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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Gulf South Conference has announced its 2019 Fall Academic Awards and Union University was represented with 64 honor roll honorees and three student-athletes on the Academic All-GSC teams. 

Making Academic All-GSC from Union were Cole Asfour (men's soccer), Meghan Delaney (volleyball) and Abigail Bergquist (women's cross country). This was Asfour's third time being honored, Delaney's second, and Bergquist's first. 

The 64 honor roll selections are the most for any fall since joining the GSC, passing the old mark of 63 in 2015. 

Union put six men's cross country runners on the GSC Honor Roll including Caleb Allen, Ronald Ayabei, Samuel Barkman, Michael Drury, Jaden Hunter, and Joshua Whitney.

Union women's cross country had 10 runners make the GSC Honor Roll including Abigail Bergquist, Tessa Kaltenbach, Amanda Leatherwood, MaryKate Leatherwood, Jordan Meadors, Jackline Ruto, Gabbie Stevens, Anna Tankersley, Rebecca Tankersley, and Chloe Veilleux.

Union men's soccer put 13 players on the GSC Honor Roll including Cole Asfour, Elijah Barritt, Felipe Firmino, Mats Fredriksen, Jacob Greene, James Jackson, Martin Knudsen, Iudy Lopes, Parker Miller, Euan Morton, Gavin Scott, William Valencia, and Casper Nyberg.

Union women's soccer had 20 five players make the GSC Honor Roll including Makenna David, Austen DeLoach, Josie Drone, Addison Dunn, Candace Haney, Alli Herring, Rylee Iorio, Samantha Jones, Cresencia Kerr, Taylor Knight, Tiffany Linser, Amber Meade, Natalie Nagy, Alice Nelson, Iris Seamster, Holly Trisdale, Anna Venckus, Brooke Watson, Jaya Wilson, and Madison Wirth.

Union volleyball put 15 players on the GSC Honor Roll including Sarah Adams, Laurel Alexander, Adna Alihodzic, Kristen Bukowsky, Audrey Cagle, Emily Grace Calhoon, Meghan Delaney, Claressa Kohler, Courtney Ondrus, Abbie Rahn, Grace Roberts, Sydney Sample, Alyssa Tatsch, Jordan Vick, and Anna Claire Winchester.

Academic All-GSC Teams are selected by the Gulf South Conference Sports Information Directors (SIDs) and Faculty Athletic Representatives (FARs) in a joint vote. Nominees must have an overall grade point average (GPA) of 3.20 or better on a 4.00 scale for their entire academic career and may not be freshmen or first-semester or quarter transfers. The student-athlete must be a significant contributor to the squad. A total of 1,049 student-athletes finished with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.00 and were named to the GSC Spring Academic Honor Roll.

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History of Union's GSC Academic Honors
Fall=w. cross country, m. cross country, w. soccer, m. soccer, volleyball
Winter=w. basketball, m. basketball
Spring=w. golf, m. golf, softball, baseball

Year - Term - Honor Roll - Academic All-GSC
2012 - Fall - 51 - NA (Story Link)
2013 - Winter - 14 - NA (Story Link)
2013 - Spring - 37 - NA (Story Link)
2013 - Fall - 62 - NA (Story Link)
2014 - Winter - 16 - NA (Story Link)
2014 - Spring - 36 - NA (Story Link)
2014 - Fall - 63 - 8 (Story Link)
2015 - Winter - 13 - 3 (Story Link)
2015 - Spring - 33 - 0 (Story Link)
2015 - Fall - 63 - 5 (Story Link)
2016 - Winter - 12 - 2 (Story Link)
2016 - Spring - 37 - 1 (Story Link)
2016 - Fall - 57 - 7 (Story Link)
2017 - Winter - 13 - 0 (Story Link)
2017 - Spring - 38 - 4 (Story Link)
2017 - Fall - 59 - 2 (Story Link)
2018 - Winter - 8 - 0 (Story Link)
2018 - Spring - 33 - 2 (Story Link)
2018 - Fall - 62 - 8 (Story Link)
2019 - Winter - 11 - 1 (Story Link)
2019 - Spring - 39 - 5 (Story Link)
2019 - Fall - 64 - 3 (Story Link)