AUGUSTA, Ga. - Augusta State’s Lindsey Weider and Tarah Childress have been selected to the Peach Belt Conference’s All-Academic Team, according to a recent announcement from the league office.

Weider, a senior from Dacula, Ga., and Childress, a junior from Loveland, Ohio, helped lead ASU to the second-winningest season in school history. The Jaguars won 22 matches and finished in third place in the PBC standings, the Jags’ highest finish in the league since 1995.

The team is part of a season-long program recognizing the outstanding accomplishments of PBC student-athletes in the classroom as well as on the fields and courts. To be eligible for the All-Academic team, a student-athlete must 1) participate in at least half of his/her team’s events and be either a starter or significant contributor; 2) achieved a 3.20 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) and 3) completed at least one full academic year at his or her current institution. The Peach Belt Conference Sports Information Directors oversee and select the teams.

Founded in 1991, the Peach Belt Conference is home to 28 NCAA Division II National Championships. The PBC is comprised of 13 member institutions in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Alabama and compete in 13 championship sports. 2009-10 members are Augusta State University, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Clayton State University, Columbus State University, Flagler College, Francis Marion University, Georgia College & State University, Georgia Southwestern State University, Lander University, University of Montevallo, North Georgia College & State University, University of North Carolina at Pembroke and the University of South Carolina Aiken.

2009 Peach Belt Conference Volleyball All-Academic Team
First Team

Player               School                       Year    Hometown               GPA           Major 

Torrie Bevolo        Armstrong Atlantic State     Soph.   St. Louis, Mo.         3.81          Undecided 
Amy Birkemeier       Armstrong Atlantic State     Sr.     Columbus Grove, Ohio   3.75          Physical Therapy 
Lauren Cedeno        USC Aiken                    Sr.     Jacksonville, Fla.     3.63          Secondary Education 
Anna Garrison        Montevallo                   Soph.   LaVergne, Tenn.        4.00          General Studies 
Whitney Hanlin       UNC Pembroke                 Sr.     Manassas, Va.          3.54          Business Administration 
Chelsey Kight        USC Aiken                    Soph.   Charleston, S.C.       3.67          Nursing 
Andrea Laza          UNC Pembroke                 Sr.     Cary, N.C.             3.90          Biology 
Jess O'Leary         Francis Marion               Sr.     St. Louis, Mo.         3.71          Psychology                                                                          

Second Team                                                   

Justine Burkhardt   Flagler                      Sr.      St. Augustine, Fla.    3.33          Business 
Ashley Ferry        Lander                       Sr.      Woodbridge, Va.        3.29          Mass Communications 
Katy Handrick       Montevallo                   Sr.      De Pere, Wisc.         3.20          Chemistry 
Becky Hendrian      Flagler                      Sr.      Cincinnati, Ohio       3.66          Political Science 
Casey Howett        Armstrong Atlantic State     Soph.    Brooks, Ga.            3.67          Undecided 
Lauren Markle       Montevallo                   Sr.      Metamora, Ill.         3.65          Management 
Amanda Mitchell     Francis Marion               Soph.    Farragut, Tenn.        3.59          Biology 
Whitney Tabbert     USC Aiken                    Sr.      Stewardson, Ill.       3.65          Exercise & Sport Science 
Lindsey Weider      Augusta State                Sr.      Dacula, Ga.            3.47          Marketing                                                                                                          

Third Team                                                       

Tarah Childress     Augusta State             Jr.        Loveland, Ohio          3.47          Pre-Nursing 
Megan Disney        USC Aiken                 Jr.        Knoxville, Tenn.        3.38          Business Administration 
Candace LaRocca     Lander                    Jr.        St. Louis, Mo.          3.43          Business Administration 
Magi Nottingham     Lander                    Soph.      Indianapolis, Ind.      3.54          Biology 
Lizzie O'Connor     UNC Pembroke              Sr.        Fairfax, Va.            3.27          Elementary Education 
Caitlin Simpson     Francis Marion            Sr.        Scottsdale, Ariz.       3.39          Psychology 
Olivia Snipes       Flagler                   Soph.      Easley, S.C.            3.60          Elementary Education