CLINTON, Miss. --- The Gulf South Conference announced the academic awards for the 2021 spring season on Thursday, June 17. Mississippi College placed 13 student-athletes on the GSC All-Academic Team while 152 were named to the conference's honor roll.
 
The 13 all-academic team selections ranked fourth among the conference schools. Lee University led the way with 19 followed by the University of Alabama in Huntsville with 16 and University of West Florida with 14.
 
The spring sports honored are baseball, men's golf, women's golf, men's soccer, women's soccer, softball, men's tennis, women's tennis, men's track and field, women's track and field and volleyball.
 
Men's track and field and women's soccer led the way with four student-athletes named to the all-academic team with four each. Men's soccer and volleyball each added two to the list while women's track and field had one.
 
Dalton Dempsey, Gabe Poulin, Jake Russell and Rakeem Wilson represented men's track and field. Beatrice Currie, Kaylee Foster, Avery Hederman and Erin Hederman were selected from women's soccer.
 
Gonzalo Carrasco and Abel Perez were tabbed from men's soccer while Kendall Platt and Lexi Richards represented volleyball. Marina Rizk was the lone representative from women's track and field.
 
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. Other factors include leadership, community service and extra-curricular activities. SIDs and FARs are not allowed to vote for their own student-athletes. The number of student-athletes selected in each sport is determined by the number of positions normally involved in the playing of that sport. Ties are not broken.
 
Men's soccer paced the teams with 22 on the honor roll followed by baseball with 21 and women's track and field with 20. Women's soccer added 19 with men's track and field with 18. Volleyball posted 16 on the list with 14 coming from softball. Men's tennis and women's tennis each added seven with six coming from men's golf and both members of the women's golf making the list.