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Eight Lee Athletes Earn GSC Winter All-Academic Team Honors

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Eight Lee University Student Athletes were named to the Gulf South Conference Winter All-Academic teams the league office announced on Friday. 62 student-athletes were named to the Winter Academic Honor Roll. Lee had three representatives on the women's indoor track and field team. Three were also on the men's indoor track and field team. The Lady Flames basketball team had two representatives. 

For the men's indoor track and field team, Cameron Stine has a 3.66 GPA in digital media studies. He was an All-Academic team member in indoor track in 2023. Has been on the honor roll for four seasons. This year at the GSC Championships, he won the Heptathlon with 4940 points. Within the heptathlon he won the 60 meter hurdles, high jump, and the pole vault. He didn't finish any lower than fourth in any event. 

Jacob Hatcher has a 3.90 GPA in Health Science as a graduate student. He was a member of the 2023 Cross Country All-Academic team and has been on the honor roll for several seasons. He finished 10th at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the mile. At the GSC Indoor championship he helped the distance medley relay team win. He also came in second in the mile run.

Eli Brooks was the final men's track and field athlete to be named to the All-Academic Team. He has a 3.77 GPA in mathematics. He was a 2023 Outdoor Track and Field All Academic member. He was on the GSC honor roll the last several seasons. He came in third at this years GSC indoor championship in the pole vault hitting 4.45 meters.
 
For the Lady Flames basketball team, Mallory Hampton was named to the team. She has a 3.597 GPA in Health Sciences. Mallory was a First team All-GSC member this season and on the all tournament team. She has been named a WBCA Honor Mention All-American and a D2 CCA All-South Region player. She led the league in scoring, 3rd in FG%, 1st in FT%, 6th in assists, and second in steals. She was a Preseason All-GSC member. She was on the GSC honor roll last season.
 
Anna Muhonen was the second player named to the All-Academic team. She has a 4.0 in interdisciplinary studies. She was the GSC Champion Scholar winner at the GSC tournament this season..She averaged 7.4 points per game and 3.5 rebounds a game as well this season. She has been on the honor roll the last two years.
 
For the Lee indoor track and field team,  Liezl Theron has a 3.68 GPA in biological sciences. She was an All-Academic team member in 2023 and 2022 for indoor track and field. She was the most outstanding field athlete at the GSC championships this season. She won the high jump at 1.69 meters this year. She also won the pentathlon with 3535 points almost 100 points ahead of second place. She also came in fifth in the 60 meter hurdles.
 
 Carissa Hall has a 3.69 GPA in psychology. She was 2022 GSC Outdoor All-Academic team member. She has been on the honor roll the last three years. She was a member of the distance medley relay team that came in 5th in the NCAA indoor championship this year. That relay also won at the GSC Championship. She came in second in the 400 meter dash at the indoor championship. She was third in the long jump, and third in the triple jump.
 
Lily Hare is the final member of the All-Academic Team. She has a 3.66 GPA in elementary education. She was an GSC All-Academic Indoor track and field member last year. She has been on the honor roll the last three years. She was a member of the distance medley team that came in 5th in the NCAA Indoor championship. She helped lead the relay to a win in the GSC championship by 6 seconds. She came in fifth in the mile and the 800 meter run.

All-Academic teams are voted on by the conference's Athletic Communications Directors. Athletes must have a 3.20 cumulative GPA or higher, have spent at least one year on campus at the institution. The teams are comprised of athletes that achieved combination of both academic and athletic success this season.

Athletes must maintain a semester GPA of 3.0 or higher to receive honor roll recognition. 

NOTES:

  • 492 student-athletes were named to the GSC Honor Roll list, an increase of about 14.7% from last season. Basketball had 215 total honorees (123 women, 92 men), while indoor track & field had 274 representatives (141 men, 127 women).
  • 52% of Honor Roll student-athletes posted a 3.5 GPA or better (256), 31% had a 3.75 or better (153), and 68 (14%) had a 4.0—up 21% from 2022-23.
  • UAH and Montevallo each had a conference-best 75 student-athletes listed on Honor Roll.
  • 10 of 13 schools had at least one All-Academic Team member. 
  • Mississippi College led the way with 14 All-Academic selections, Lee followed with 8, UAH had 3 and Shorter had 2. 
For a complete list of the GSC All-Academic Teams click here
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