ODAC Announces 2015-16 All-Academic Team

ODAC Announces 2015-16 All-Academic Team

Conference Honors 1,846 Student-Athletes

FOREST, Va. --- Old Dominion Athletic Conference student-athletes set a record for the seventh straight season as 1,846 honorees comprise the 2015-16 ODAC All-Academic Team.  Representatives from each of the conference's 17 member institutions -- 14 full-time and three associates -- pushed the squad's total over 1,000 for the 10th consecutive year.

Eligibility for the ODAC All-Academic Team is open to any student-athlete that competes in a conference-sponsored sport, regardless of academic class.  He or she must achieve at least a 3.25 grade point average for the year to be considered for an ODAC All-Academic Award.

Washington and Lee University placed the most student-athletes on the list with 312 individuals on the academic team.  In total, nine ODAC-member schools eclipsed 100 honorees.  Joining W&L in that group are Shenandoah University (186), Bridgewater College (183), Lynchburg College (173), Randolph-Macon College (170), Guilford College (133), Roanoke College (131), Emory & Henry College (123), and Virginia Wesleyan College (111).

The following link leads to a PDF of the entire 2015-16 ODAC All-Academic Team.  Click HERE to view the list of honorees.

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