Piedmont Ranks 2nd on 2016-17 USA South Academic All-Conference list

Once again, Piedmont College finds itself near the top of the USA South Academic All-Conference listing with the 2016-17 awards announced by the conference office earlier this week.

Piedmont tallied 166 total student-athletes on the awards listing rising from a 3rd place finish in the rankings from a year ago finishing 30 behind Huntingdon College who topped the 16 institutions in the league with 196.

A record 1,684 student-athletes earned the recognition league-wide, up more than 200 from last year’s record-setting 1,467 who took Academic All-Conference honors. Piedmont’s number also rose from a year ago with 150 making the grade last year from the Green and Gold compared to 2016-17’s 166 honorees.

With a tradition of academic excellence intact, Piedmont also had a banner year on the field becoming just the fourth different institution in nearly the nearly 40-year history of the Presidents’ Cup to win the Overall Cup from the USA South while taking the Women’s Presidents’ Cup for the third time in four years.

Piedmont has never finished outside the top three in Academic All-Conference honorees since joining the USA South in 2012-13.

To be eligible for an Academic All-Conference award from the USA South, a student-athlete must have earned a 3.0 GPA in each of the two semesters of a given year. Any student-athlete participating in any varsity sport at any conference institution is eligible while the sport does not have to be a conference-sponsored sport.

Piedmont’s Academic All-Conference Team members are listed below while a complete listing of the USA South Academic All-Conference Team can be found on the home page of the conference website.

2016-2017 USA SOUTH Academic Awards
FIRST LAST SPORT(S)
Jordan Abbott WGLF
Tariq Abdulgader MBKB
Malik Abdulgader MBKB
Marissa Akin WSOC
Erica Allar WCYC
Landry Assinesi MBKB
Kelly Assinesi MBKB
Ashlyn Atnip WSOC
Jessica Bagwell WSBL
Jatasia Bailey WBKB
Shannon Baker WSBL
Brady Ballstadt MBSB
Bryan Barnett MTEN
Tanner Batson MCYC
Megan Beaty WT&F
Courtney Bell WSOC
Max Bening MBSB
Jessica Bergin WLAX
Aleea Bishop WSOC
Amanda Blackwell WTEN
Kylie Blanton WVOB
Reese Bowles WXCC WT&F
Analee Bradach WXCC WT&F
Jenine Brideau WLAX
Erin Bright WSOC
Kensley Brown WGLF
Rowan Bumpass WLAX
Andrew Burden MBSB
Tatiana Burkett WTEN
Dwayne Cagle MXCC MT&F
Alison Camp WSOC
Kristin Campbell WBKB
Griffin Caracciolo MBSB
Savannah Castles WSOC
Jac Cautero MSOC
Alaina Choiniere WVOB
William Clark MBSB
Trevor Cleveland MLAX
Cecelia Cogliano WVOB
Drew Coker MBSB
Josie Coker WSBL
Davis Cook MGLF
Cullen Copland MSOC
Barrett Courtwright MBSB
David Craft MBSB
Collin Crane-Baker MLAX
Abby Craven WBKB
Kanler Cumbass MTEN
Katrina Davine WSOC
Jalen Davis WBKB
PJ DeJesus MBSB
MacKenzie Devine WXCC WT&F
Cooper Donnelly MSOC
Amber Duffy WXCC WT&F
Abbey Dunlop WSOC
Melissa Eckman WSBL
Morgan Edelman WSOC
Nicholas Englert MSOC
Zachary Englert MSOC
Audrey Esakoff WSBL
Simona Floyd WTEN
Jake Forbes MGLF
Blake Forrest WLAX
William Foster MXCC MT&F
Bryce Fowler MBSB
Trae Gaines MBKB
Andrew Gale MXCC MT&F
Nathan Galloway MXCC MT&F
Madison Garrett WSBL
Allyson Gentry WSBL
Seth George MBSB
Tori Gillett WSOC
Alexis Gottko WSOC
Buddy Green MBSB
Justin Groover MBSB
Andrew Guelzo MCYC
Jana Guy WGLF
Haley Hall WSOC
Jared Harris MLAX
Megan Hatfield WSOC
Devin Haupt WSOC
Shayna Healy WSOC WLAX
Cassidy Heflin WLAX
Michael Henderson MBSB
Jackson Hill MTEN
Haley Hixon WVOB WSBL
Nathan Holt MBSB
Rachel Irby WBKB
Samantha Ishee WSOC
William Janofsky MBSB
Brayden Jenks MLAX
Cameron Johnson MBSB
Kayla Jones WLAX
Charli Justice WGLF
Chase Kane MSOC
Mattie Keaton WLAX
Chris Keller MSOC
Bridgette Kelly WBKB
Megan Kowalec WLAX
Dylan Krimmer MSOC
Harrison Labollita MTEN
Zach Langley MBSB
Heather LaPrade WVOB
Rayven Lawrence WSBL
LaKerra Lawson WBKB
Nick Lemons MT&F
Linsay Link WSBL
Kaitlyn Loesel WVOB
Peyton Luken MBKB
Francesca Malabad WLAX
Ashton Mamula WGLF
Joseph Marshall MCYC
Tiffany Masdon WGLF
Jack Mayo MBSB
Madeline McCarthy WSOC
Killian McClain MT&F
Cory McClung MXCC MT&F
Ben McCurley MBSB
Evan Meade MBSB
Nathan Metzger MTEN MSOC
Avery Migues WSBL
Austin Miller MTEN
Schyler Miller WBKB
Caleb Norton MBSB
Rachel Oberholtzer WSBL
Caitlin O’Brien WLAX
David Oglesby MBKB
Michael Ohana MSOC
Griffin Olson MBSB
Dalton Patterson MTEN
Jazmin Penado WSOC
Emily Peters WVOB
Kevin Posmer MSOC
Riley Presnell MBSB
Olivia Przybysz WVOB
Joshua Redmond MT&F
Cassidy Reich WSOC
Miles Riley MBKB
Melanie Rimawi WXCC WT&F
Karina Rivera WTEN
Rhett Rogers MBSB
Nathaniel Rotenberger MBSB
Nick Ryan MBKB
Elliot Sailes MSOC
Carly Sales WBKB
Nicholas Scott MGLF
Carlie Shields WBKB
Emily Skelton WSOC
Walker Snyder MBSB
Tabea Soelter WTEN WSOC
Domonique Steele WLAX
Ryan Stewart MBSB
Anna Stone WSBL
Dakota Sullens WBKB
Julianna Surgent WLAX
Tyler Tillman MBSB
Amanda Trotter WVOB
Aaron VanKempen MGLF
Ariel Villegas WSBL
Matthew Vonderschmidt MBSB
Brittany Walker WBKB
Sarah Weber WSOC
Robbie Werner MTEN
Kristin Whitlock WXCC WT&F
Ethan Wier MSOC
Valeriya Zhurakovskaya WTEN

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