35 Elon student-athletes earn fall 2008 academic all-conference honors

Thirty-five Elon student-athletes received academic all-conference recognition by the Southern Conference during the fall season. Elon ranked #2 among the 12 SoCon schools in the number of athletes earning recognition. To be eligible, a student-athlete must possess at least a 3.2 cumulative grade point average entering the fall season and must have competed in at least one-half of their team’s competitions during the recently-concluded fall campaign.

Volleyball player Sarah Schermerhorn was among only six athletes with a perfect 4.0 grade point average.

Elon academic all-conference honors were earned by the following:

Men’s cross country

Eric Lewandowski
Andrew Hawkey
David Wells
Andrew Garrison
Matt Richardson
Justin Gianni

Women’s cross country

Colleen McCarthy
Catherine Rossi
Lauren Fredrickson
Katie White
Jessica Doan
Meaghan Collins
Emily Fournier

Men’s soccer

Steven Kinney
Ben Lunka
Will Mason
Kyle Boerner
Stephen Miller
Clint Collins

Women’s soccer

Taylor Harlan
Amanda Jones
Lauren Griffith
Molly Calpin
Alix Heinicke
Brittany Hallberg
Katie Persichini
Kyle Waggoner
Alanna Winsper

Volleyball

Sarah Schermerhorn
Mandy Wilson
Lizzie West
Stefanie Meyers
Shelley MacBean
Emily Regan
Kelley Blakewood

Wofford led all schools with 44 honorees, followed by Elon with 35, The Citadel with 26 and Furman and Samford with 25 each.