Conference Honors 1,600 Student-Athletes

FOREST, Va. --- The Old Dominion Athletic Conference All-Academic Team eclipsed 1,000 student-athletes for the eighth consecutive year and set a new high-water mark for conference honorees for the fifth year in a row.  With representatives from each of the 17 ODAC institutions (including Catholic University for football only and Greensboro College and Notre Dame of Maryland University for swimming only), 1,627 student-athletes earned recognition on the 2013-14 ODAC All-Academic Team.

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 285 individuals on the academic team.  Bridgewater College (143), Lynchburg College (139), Shenandoah University (131), Randolph-Macon College (124), Roanoke College (123), Virginia Wesleyan College (113), and Emory & Henry College (105) also boast at least 100 student-athletes on the list.

The following link leads to a PDF of the entire 2013-14 ODAC All-Academic Team.  Click HERE to view the entire list of honorees.

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