Mary Baldwin Places 65 Student-Athletes on USA South Academic Team
Mary Baldwin University placed 65 student-athletes, representing all 15 varsity teams, to the USA South Athletic Conference 2022-23 All-Academic Team, announced this week.
After setting an MBU record with 68 student-athletes on the USA South All-Academic team in 2021-22, the Fighting Squirrels posted its second-highest total in department history on the squad this year. The previous record for representation on the USA South All-Academic team was 52, set in 2020-21
A student-athlete must have earned a 3.30 GPA in each of the two semesters of a given year to be eligible. Nearly two dozen other MBU student-athletes had at least a 3.30 or better in one semester. The conference totaled a 1,392 honorees from the 10 member institutions.
Additionally, any student-athlete earning a 3.90 GPA or above earned the All-Academic honor "With Distinction". Mary Baldwin had 19 of its 65 representatives on the All-Academic team earn "With Distinction" recognition.
Here is the link to the USA South Announcement: https://www.usasouth.net/general/2022-23/releases/20230607niaerl
Other MBU Academic highlights for the 2022-23 academic year:
213 total unique student athletes ... this includes some who were only here for 1 semester for a variety of reasons.
108 student-athletes finished the year with a 3.00 or better cumulative GPA (32 of those have a cumulative GPA above 3.80). That's 50.7 percent of student-athletes boasting a 3.00 or better cumulative GPA (16 others are "knocking on the door" with a 2.90 or better GPA)
27 student-athletes posted a 4.00 GPA at least one semester in 2022-23 (either Fall or Spring semester; not counting May term) ... 11 had a 4.00 in both semesters
Breakdown by gender:
Women 53.6% (59 of 110) with a 3.00 cumulative GPA ... 16 with at least 1 semester of 4.00 (9 did it both semesters) ... 24 with 3.80 or better cumulative GPA
Men 47.6% (49 of 103) with 3.00 cumulative GPA ... 11 with at least 1 semester of 4.00 (2 did it both semesters) ... 8 with 3.80 or better cumulative GPA
Breakdown by Teams
9 of 13 teams (indoor & outdoor track & field are combined for each gender) have team cumulative GPAs above 3.00.
Top team GPAs:
Women Cross Country 3.599
Softball 3.566 (4 players with 4.00 both semesters this year)
Women Soccer 3.298 (2 players with 4.00 both semesters this year)
Men Tennis 3.292
Men. Basketball 3.251
Women Tennis 3.067 (2 players with 4.00 both semesters this year)
Women Track & Field 3.055 indoor season (2.977 outdoor season)
Baseball 3.045 (1 player with 4.00 both semesters this year)
Volleyball 3.023
The Fighting Squirrels named to the USA South Athletic Conference 2022-23 All-Academic Team include:
3.30 in both semesters (Fall 2022; Spring 2023) … * = 3.90 both semesters “With Distinction”
Abigail Adams *
Megan Andrews
Blake Argenbright *
Brett Asbury
Tristen Bannasch
Alexis Barba
Isabel Basilis
Josseline Bonilla
Kaitlyn Bower
Anastasia Bunting *
Lauren Byrnes
Colby Cheatam *
Lucas Chinault
Rachel Christian
Sydney Clarke
Kyle Creamer *
Allison Crum
Johannah Dillaway
Jenna Dimiceli
William Earnesty
Alyssa Epperson
Isabelle Fraher
Vernon Fraley
Reagan Frazier
Blake French *
Olivia Gagne *
Charlotte Galloway
Delaney Garner *
Danika Goulding
Samantha Grimsley *
Kelly Hackley
Emily Hall *
Quentin Hart
Quierra Hawkins
Kaitlyn Hayes *
Edward Headley
Colby Higgs
Jaden Ignacio
Brenna Kehoe
Noah Kessler
Sydney Kirkpatrick
Christopher Kirksey
Josh Lallo
Eric Leyton
Gretchen Lutz *
Samantha Manfre
Morgan Martin *
Katlyn Massie *
Cloey Mazingo *
Jaci McAlwee
Brayton McDonald
Luis Monjes
Caroline Motley *
Isabella O’Bannion *
Kwame Opoku
Din Rache
Gavin Rush
Adrian Santiago Rivera
Sean Sheridan
David Shultz
Zach Sloan
Katherine Theole
Molly Thompson *
Madelyn Vinson
Juan Vascones *
Caroline Whitfield