SPARTANBURG, S.C. --- The Southern Conference announce its 2022 Spring Academic All-SoCon teams Tuesday morning and the Chattanooga Mocs continued its successful presence in the classroom. The Mocs posted a combined 57 selections across 10 different sports, second-most selections on record in UTC history.
 
"The success of our programs in the classroom is a consistent brag point," Vice-Chancellor Mark Wharton said. "Their hard work being rewarded and recognized only fuels that fire to continue to excel.
 
"It's not only recognition for the student-athlete, but we also must congratulate the tireless work of the academic support staff and applaud the focus on academics from our coaching staffs."
 
Honorees by sport:
 
Men's Basketball (2): A.J. Caldwell, Grant Ledford
Men's Golf (3): Leon Bader, Alex Cobb, Paul Conroy
Men's Tennis (5): Peyton Gatti, Kaisei Kuroki, Simon Labbe, Jordan McClure, Tomas Rodriguez
Softball (8): Reagan Armour, Emily Coltharp, Gracey Kruse, Brooke Parrott, Kaili Phillips, Liz Rodebaugh, Kailey Snell, Hannah Wood
Women's Basketball (4): Audrey Canter, Abby Cornelius, Sigrun Olafsdottir, Pare Pene
Women's Golf (2): Esme Hamilton, Dorota Zalewska
Women's Indoor Track & Field (13): Faith Brown, Imani Bryant, Carley Burt, Sydney Cansler, Emmy Davis, Sage Davis, Justine Glass, Lesley Green, Ashtyn Hagood, Rebekah Pass, Allie Potter, Brooke Rieves, Emma Russum
Women's Outdoor Track & Field (13): Faith Brown, Imani Bryant, Carley Burt, Sydney Cansler, Emmy Davis, Sage Davis, Justine Glass, Lesley Green, Ashtyn Hagood, Rebekah Pass, Allie Potter, Emma Russum, McKenzie Williamson
Women's Tennis (3): Callie Billman, Emma Van Hee, Jessie Young
Wrestling (4): Lincoln Heck, Drew Nicholson, Franco Valdes, Weston Wichman
 
In total, the Southern Conference saw a combined 637 selections from 525 student-athletes to the all-academic teams with Chattanooga making up for 11.2% of the honorees. Chattanooga finished the Spring 2022 term with a 3.237 overall student-athlete GPA, marking the 16^th time in the last 17 semesters with a 3.0 or better GPA.
 
The 57 selections to the Academic All-SoCon team this semester is second-most in UTC history, closely trailing the record of 62 selections in the spring of 2015. Women's basketball tied its program record from last season with four student-athlete honorees while the men's tennis team saw five selections for the third season in-a-row and third all-time.
 
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 fall semester and were required to compete in at least one-half of their teams' competitions during the recently concluded campaign. 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.
 
Additional notes following another successful year in the Chattanooga classrooms can be found below.
 
Academic All-SoCon Notes
- 57 overall is second-most on record (62 in spring 2015).
- Women's basketball tied a program record (2021) with four members earning Academic All-SoCon honors.
- Men's golf had three or more on the Academic All-SoCon team for the fourth time in program history (2016, 2017 (4), 2021 (4), 2022).
- Five members of the men's tennis team earned Academic All-SoCon honors for the third time in program history and the third year in a row … program record is six in 2021.
- Eight members of the SoCon Champion softball team made Academic All-SoCon, tying for the second-most in team history.
- Wrestling's four Academic All-SoCon selections tie for second-most in program history.

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