's Tennis         3.82         Political Science

Sarah Templeton         Sr.     Boulder, Colo.                 Women's Tennis         3.20         Social Work

Valerie Behr                  Jr.     Wesel, Germany             Women's Tennis         3.40         International Business