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