Lawalin and Nelligan Named PBC All-Academic
AUGUSTA, GA – The Peach Belt Conference
released the women’s cross country All-Academic Teams
announced this afternoon from the conference office as juniors Emmy
Lawalin and Bea Nelligan were named to the first-team.
The two teams are the first in a new season-long program
recognizing the outstanding accomplishments of PBC student-athletes
in the classroom as well as on the field.
To be eligible for the All-Academic team, a student athlete must
participate in at least half of their team’s events, achieve
a 3.2 cumulative grade point average on a 4.0 scale, and have
completed at least one full academic year at their current
institution. The Peach Belt Conference Sports Information Directors
nominated and voted on the selected teams.
Emmy Lawalin, a Music Education major, has a 3.82 cumulative grade
point average and recorded her best time of the year at the Mercer
Invitational, finishing the 5K course in 19:54. She had her highest
finish of the season at the PBC Pre-Conference race, finishing 14th
on the campus of Georgia College & State University. Lawalin
led her team into the 2008 NCAA Southeast Regional with a 19th
place finish, completing the 6K course with a time of 24:48.
Bea Nelligan, a Match Education major, has a 3.94 cumulative grade
point average midway through her third year at North Georgia. She
had her best time of the 2008 season at the PBC Pre-Conference
event, finishing in a time of 21:32. Nelligan raced to a 13th place
finish at the Tiger Twilight Invitational on the campus of the
University of the South, finishing the 6K race in 26:35.
Women's Cross Country PBC
All-Academic Team
| First Team | |||||
| Player | School | Year | Hometown | GPA | Major
(Minor) |
| Amanda Doyle | Francis Marion | Jr. | Laurens, S.C. | 3.81 | Accounting |
| Sarah Hakala | GCSU | Sr. | Jacksonville, Fla. | 4.00 | Biology (Anthropology) |
| Kara Kreutzer | Augusta State | Jr. | Lilburn, Ga. | 3.41 | Biology |
| Emmy Lawalin | North Georgia | Soph. | Gainesville, Ga. | 3.82 | Music Education |
| Bea Nelligan | North Georgia | Jr. | Sautee, Ga. | 3.94 | Math Education |
| Olga Nunez-Lopez | Lander | Sr. | Chapin, S.C. | 3.64 | Business Administation |
| Bonnie Ueltzen | GCSU | Jr. | Blairsville, Ga. | 3.76 | Physical Education |
| Second Team | |||||
| Alley Dachenhaus | USC Aiken | Sr. | Batesburg, S.C. | 3.72 | Early Childhood Education |
| Dani Destiche | GCSU | Soph. | Snellville, Ga. | 3.51 | Outdoor Education |
| Chelsea Ellis | Clayton State | Soph. | Port St. Lucie, Fla. | 3.35 | Biology |
| Stevi Korczyk | Ga. Southwestern | Sr. | Conyers, Ga. | 3.73 | Exercise Science |
| Nicole Maitland | USC Aiken | Soph. | Chapin, S.C. | 3.23 | Elementary Education |
| Heather Raines | GCSU | Jr. | Lawrenceville, Ga. | 3.41 | Mass Communication |
| Ivy Ramsey | UNC Pembroke | Sr. | Colby, Kan. | 3.32 | Exercise & Sport Science |