ODAC Announces 2022-23 All-Academic Team

ODAC Announces 2022-23 All-Academic Team
Posted: Jul 14, 2023

Conference Honors 2,514 Student-Athletes

Updated: July 14, 2023

FOREST, Va. --- ODAC student-athletes won titles and set records up and down league and school histories during the 2022-23 campaign. But that success was not limited to their athletic arenas with conference student-athletes excelling in the classroom. Conference leadership is proud to recognize 2,514 honorees on the 2022-23 ODAC All-Academic Team.

The ODAC All-Academic Team features more than 2,500 individuals for the fourth straight season. The record stands at 2,681 honorees from the 2019-20 academic year. There were 2,560 recognized in 2020-21 and 2,519 in 2021-22.

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

RELATED: ODAC All-Academic Team (PDF) | See below for school-by-school breakdowns

A conference-record six schools eclipsed 200 honorees with 11 members featuring 100 or more representatives. Washington and Lee University set two new benchmarks in leading the league table. W&L is the first school in ODAC history to recognize more than 500 student-athletes with a league and school-record 529 honorees. The University of Lynchburg joined W&L as the only school with more than 300 honorees at a record 306 recognized individuals.

Bridgewater College, Randolph-Macon College, Roanoke College, and Shenandoah University each featured more than 200 honorees. Randolph-Macon saw 211 Yellow Jackets earn all-academic distinction. Bridgewater, Roanoke, Shenandoah each set new school records at 244, 228, and 296 honorees, respectively.

Averett University honored 110 Cougars to set a high benchmark following its first season as a full-time member of the ODAC. Greensboro College, an associate member of the league in swimming and wrestling, saw its representation increase to a school-record 12 honorees.

Several streaks of over 100 all-academic members continue for at least one more season. Guilford College (176), Ferrum College (170), and Virginia Wesleyan University (161) were joined by Eastern Mennonite University (113) in maintaining long-standing runs of more than 100 honorees. EMU was just five student-athletes shy of its school-record representation. Hampden-Sydney College (97) was just three honorees away from the century mark.

Randolph College, Hollins University, and Sweet Briar College were all within 10 student-athletes of their record totals. Randolph (81) were nine short of setting a new WildCats' benchmark. Hollins (64) was less than a handful off its record of 67 honorees, while Sweet Briar (64) was even closer to its 2014-15 high-point of 66 honorees.

Below are links to not only the full listing (PDF) of 2,514 honorees, but individual school pages. Each PDF is sorted by the sport played and last name within those sports (alphabetic priority for those that compete in multiple sports). For more information, visit the ODAC's home on the Internet at www.odaconline.com. Don't forget to become a fan of the ODAC on Facebook and follow @odacathletics on Twitter and Instagram.

2022-23 ODAC ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM | Full Listing (PDF)

* New school-record