On Jan 19, the Southern Conference announced its Fall-Academic Team. In total, there are 411 student-athletes from the SoCon who earned a spot on the team. ETSU led all schools with 57 dedicated student-athletes on the academic all-conference list.
To be considered for this honor, student-athletes must have at least a 3.3 cumulative grade-point average at the end of the fall semester and were also required to compete in at least one-half of their team’s competitions. Lastly, students must have successfully completed at least three semesters at their respective institutions.
For the Buccaneers, women’s soccer had 14 players on the list, football and men’s soccer each had 12, volleyball had 10, and both men’s and women’s cross country combined for nine players being named academic all-conference.
Across the SoCon, 31 student-athletes maintained a perfect 4.0 grade-point-average. ETSU had five Bucs make this exclusive list. Men’s cross country runners Mason Brandon (Greenville, Tenn.) and Josh Krafsur (Fort Collins, Colo.), Josh Hancock (Torbay, England) who is on the men’s soccer team, Rachel Reid (Maryville, Tenn.) of the women’s soccer team, and the volleyball team’s Taylor Roberts (Sneads, Fla.) all have 4.0 GPAs.
This year, there were 411 total selections and 31 perfect GPAs, which is the second-most selections in each category. Last year, the record was set as there were 422 total selections and 37 perfect GPAs.
