Honor Roll

Six basketball players from Georgia College have made the Peach Belt Conference's basketball all-academic teams, two from the men and four from the women.

Senior Isaac Thomas makes his third appearance, with a 3.46 in accounting, It's the debut for sophomore Chapin Rierson and his 3.84 in accounting.

Thomas joins the elite group of Ryan Blumenthal (2016) and Josh Hurst (2011) as the only three-time selections.

Senior Sydney Cleveland has the Bobcat women's top ns the team's top GPA with a 3.53 in mathematics in her third appearance.

Erin Drynan is on for the first time with a 3.32 in exercise science with a minor in physical education. Sophomore Keyonna Wesley has a 3.44 in accounting with a management information systems minor. Sophomore DeLayne Rotolo also debuts with 3.43 in exercise science with a physical education minor.(2017) and Christina Thomas (2017) as the only three-time winners. ...

Mercer's Amanda Thompson has made the College Sports Information Directors of America academic all-district team for the second straightyear.

Thompson made the District IV team, and is one of five women's basketball players from Division I programs in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Puerto Rico, and is joined by Georgia State's Jada Lewis.

The star forward, an electrical engineering major, is now eligible for academic All-America honors to be announced next month.

Candidates must have a least a 3.30 GPA. ...

Cam Hill hit .500 in four games last week with six RBIs and three runs scored to earn honors as the PBC's baseball freshman of the week.

The outfielder went 2-for-3 against West Georgia, then was 3-for-4 in the conference opener against Georgia Southwestern. He drove in three in that game and had five of his six RBIs against the Hurricanes on the week. He also stole a base in his only attempt and was error-free in center. ...

Tattnall alum Allie Gordon of Belhaven is the National Christian College Athletic Association student-athlete of the week for softball.

She was dominant on offense for the Blazers, with a walk-off home run to beat NCAA Division I Jackson State University. The freshman batted .556 (10-for-18) and with five runs and seven RBI. ...

Middle Georgia State's Joy Sadler is the Southern States Athletic Conference women's basketball player of the week.

The junior forward averaged 20 points, 12.7 rebounds and 1.3 blocks while posting double-doubles in all three games. She shot 51 percent percent from the floor and 87 percent from the line.

She has 12 double-doubles on the season. ...

GMC had a pair of softball players take weekly honors in the GCAA last week.

Lauren King is the player of the week and Sarah Middleton the top pitcher.

King hit .714 with three doubles, two steals and four runs in two games, while Middleton was 1-0 with a 10-strikeout, one-walk shutout win. ...

Georgia College's women's cross country team placed some members on the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association's end-of-season academic awards and a spot on the Division II All-Academic Individual list.

Junior Rachel Boulineau and junior Maddy Howe are first-time honorees, while sophomores Tessa Allen and Sydney Brown (Canton, Georgia) are repeat honorees.

Qualifications: a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or better, and finish among the top-30 percent of total eligible runners at his regional championship and/or the top half of the field at the NCAA Championship meet. ...

Last week

Brentwood grad Carolina Snider of Georgia College is the latest Peach Belt softball player of the week.

The senior from Tennille went 10 for 17 in six games at the Charger Chillout, with 12 RBI and six runs, on four doubles and three triples during the week.

The Bobcats visit West Georgia on Wednesday.

Ryan Jones isn't showing any nerves early in his college baseball career.

The FPD grad is the USA South rookie of the week after going 4-for-10 with three runs, two doubles, and four RBI in his first season at Maryville (Tenn.)

The Scots went 3-0, boosted by his .538 on-base percentage. He scored the go-ahead run in one win. He sparked a comeback win with three hits and two runs. ...

Mercer's Nick Spear will open the season on the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Stopper of the Year watch list.

He leads active Southern Conference pitchers in career opposing batting average (.226), saves (13), and strikeouts per nine innings (12.27).

Mercer opens the season Friday against visiting Evansville. ...

Middle Georgia State took a pair of Southern State honors, one in baseball and one in softball.

MJ Rookard is the player of the week, for the third time, after helping the No. 17 Knights take a series from No. 6 St. Thomas.

He hit .556 with four runs, four RBI, and five hits, reaching base eight times in 12 plate trips.

Caroline Newton is the softball pitcher of the week after gong 1-1 with seven runs allowed in 15 innings, and six strikeouts. She got the complete-game win in a win over Point.