SPARTANURG, S.C. – Three hundred and eighty-nine student-athletes accounted for 473 spots on the Spring 2016 Academic All-Southern Conference Team, the league office announced Monday. Wofford represented the conference with 29 student-athletes, which accounted for 35 total spots.
 
Each of the SoCon's 10 full-time institutions had at least 21 honorees, representing the sports of men's and women's basketball, men's and women's indoor track and field, wrestling, men's and women's golf, men's lacrosse, men's and women's outdoor track and field, men's and women's tennis, baseball and softball. Associate members for men's lacrosse and wrestling were also eligible for the award, accounting for 41 of the selections.
 
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 spring semester – a change from the previous criteria that was based on the GPA entering the semester of competition – and were required to compete in at least one-half of their teams' competitions. 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.
 
With the GPA component now based off of the student-athletes' averages at the end of the semester of competition, the Winter Academic All-SoCon team was eliminated, resulting in several track and field student-athletes appearing in the spring list twice, once each for the indoor and outdoor seasons. ETSU's Malloree Schurr, who plays women's basketball and softball, also earned double inclusion.
 
Sixteen of the conference's student-athletes combined for 22 of the perfect 4.0 cumulative GPAs.
 
Baseball (5)
McClain Bradley
Derek Hirsch
Alec Paradowski
Quintin Pile
Carson Waln
 
Women's Basketball (2)
Grayson Pinholster
Sarah Traynor
 
Men's Golf (1)
Andrew Novak
 
Women's Golf (4)
Nicole Chin
Katy Funk
Maegan Higgins
Emiley Pagrabs
 
Men's Indoor Track and Field (3)
Ben Hensley
Jonathan Rice
Cristian Widenhouse
 
Women's Indoor Track and Field (3)
Sara Jane Hayes
Chandler Washburn
Kaselyn Widmyer
 
Men's Outdoor Track and Field (4)
Ben Hensley
Jonathan Rice
Will Stutts
Cristian Widenhouse
 
Women's Outdoor Track and Field (7)
Nicole Carpenter
Sara Jane Hayes
Breck Peterson
Sarah Spiro
Chandler Washburn
Kaitlyn Widmyer
Kaselyn Widmyer
 
Men's Tennis (2)
Andrew Graham
Parks Schoen
 
Women's Tennis (4)
Taylor Carlson
Kalli Karas
Lauren Reid
Samantha Russell