Eight SAC Student-Athletes Named to Google Cloud Academic All-District Men's Track & Field/Cross Country Team
ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) –The 2018-19 Google Cloud Academic All-District® Men's Track & Field/Cross Country Team, selected by CoSIDA, was announced on Tuesday (May 28). Recognizing the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances in the athletic realm and in the classroom, the South Atlantic Conference had eight track & field and cross country student-athletes named to the All-District Team.
Earning first team honors were Anderson's Hayden Tuten, Carson-Newman's Caleb Agee and Luke Greer, Lenoir-Rhyne's Joshua Adkins and Peyton Jones, Queens' Martin Knauer and Daniel Wallis and Wingate's Austin Hilburn.
First-team Academic All-District® honorees advance to the Google Cloud Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second- and third-team (if applicable) Academic All-America® honorees will be announced in June.
The Division II and III Google Cloud Academic All-America® programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2018-19 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs. The NAIA Google Cloud Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported through the NAIA national office.
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.
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NCAA DIVISION II – DISTRICT 3 (Conference Carolinas, Peach Belt, South Atlantic)
FIRST TEAM
Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
Joshua Adkins |
Lenoir-Rhyne University |
Jr. |
3.93 |
Medical Studies |
Caleb Agee |
Carson-Newman University |
Jr. |
3.93 |
Biology |
Luke Greer |
Carson-Newman University |
Gr. |
3.68/4.00 |
Business |
Austin Hilburn |
Wingate University |
So. |
4.00 |
Mathematics |
Peyton Jones |
Lenoir-Rhyne University |
Jr. |
3.98 |
Psychology |
Martin Knauer |
Queens University of Charlotte |
So. |
3.92 |
Math |
Brennan Silliman |
Georgia College |
So. |
3.90 |
Biology |
Tai Smith |
University of Mount Olive |
Jr. |
3.73 |
Psychology |
Zach Teeple |
University of Mount Olive |
Sr. |
3.54 |
Exercise Science |
Hayden Tuten |
Anderson University |
So. |
4.00 |
Business / Marketing |
Daniel Wallis |
Queens University of Charlotte |
Gr. |
3.50/3.83 |
Materials Engineering (UG) Communications (G) |