RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. – The Great American Conference announced its 2015-16 Winter/Spring All-Academic Teams for this past year on Thursday afternoon and 27 student-athletes from Southern Arkansas University were among the 413 total student athletes from around the league that were honored.
 
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.
 
"The student-athletes of the Great American Conference continue to impress me with their achievements in the classroom and on the field of competition," GAC Commissioner Will Prewitt said. "This record total of All-Academic selections serves as a testament to our student-athletes, faculty, administrators and support staff."
 
Of the 27 SAU student-athletes honored, the largest sport representation came from the softball program as 11 softball players earned the conference academic plaudit. The baseball program boasted the second-most student-athletes as eight baseball players were listed. Additionally, men's golf placed three student-athletes and men's and women's track placed two apiece. Women's golf rounded out SAU's representation with one honoree.
 
The following is a list of the SAU student-athletes on the 2015-16 Winter/Spring All-Academic Teams:
 

Sport	Name	Academic Year	Major	Hometown	GPA
Men's Golf	George Adams	Senior	Business Admin: Managment	Derbyshire, England	3.57
Men's Golf	Kyle Gordon	Junior	Accounting	Whitby, Ontatrio	3.56
Men's Golf	Zac Harber	Junior	Business Admin: Marketing	Hugo, Okla.	3.47
Women's Golf	Helle Leed	Sophomore	Behavior Science: Criminal Justice	Vallda Halland, Sweden	3.71
Baseball	Jace Powers	Senior	General Studies	Dover, Ark.	3.59
Baseball	Landon Simpson	Senior	Exercise Science	Magnolia, Ark.	3.61
Baseball	Billy Germaine	Senior	Exercise Science	Aldergrove, B.C.	3.77
Baseball	Justin Buchanan	Senior	Biology: Pre-Health	Texarkana, Texas	3.59
Baseball	Timothy Buchanan	Senior	Biology: Pre-Health	Texarkana, Texas	3.67
Baseball	Scotty Carmody	Junior	K-12 Physical Education & Health	Camden, Ark.	3.81
Baseball	Cole Connelley	Junior	Biology: Pre-Health	Monticello, Ark.	3.93
Baseball	Trevor Ward	Sophomore	Business Admin: Finance-Entrepreneurship	Bedford, Texas	3.31
Softball	Chelsea Jordan	Senior	General Studies	Paris, Texas	3.74
Softball	Darian Harris	Senior	Mathematics	Brazoria, Texas	3.63
Softball	Kim Whelehon	Senior	Exercise Science	Ramona, Calif.	3.80
Softball	Ashton Atwell	Senior	Exercise Science	Rockwall, Texas	3.57
Softball	Liz Hudgins	Senior	Psychology	Mineola, Texas	3.64
Softball	Summer Ehrig	Senior	Psychology	Yuma, Ariz.	3.47
Softball	Miranda Cuff	Junior	Athletic Training	Clarksdale, Miss.	3.35
Softball	Maddie Dow	Junior	Athletic Training	Bonham, Texas	3.87
Softball	Peyton Jenkins	Junior	Agriculture Science-Plant Science	Bryant, Ark.	3.57
Softball	Shyanne Nichols	Senior	General Studies	Gravette, Ark.	3.63
Softball	Tyler Casada	Junior	Biological Science	Rowlett, Texas	3.63
Men's Track and Field	Raul Hernandez	Sophomore	Criminal Justice	Indio, Calif.	3.32
Men's Track and Field	Mason Powers	Senior	Business Admin: Entrepreneurship	Gilbert, Iowa	3.41
Women's Track and Field	Claudia Charles	Sophomore	Behavior Science: Psychology	Lindale, Texas	3.60
Women's Track and Field	Virginia Ney	Senior	Mass Communications: Digital Cinema	Pearland, Texas	3.36