MACON, Ga.- A total of 50 Mercer University student-athletes in six sports earned Atlantic Sun Conference All-Academic honors as recently announced by the conference office.
To earn the honor, a student-athlete must achieve a 3.0 or higher in the classroom during their semester of competition. The sports sponsored by the 11 conference members are cross-country, soccer, volleyball, basketball, tennis, golf, softball, baseball, indoor and outdoor track & field. Mercer does not sponsor indoor and outdoor track & field, but does sponsor air rifle.
The following Mercer student-athletes were named to the 2006 A-Sun Spring All-Academic squad:
Men’s Tennis – Jason Glow, Macon; Ryan Ingram, Louisville, Ky.; Chris Kiker, Bremen; Chapman Mitchell, Alpharetta; Tobias Ohrstrom, Stockholm, Sweden; and Nathan Starr, Rome.
Women’s Tennis – Patricia Assumpcao, Sau Paulo, Brazil; Lauriane Auvergne, Dijon, France; Karen Bellman, Jacksonville, Ala.; Irys Citko, Corpus Christi, Texas; Rachel Kerley, Jupiter, Fla.;Teresina Pazoldan, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.
Men’s Golf – Andrew An, Richmond Hill, Ontario; Bryan Barnett, Washington; Ryan Blackburn, Augusta; Kyle Collins, Milledgeville; Michael Gregory, Bolton, Ontario; Ryan Peters, Watkinsville; Brandan Price, Vancouver, British Columbia; and Silas Sutton, Cartersville.
Women’s Golf – Alex Brown, Waycross; Cassandra Eagen, Englewood, Fla.; Anna Hill, Vasteras, Sweden; and Anna Rogers, Hartwell.
Softball – Kelley Bretscher, Alta Loma, Calif.; Crystal Condra, Suwanee; Amanda Cosson, Havana, Fla.; GiGi Eykamp, Yuma, Ariz.; Sarah Harding, Riverside, Calif.; Jamie Madruga, Warner Robins; C.J. Martin, Woodinville, Wash.; Katie Rosentreter, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Stephanie Rossman, Tallahassee, Fla.; Kristin Talamantes, Burbank, Calif.; and Meredith Weare, Martinez.
Baseball – Mike Armstrong, Evans; John Daugherty, Athens; John Dortch, Tallahassee, Fla.; Lath Guyer, Athens; Kyle Johnston, Macon; Jason Lowey, Ft. Walton Beach, Fla.: Josh Lowey, Ft. Walton Beach, Fla.; Matthew Manning, Melbourne, Fla.; Mike Narveson, Savannah; Blake Quarles, Augusta; Andrew Raynor, Fitzferald; Eric Renfroe, Macon; Billy Shaughnessy, Roswell; Justin True, Macon; and Andrew Urena, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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