AUGUSTA, Ga. - As the regular season came to a close, four Clayton State student-athletes have been named to the 2016 Peach Belt Conference Women's Cross Country All-Academic Team.
Leading the way for the Lakers was senior
Joy Diaz (Riverdale, Ga.) with a perfect 4.0 GPA as a Theatre major, followed by junior
Hailey Budd (Hartwell, Ga.), who is undecided on a major with a 3.76 GPA.
Junior
Carolina Monterrubio (Mexico City, Mexico) qualified for the team with a 3.60 GPA as an Administrative Management major with fellow junior
Kimberley Zahm (Bethlehem, Ga.) rounding out the squad with a mark of 3.52 as a Psychology major.
Additionally, Monterrubio is one of just two international student-athletes among the 36 honorees.
In order to qualify for the Academic All-Conference Team, student-athletes must have been at their institution for one calendar year, have achieved a cumulative Grade Point Average of 3.30 or higher on a 4.0 scale and competed in at least 50-percent of their sport as a significant contributor. The GPA is calculated through the previous semester.
The Peach Belt Conference Women's Cross Country Academic All-Conference Team is released near the end of the regular season every year and prior to the conference championship.
Clayton State will be back in action on Saturday, November 5 in Montevallo, Alabama for the 2016 NCAA Division II Southeast Region Championship.
2016 Peach Belt Conference Women's Cross Country Academic All-Conference Team
| MacKenzie Arnold |
Francis Marion |
| Amber Braswell |
Columbus State |
| Hailey Budd |
Clayton State |
| Joy Diaz |
Clayton State |
| Rachel Dixon |
Columbus State |
| Heloise Duffie de Tassigny |
Flagler |
| Nicole Edlmann |
Francis Marion |
| Makayla Ellis |
North Georgia |
| Hannah Evans |
Montevallo |
| Bethany Fordham |
USC Aiken |
| Macy Hayes |
Augusta |
| Amber Laughinghouse |
USC Aiken |
| Anna Leinheiser |
Montevallo |
| Katherine McGarr |
Georgia Southwestern |
| Hannah Miller |
North Georgia |
| Sierra Millsaps |
Montevallo |
| Carolina Monterrubio |
Clayton State |
| Katie Nelson |
Montevallo |
| Diana Petrmichlova |
Augusta |
| Morgan Ryffe |
Augusta |
| Brittney Schwind |
Georgia College |
| Natalie Shoemaker |
Montevallo |
| Brenna Sifford |
UNC Pembroke |
| Emily Sims |
North Georgia |
| Malia Skidmore |
Montevallo |
| Chandler Spivey |
Young Harris |
| Lea Tardanico |
UNC Pembroke |
| Katherine Terino |
Montevallo |
| Cheyenne Thompson |
Montevallo |
| Jenna Tilton |
North Georgia |
| Kim Toscano |
North Georgia |
| Brittany Truitt |
North Georgia |
| Noelle Welch |
North Georgia |
| Emmeline Wheeler |
Francis Marion |
| Sarah Willis |
Georgia College |
| Kimberley Zahm |
Clayton State |
