RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The Great American Conference office announced that 414 student-athletes achieved Academic All-Conference honors in the sports of football, volleyball, men's and women's soccer and men's and women's cross country, 43 more than the previous high for those six sports.
SWOSU was represented by 24 student-athletes on the Academic All-Conference team, with 11 coming from the Bulldog Football team, including CoSIDA Academic All-District selections
Dalton Cooper and
Braden Sweet. Other teams with student-athletes represented were Bulldog Volleyball with six, GAC Champion SWOSU Soccer with five and two from Bulldog Cross Country.
"I commend all of these student-athletes for finding balance between their work in the classroom and on the field of play," GAC Commissioner Will Prewitt said. "We continue to see records set with this honor. I applaud all of the administrators and coaches at our institutions as they continue raise the GAC's standard of excellence."
GAC football student-athletes garnered the most All-Academic selections, 149, followed by 63 from both men's and women's soccer. Rogers State, the GAC Men's Soccer Champions, tallied a league-leading 11 All-Academic selections. East Central's 13 All-Academic honorees in women's soccer led for that respective sport.
For student-athletes to be recognized on the Academic All-Conference team, they must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing (true freshmen and redshirt freshmen are not eligible) and must have completed at least one full academic year at the nominating institution. In addition, their grade-point average must be a minimum of 3.30 based on the 4.0 system. The GPA shall be cumulative for the athlete's entire collegiate career.
A full list of SWOSU student-athletes named to the Academic All-GAC Team is below:
| Volleyball |
Sophia DeSantiago |
Sophomore |
Health/Physical Education |
Amarillo, Texas |
3.63 |
| Volleyball |
Kaitlyn Dillon |
Senior |
Marketing |
Edmond, Okla. |
3.97 |
| Volleyball |
Sofia Gruden |
Senior |
Communications |
Metamora, Ill. |
3.56 |
| Volleyball |
Allie Hoang |
Junior |
Elementary Education |
Plano, Texas |
3.96 |
| Volleyball |
Valerie Vermillion |
Senior |
Exercise Science |
Wylie, Texas |
3.51 |
| Volleyball |
Emily Wood |
Senior |
Exercise Science |
Peoria, Ariz. |
3.80 |
| Cross Country |
Bailey Richardson |
Sophomore |
Health/Physical Education |
Oklahoma City, Okla. |
3.69 |
| Cross Country |
Josilyn Schenk |
Sophomore |
Pre-Pharmacy |
Piedmont, Okla. |
3.70 |
| Soccer |
Alexis Fowler |
Senior |
Health Science |
Norman, Okla. |
3.85 |
| Soccer |
Emery Hailey |
Junior |
Nursing |
Grapevine, Texas |
3.61 |
| Soccer |
Sandra Nabweteme |
Senior |
Engineering Physics |
Kampala, Uganda |
3.67 |
| Soccer |
Lauren Quintanilla |
Sophomore |
Health Science |
Burleson, Texas |
3.35 |
| Soccer |
Mikylin York |
Junior |
Exercise Science |
Katy, Texas |
3.89 |
| Football |
Ryan Buchanan |
Senior |
Business Management |
Exeter, Calif. |
3.53 |
| Football |
Colten Buie |
Senior |
Parks & Recreation Management |
San Angelo, Texas |
3.37 |
| Football |
Dalton Cooper |
Junior |
Exercise Science |
Tuttle, Okla. |
4.00 |
| Football |
Jordan Finn |
Sophomore |
Nursing |
Moore, Okla. |
3.42 |
| Football |
Trey Gooch |
Sophomore |
Biomedical Sciences |
Oklahoma City, Okla. |
3.53 |
| Football |
Tyler Marr |
Senior |
Engineering Technology |
Beggs, Okla. |
3.35 |
| Football |
Brock Mason |
Sophomore |
Engineering Physics |
Tuttle, Okla. |
4.00 |
| Football |
Alex Ramirez |
Senior |
Sports Management |
Fort Worth, Texas |
3.30 |
| Football |
Jacob Rodman |
Senior |
Business Administration |
Wichita, Kan. |
3.75 |
| Football |
Braden Sweet |
Senior |
Accounting |
Perry, Okla. |
3.98 |
| Football |
Gerald White |
Senior |
Health/Physical Education |
Tipton, Okla. |
3.67 |