Saturday, 08/13/2011

Rock Hill, S.C.----Eighty Wingate University student-athletes can add another accolade to their resumes, as the Bulldogs have been named to the South Atlantic Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll for the 2010-11 academic year.

 

           A total of 799 student-athletes were named to the SAC Commissioner’s Honor Roll. Eligible student-athletes must have lettered in a varsity SAC-sponsored sport and maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.30 or higher.

 

            The Bulldog football and women’s soccer teams lead the way with 13 student-athletes each making the prestigious SAC Commissioner’s Honor Roll. The volleyball team follows closely with 11. Five teams had six student-athletes make the honor roll: softball, baseball, men’s soccer, women’s cross country and women’s tennis.

 

            Six of the seven Wingate women’s tennis student-athletes made the exclusive list (85.7 percent). The Bulldog volleyball team had 11 of 16 players make the honor roll – good enough for 68.8 percent. The women’s soccer team had 13 of 28 players receive honor roll distinction (46.4 percent).

 

Three Wingate student-athletes were named to the Capital One Academic All-America® team in 2010-11. Football offensive lineman Ralph Curiel (Tehachapi, Calif.), volleyball middle blocker Stormi Gale (Richmond, Texas) and swimming superstar Nicole Moody (Grovetown, Ga.) were each recognized by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) this year.

 

WINGATE UNIVERSITY

 

Founded in 1896, Wingate University is a comprehensive university with more than 2,300 students on three campuses in Wingate, Matthews and Hendersonville, N.C. The university offers 32 undergraduate majors, 36 minors and career concentrations, numerous pre-professional programs, graduate degrees in business, accounting, physician assistant studies and sports administration and doctorates in pharmacy and education.

            

Wingate students gain the tools and support they need to excel in academics and apply that learning toward an extraordinary career and life. The campus community offers in-class learning, out-of-class experiences, strong mentors, a competitive yet caring environment and rewarding community service opportunities for a complete educational experience.

 

Bulldog student-athletes compete in 19 NCAA Division II sports. Wingate University has won the South Atlantic Conference Echols Athletic Excellence Award for the past five years.

 

            Wingate University is ranked number three among NCAA Division II Academic All-America® producing schools in the 2000’s with 39 honorees during this millennium. Only Pittsburg State (Kan.) University and Truman State (Mo.) University have produced more Academic All-America® honorees during this time period. Wingate’s 48 Academic All-America® honorees (lifetime) is tops among all SAC schools.

 

            (Wingate University student intern Robert Cook wrote this article. A rising senior from Bradford, England, Cook is majoring in Sport Management with a Marketing minor.)