Coleman and Bishop Earn Academic All-Conference
HIGH POINT, NC- Two Converse College cross country runners were announced as 2011 Women’s Cross Country Academic All-Conference award winners on Thursday, Oct. 20. Senior Kathleen Coleman (Sumter, SC) was named to the team for the second time and junior Shannon Bishop (Chesnee, SC) received the honor in her first year of eligibility.
League member institutions stress the role of "Academics and Athletics Working Together" and each sport’s Academic All-Conference award winners exemplify this continued league-wide commitment.
The 2011 Conference Carolinas Men’s & Women’s Cross Country Academic All-Conference representatives have been awarded to the following junior and senior student-athletes with a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 or higher on a 4.0 scale in all work completed at their member institution that have played in a conference sponsored sport. The GPA is calculated based on the student-athletes cumulative average through the previous semester and each student-athlete must have attended their member institution for at least one academic year.
Each year the Academic All-Conference Team is released while closing out each regular season before starting the tournament championships. The 2011 Conference Carolinas Cross Country Championship Meet will be hosted by Queens University of Charlotte on Friday, October 21st at McAlpine Park in Charlotte, NC. Keep up with all the Conference Carolinas fall tournament action on the league website at the Fall Championships Tourney Central link.
Women’s Cross Country Academic All-Conference Team
Elizabeth O’Malley, Belmont Abbey
Kristin Mahoney, Belmont Abbey
Robyn Risher, Coker
Kathleen Coleman, Converse
Shannon Bishop, Converse
Elizabeth Loftis, Erskine
Danielle Alfano, King
Danielle Beauvais, King
Hannah Witt, King
Lindsey Bush, Lees-McRae
Erica Zaveta, Lees-McRae
Crystal Fischer, Less-McRae
Millisa Rydzik, Limestone
Nikolette Lucas, Mount Olive
Samantha Weiss, Mount Olive
Samantha Mayo, North Greenville
April Hinson, Pfeiffer
Kaitlyn Mullis, Pfeiffer
Emilia Skolubowicz, Queens
Holly Annas, Queens
