The Southeastern Conference announced today that the SEC had 43 Capital One Academic All-Americans in 2010-11, more than any other conference. The league had 23 student-athletes earn first-team honors, an all-time high for the SEC. Capital One Academic All-America Teams are voted on by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Eight Gamecock student-athletes represented South Carolina this year:
First Team:
Michael Roth, Baseball
Jimmy Maurer, Soccer
Mollie Patton, Soccer
Second Team:
Michael Zajac, Track & Field
Taryn Zack, Swimming & Diving
Third Team:
Blake Brettschneider, Soccer
Marvin Reitze, Track & Field
Will Traynor, Soccer
You can read the full SEC update here.
Great job, Gamecocks!
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