socon 2023 fall all-academic team

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SoCon announces Fall Academic All-Conference team

443 student-athletes earn recognition for academic achievements

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – 443 student-athletes earned spots on the Fall 2023 Academic All-Southern Conference Team, the league office announced Thursday.
 
Each of the SoCon's 10 full member institutions had at least 26 honorees, representing the sports of men's and women's cross country, football, men's and women's soccer and volleyball.
 
At VMI, five football, four men's cross country, seven men's soccer, three women's cross country and seven women's soccer cadet-athletes were named to the list. The complete VMI listing of qualifiers is found below.
 
To be eligible for the academic all-conference team, student-athletes must carry at least a 3.3 cumulative grade-point average at the conclusion of the fall semester and were required to compete in at least one-half of their teams' competitions during the recently concluded campaign. In addition, the student-athletes must have successfully completed at least three semesters at their institutions, making true freshmen and first-year transfers ineligible for inclusion.
 
Complete SoCon listing – Fall 2023 All-Academic Team
 
Thirty-six student-athletes have maintained perfect 4.0 cumulative GPAs, with Western Carolina leading the way with seven.
 
The league's nine Football teams led the way with 126 academic all-conference selections, while the ten women's soccer teams were second with 111 and the ten women's cross country programs were third with 61. The nine volleyball teams had 53 selections, the six men's soccer teams had 50 selections and the 10 men's cross country teams followed with 42.
 
The 443 total selections is the most in SoCon history and 36 perfect GPAs is the second-most selections. The record of 37 perfect GPAs was set in the fall of 2021.
 
VMI Honorees – Fall 2023 Academic All-SoCon
Football
Austin Doyle
Collin Ironside
Justin Peterson
Will Reid
Grant Swinehart
 
Men's Cross Country
Andrew Hirneisen
Stephen Kelley
Patrick Kiernan
Brian Tavenner
 
Women's Cross Country
Nathalie Lavender
Caroline Fiorillo
Gretal Shank
 
Men's Soccer
Warner Collier
Timofey Dovgalyuk
Rider Holcomb
Conor McGovern
Drew Menges
Cole Mooney
Woongchan Oh
 
Women's Soccer
Sedona Dancu
Audrey Davis
Madison Hornig
Katy Layman
Delilah Martindale
Amber Strapponi
Hannah White
 
 
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Players Mentioned

Austin Doyle

#73 Austin Doyle

OL
6' 6"
Redshirt Junior
Collin Ironside

#2 Collin Ironside

QB
6' 2"
Redshirt Junior
Justin Peterson

#29 Justin Peterson

LS
5' 11"
Redshirt Junior
Will Reid

#70 Will Reid

OL
6' 4"
Redshirt Junior
Grant Swinehart

#0 Grant Swinehart

RB
6' 1"
Redshirt Junior
Warner Collier

#26 Warner Collier

M
Senior
Richmond Kickers
Rider Holcomb

#11 Rider Holcomb

M
Sophomore
LA TDP Elite
Andrew Hirneisen

Andrew Hirneisen

Senior
Stephen Kelley

Stephen Kelley

Senior
Madison Hornig

#15 Madison Hornig

F
5' 5"
Senior

Players Mentioned

Austin Doyle

#73 Austin Doyle

6' 6"
Redshirt Junior
OL
Collin Ironside

#2 Collin Ironside

6' 2"
Redshirt Junior
QB
Justin Peterson

#29 Justin Peterson

5' 11"
Redshirt Junior
LS
Will Reid

#70 Will Reid

6' 4"
Redshirt Junior
OL
Grant Swinehart

#0 Grant Swinehart

6' 1"
Redshirt Junior
RB
Warner Collier

#26 Warner Collier

Senior
Richmond Kickers
M
Rider Holcomb

#11 Rider Holcomb

Sophomore
LA TDP Elite
M
Andrew Hirneisen

Andrew Hirneisen

Senior
Stephen Kelley

Stephen Kelley

Senior
Madison Hornig

#15 Madison Hornig

5' 5"
Senior
F