AUGUSTA, Ga. – With the close of the regular season, two Clayton State student-athletes have been named to the 2016 Peach Belt Conference Men's Cross Country All-Academic Team.
 
Senior Troy Hickom (Cartersville, Ga.) and sophomore T.J. Witherspoon (Thomasville, Ga.) qualified for the team as a result of excellence in the classroom paired with success on the course. Witherspoon notched a 3.58 GPA as a Biology major while Hickom was not far behind at 3.47 in Pre-Engineering.
 
For Hickom, the selection marks the third straight year being named to the All-Academic Team. That third selection is also the most one can achieve as eligibility begins following an individual's freshman season.
 
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 Men'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 Men's Cross Country Academic All-Conference Team

Donny Barnes	Montevallo
Daniel Broadhead	Augusta
Javier Bustos Jaimes	Francis Marion
Jim Galvin	Georgia College
Troy Hickom	Clayton State
Michael Johnson	Montevallo
Sam Mack	Flagler
Jonathan Martin	UNC Pembroke
Christopher Miles	Columbus State
Nate Nash	UNC Pembroke
Devin Nelson	Francis Marion
Carlos Oliver	Francis Marion
Henning Schein	Armstrong State
Daniel Sexton	Georgia College
Brian Skoglind	Georgia College
Timothy Thompson	Columbus State
Jeremy Webb	Young Harris
T.J. Witherspoon	Clayton State