BEREA, Ky. – Berea College placed 64 student-athletes on the first-ever Collegiate Conference of the South All-Academic Team, conference officials announced on Thursday.

"It's an honor to recognize our inaugural list of Academic All-Conference and Presidents' Honor Roll student-athlete recipients," said Vansant.  "Our conference values exceptional athletics competition along with the outstanding work that occurs in the classroom. It is the NCAA Division III model, and we are proud of our first class of Academic All-Conference honorees."

Student-athletes had to post at least a 3.30 grade-point average for both semesters during the 2022-23 academic year. In addition, four Mountaineers earned Presidents' Honor Roll by posting GPAs of 3.90 or better for both semesters.

This was the inaugural season for the CCS, which features nine NCAA Division III institutions in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee.

Honorees were selected from the conference's 14 championship sports.

Baseball (5)
Alejandro Avila
Kenneth Henderson
Marcelo Manrique
Jayden Junta
Kire Tribble

Men's Basketball (2)
Tyler Boggs        
Brandon Ray

Women's Basketball (1)
Lynkaylah James

Golf (3)
Cooper Brun *
Christopher Gilbert
Dongsoo Lee

Men's Soccer (6)
Eris Acosta
Ricardo Bahena
Finn Bledsoe
Dalton Harris
Jean-Paul Nunez
Joshua Szidik

Women's Soccer (8)
Shavon Alexander
Kaylee Calhoun
Hannah Howell
Nancy Ovando Perez
Angel Patterson
Savana Shepard
Chole Spitzer
Alyssa Tittsworth

Softball (4)
Amya Durrum
Mackenzie Howell
Julie Santana
Aubrey Sowders

Men's Tennis (5)
Nathan Jiang
Michael Mecham
Bogdon Petric
Brandon Ray
Bryant Wager

Women's Tennis (6)
Diliara Galieva
Su Meh
Ti Meh
Sophia Mercer
June Smith
Aikhan Tugambekova

Men's Cross Country/Track & Field (11)
Adrian Castaneda
Calib Collier-Smith
Immanuel Darling
David Emeka-Ibe
Silas Fair
David Goodpaster
Brock Haines
Robert Immell
Jean-Paul Nunez
Gagan Phuyal
Noah Reasoner

Women's Cross Country/Track & Field (12)
Carah Anteck *
Summer Bahr *
Alyssa Bell
Carolina Castillo-Ibarra
Brooke Donley*
Jasiella Grandy
Elise Kemp
Jakeisha Lewis
Angel Patterson
Lilly Stears
Madison Stonestreet
Alyssa Tittsworth

Volleyball (6)
Anneliz Cora-Rolland
Fabiana De Jesus
Ilaisa'ane Leetham
Adrianna Ocasio Fonseca
Vanessa Ramic
Julie Santana