SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Southern Conference announced today, January 4, its Academic All-Conference team for the fall 2012 season. Elon University had 32 student-athletes receive academic all-conference honors in a total of six sports.

Over the 2012 calendar year, Elon had a total of 76 Academic All-Conference honorees, second in the SoCon to Wofford's 80.
 
Among the 302 student-athletes were at least 14 representatives from each of the 12 SoCon institutions, participating in men’s and women’s cross country, football, men’s and women’s soccer and volleyball. Fifteen student-athletes have maintained a 4.0 cumulative GPA.
 
To be eligible, student-athletes must carry at least a 3.3 cumulative GPA entering the fall season and were required to compete in at least one-half of their team’s competitions during the recently-concluded campaign. In addition, the student-athletes must have successfully completed at least 24 credit hours in the previous two semesters.
 
The league’s women’s soccer programs provided the most academic all-conference members with 79, followed by football with 58 and women's cross country with 51.
 
Wofford paced all league schools with 37 members on the academic all-conference team.

Elon’s 2012 Fall Academic All-Conference Honorees:
 
Football
Gavin Billings
Thomas McGuire
Austin Sowell
Dennis Wagner
Justin Ward
Miles Williams

Men's Cross Country
Ben Perron
Ari Rothschild
James Stevenson

Men's Soccer
Mark Berlin
Nathan Dean
Jason Waterman
Matt Wescoe

Volleyball
Ali Deatsch
Celia Rose Eddy
Kris Harris
Allison Johnson
Maggie Reichard

Women's Cross Country
Haylee Dawe
Jenny Gallagher
Brennan McDavid
Christine Pacewicz
Amanda Parker
Kaitlin Stober
Ellie Taff
Emily Tryon

Women's Soccer
Raychel Diver
Kim Gardner
Kate Murphy
Claire O'Keeffe
Chelsey Stark
Jaclyn Wood