Fifteen SAC Student-Athletes Named to Google Cloud Academic All-District At-Large Teams
ROCK HILL (TheSAC.com) – Fifteen student-athletes from South Atlantic Conference schools were named to the 2017-18 Google Cloud Academic All-District® Men's and Women's At-Large Teams, on Thursday (May 17). Selected by CoSIDA, the Google Cloud Academic All-District® recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the playing field and in the classroom.
First-team Academic All-District® honorees advance to the Google Cloud Academic All-America® ballot, with Google Cloud Academic All-America® teams announced in June.
Earning All-District® for the women are Tusculum's Franziska Funke, Katarina Majorova and Annie McCullough, Wingate's Sydney Homan, Lincoln Memorial's Lisa Malherbe, Carson-Newman's Mary Northcutt, Lenoir-Rhyne's Ainee O'Connor and Queens' McKenzie Stevens.
Earning All-District® for the men are Carson-Newman's Pade Duke, Anthony Marcinelli and Kevin Mendes, Wingate's Daniel Belsito, Niklas Martin and Giacomo Viazzo. Also named to the first team was Lenoir-Rhyne's Noah McRea.
The Division II and III Google Cloud Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures, to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2017-18 DII and DIII Academic All-America® teams.
For more information about CoSIDA's Google Cloud Academic All-District® and Academic All-America® Teams program, visit AcademicAllAmerica.com or the Academic All-America® home page on CoSIDA.com.
WOMEN'S NCAA DIVISION II – DISTRICT 3 (Conference Carolinas, Peach Belt, South Atlantic)
FIRST TEAM
Sport |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
Tennis |
Funke, Franziska |
Tusculum College |
Sr. |
3.99 |
Management & Economics |
Tennis |
Homan, Sydney |
Wingate University |
Jr. |
4.00 |
Exercise Science |
Golf |
Malherbe, Lise |
Lincoln Memorial University |
Jr. |
3.98 |
Professional Golf Management |
Tennis |
Majorova, Katarina |
Tusculum College |
So. |
3.97 |
Management / Accounting |
Tennis |
McCullough, Annie |
Tusculum College |
So. |
3.97 |
Chemistry |
Swimming |
Northcutt, Mary |
Carson-Newman University |
Jr. |
4.00 |
Exercise Science |
Golf |
O'Connor, Ainee |
Lenoir-Rhyne University |
So. |
4.00 |
Economics / German / French |
Swimming |
Stevens, McKenzie |
Queens University of Charlotte |
Sr. |
3.95 |
Exercise & Sport Science |
Lacrosse |
Tonnesen, Meghan |
Young Harris College |
Sr. |
3.79 |
Biology |
Lacrosse |
Voccia, Alyssa |
Limestone College |
Jr. |
3.97 |
Web Development |
Golf |
Walker, Hannah |
Young Harris College |
So. |
4.00 |
Environmental Science |
MEN'S NCAA DIVISION II – DISTRICT 3 (Conference Carolinas, Peach Belt, South Atlantic)
FIRST TEAM
Sport |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
Tennis |
Belsito, Daniel |
Wingate University |
Jr. |
3.86 |
Sport Management |
Lacrosse |
Blake, Garrett |
Young Harris College |
Jr. |
3.82 |
Business & Public Policy |
Swimming |
Duke, Pade |
Carson-Newman University |
So. |
4.00 |
Chemistry |
Lacrosse |
Ledon, Matty |
Young Harris College |
Sr. |
3.89 |
Business & Public Policy |
Golf |
Marcinelli, Anthony |
Carson-Newman University |
Sr. |
4.00 |
Accounting |
Swimming |
Martin, Niklas |
Wingate University |
Jr. |
3.96 |
Finance |
Swimming |
McRea, Noah |
Lenoir-Rhyne University |
Sr. |
3.98 |
Psychology |
Tennis |
Mendes, Kevin |
Carson-Newman University |
Sr. |
3.82 |
Biochemistry |
Tennis |
Moser, Martin |
University of Mount Olive |
Jr. |
3.92 |
Business Analytics |
Volleyball |
Poole, Robert |
University of Mount Olive |
Sr. |
3.94 |
Chemistry |
Swimming |
Viazzo, Giacomo |
Wingate University |
So. |
4.00 |
Chemistry |
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