Davidson Places 21 on 2010-11 Winter Academic All-SoCon Team

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SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Southern Conference announced its Academic All-Conference team for the 2010-11 winter season Thursday, which included 21 Davidson student-athletes.

A total of 191 student-athletes, representing all 12 Southern Conference institutions, were named to the team. The student-athletes, which participated in men's and women's basketball, men's and women's indoor track and field and wrestling, recorded a 3.55 grade point average on a 4.0 scale.

To be eligible, student-athletes must carry at least a 3.2 cumulative grade point average entering the winter season and were required to compete in at least one-half of their team's competitions during the recently concluded winter campaign. In addition, the student-athletes must have successfully completed at least 24 credit hours in the previous two semesters.

The women's indoor track and field programs supplied the greatest number of honorees with 86, followed by men's indoor track and field with 42 and women's basketball with 32. The Wildcats' women's indoor track and field team led Davidson with seven honorees.

Among institutions, Samford had the highest number of academic all-conference team members with 24. Western Carolina (23), Elon (22) and Davidson (21) also had at least 20 student-athletes honored as well.

Seven student-athletes have maintained perfect 4.0 cumulative GPAs, including Chattanooga's David Moore, Morgan Buchanan and Shelley Taylor, The Citadel's Natalie Wolin, Elon's Katelynn O'Dunne, UNCG's Ashley Schnell and Western Carolina's Morgan Turner.

SoCon Winter Academic All-Conference 2010-11 - Davidson
Men's Basketball (2)
JP Kuhlman
Brendan McKillop

Women's Basketball (1)
Katrin Chiemeka

Men's Indoor Track & Field (6)
Greg Marcil
Demetrios Pagonis
Jonathan Koch
Bryce Jones
Wes Reynolds
Ryan Hopkins

Women's Indoor Track & Field (7)
Jena Manilla
Erin Lupfer
Jane Gay
Haley Holway
Natalie Atabek
Anna Armistead
Sarah Cline

Wrestling (5)
Scott Ray
Tyler Mullen
Matt Zarth
Alex Radsky
Vitaly Radsky