SPARTANBURG, S.C. -- Samford placed a total of 116 student-athletes on the combined fall and spring Academic All-SoCon teams released by the league Wednesday afternoon.
 
The fall Academic All-SoCon team had 394 members, with the spring team – combining winter and spring sports – had 629 student-athletes honored. The SoCon Academic All-Conference teams include student-athletes who compile a cumulative GPA of 3.30 or higher and participate in at least 50 percent of their team's contests in a varsity sport sponsored by the Southern Conference. Student-athletes must have at least three semesters of class work at a SoCon institution under their belt to be eligible.
 
The men's indoor track and field team led all Samford teams with 12 representatives on the team, while soccer, men's outdoor track and field and women's indoor track and field placed 11 members each on the team. The women's outdoor track and field team had 10 members on the squad.
 
The Samford softball team placed nine members on the team, while the volleyball team had eight student-athletes on the team. The football squad had seven representatives on the team, while the women's basketball and baseball teams had six members on the team each, followed by men's cross country (5), men's golf (5), women's cross-country (4), women's golf (4), men's basketball (3), men's tennis (2) and women's tennis (2).
 
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