20 Earn Fall Academic All-GAC Honors

DURANT, Okla. – A total of 20 Southeastern student athletes from the fall championship sports of football, volleyball and cross country have earned Great American Conference Academic All-Conference honors.
 
Of the 20 honorees, 11 of them come from the Savage Storm football team, followed by six members of the volleyball squad, and three cross country runners.
 
Overall following the fall portion of the 2018-19 season of competition, the GAC recognized 371 student-athletes who achieved Academic All-Conference honors in the sports of football, volleyball, men's and women's soccer and men's and women's cross country, 11 more than the previous high for those six sports.
 
"It never ceases to amaze me the level of excellence achieved by GAC student athletes," GAC Commissioner Will Prewitt said.  "They continue to raise the standard around the conference. I commend all of these student-athletes for finding balance between their work in the classroom and on the field of play."
 
GAC football student-athletes garnered the most All-Academic selections, 139, followed by 72 from volleyball, 58 in women's soccer and 56 in women's cross country.
 
For student-athletes to be recognized on the Academic All-Conference team, they must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing (true freshmen and redshirt freshmen are not eligible) and must have completed at least one full academic year at the nominating institution. In addition, their grade-point average must be a minimum of 3.30 based on the 4.0 system. The GPA shall be cumulative for the athlete's entire collegiate career.
 
Southeastern Academic All-GAC Honorees
 
Athlete                                Cl.               Major                                                                      Hometown
Football
Victor Blanton                   (Jr.)            Health & Physical Education                          Denison, Texas
Joel Carlos                           (Gr.)           Business Administration                                  Carrollton, Texas
Geoff Davis                         (Sr.)            Occupational Safety & Health                       DeSoto, Texas
Kevin Gray                           (Sr.)            Finance                                                                   Coppell, Texas
Daniel Green                      (Sr.)            Social Studies Education                                  Santa Clara, Calif.
Rollin Kinsaul                     (Jr.)            Biology                                                                   Andalusia, Ala.
Matt Morse                        (Sr.)            Occupational Safety & Health                       McKinney, Texas
Austin Skinner                   (Sr.)            Liberal & Applied Studies                                Teague, Texas
Tyler Stovall                        (So.)           Marketing                                                             Kingston, Okla.
CJ Shavers                           (Jr.)            Health & Human Performance                     Dallas, Texas
Ryan Taylor                         (So.)           Occupational Safety & Health                       Lindale, Texas
Volleyball
Arianna Baker                    (Sr.)            Psychology                                                            Arlington, Texas
Caitlin Cosby                      (Jr.)            Chemistry                                                              Keller, Texas
Erika Costain                      (Sr.)            Biology                                                                   Keller, Texas
Caroline Griffith                (So.)           Biology                                                                   San Antonio, Texas
Abageal Jameson             (Sr.)            Management                                                       Prosper, Texas
Grace Shehadeh               (So.)           Marketing                                                             Plano, Texas
Cross Country
Rebekah Christman         (Jr.)            Elementary Education                                      Justin, Texas
Lindsey Klasek                   (So.)           Health & Human Performance                     Rhome, Texas
Skye Summers                   (So.)           Psychology                                                            Frisco, Texas