Â鶹¹û¶³ led all Southern Conference schools with 20 representatives on the 2012 Winter Academic All-Conference Team, released by the league April 5.
This marks the second-straight year that Â鶹¹û¶³ has led the SoCon in Winter Academic All-Conference team representatives. Last season, Â鶹¹û¶³ led the league with 24 student-athletes names to the team.
The women's indoor track team had the most representatives among Â鶹¹û¶³ teams with 11. The men's indoor track team had six representatives, followed by women's basketball with three. Â鶹¹û¶³'s 20 student-athletes had an average grade-point average of 3.56 on a 4.0 scale.
In the conference as a whole, 158 student-athletes, which participated in men's and women's basketball, men's and women's indoor track and field and wrestling were honored. Those student-athletes recorded a 3.62 GPA. Sixteen student-athletes in the conference have maintained perfect 4.0 cumulative GPAs.
To be eligible, student-athletes must carry at least a 3.2 cumulative grade point average entering the winter season and were required to compete in at least one-half of their team's competitions during the recently-concluded winter campaign. In addition, the student-athletes must have successfully completed at least 24 credit hours in the previous two semesters.
The league's women's track and field programs provided the most Academic All-Conference members with 71, followed by men's indoor track and field with 43 and women's basketball with 25.
Behind Â鶹¹û¶³'s league-leading 20 student-athletes on the team, Elon had 18 representatives on the team, while Western Carolina placed 17 student-athletes on the team and UNC Greensboro had 15 representatives on the squad.