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Seventy-Three Sun Belt Student-Athletes Earn 1A FAR Academic Excellence Award

NEW ORLEANS – Seventy-three student-athletes who competed at Sun Belt Conference institutions in 2021-22 and graduated during in the last academic year received the Academic Excellence Award from the 1A Faculty Athletics Representatives, it was announced Wednesday. 

The award criteria includes student-athletes at FBS football-sponsoring institutions who earned their undergraduate degrees between September 1, 2021 and August 31, 2022 and compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.80 or better upon graduation. In addition, the student-athletes must have participated in at least two years of NCAA intercollegiate athletics at an FBS institution. 

The 1A Faculty Athletics Representatives (1A FAR) is an organization of faculty athletics representatives at NCAA Division 1 institutions in the Football Bowl Subdivision. The mission of 1A FAR is to advocate for effective interaction and academic and fiscal balance between an institution's academic mission and its intercollegiate program.
 
App State Brenna Schoenbachler    Field Hockey
App State Kirsten Seely Women’s Soccer
App State Anna Smarrelli  Field Hockey
App State Caleb Spurlin Football
App State Kayla Ward Women’s Golf
Coastal Carolina Aja Blount Women’s Basketball
Coastal Carolina Marcello Jones    Men’s Soccer
Coastal Carolina Abbey Montoya Softball
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Georgia Southern Mila Hartig Women’s Tennis
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Georgia State Emily Burke Women’s Soccer
Georgia State Emily Buck Softball
Georgia State Eva Chivu Women’s Tennis
Georgia State Clayton Dawes Men’s Soccer
Georgia State Emma Devis Women’s Track & Field
Georgia State Kelly Dorn Beach Volleyball
Georgia State Matthew Fearnley Men’s Soccer
Georgia State Charlie Flint Football
Georgia State Marine Garnier   Women’s Track & Field
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Georgia State Tristan Jumeau Men’s Soccer
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Georgia State Hannah Sadler   Women’s Basketball
Georgia State Mariah Smith Women’s Track & Field
Georgia State Andreea Stanescu Women’s Tennis
Georgia State Rebecca Tresham Beach Volleyball
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Louisiana Kacper Dworak  Men’s Tennis
Louisiana Hunter Hammett Men’s Golf
Louisiana Isabel Wheeler   Women’s Soccer
Louisiana Savanna Young Women’s Soccer
ULM Daisy Drake Women’s Soccer
ULM Jimena Garbino Women’s Tennis
ULM Hailey Hughes Volleyball
ULM Korie Kreps Softball
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South Alabama Sierra Knight Women’s Track & Field
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South Alabama Korey Shively Men’s Track & Field
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South Alabama Maddie Soboleski Volleyball
South Alabama Morgan Stalcup Volleyball
Texas State Addison Gaetano Women’s Soccer
Texas State Chelsea Johnson Women’s Basketball
Texas State Sofia Murcia Rodriguez Women’s Tennis
Texas State Austin Smith Baseball
Texas State Hannah Solano  Women’s Soccer
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