Three Conference Carolinas Men's Soccer Players Named to Academic All-District Team
Three Conference Carolinas Men's Soccer Players Named to Academic All-District Team
CoSIDA All-District Team Release
HIGH POINT, N.C. – Three Conference Carolinas men’s soccer players were recognized as 2015 Academic All-District Men’s Soccer Team selections by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) on Thursday (Oct. 29) afternoon.
King University’s Chris Hicks and the Limestone College duo of Lalaina Randriamanantena and Gui Machado were named to the NCAA Division II All-District Men’s Soccer Team District 3. The team is comprised of 14 student-athletes from the three conferences that make up the Southeast region: Conference Carolinas, Peach Belt Conference and South Atlantic Conference.
A Gloucester, England native, Hicks sports a 3.93 GPA as an athletic training major. This is Hicks’ second straight selection to the All-District Team.
Chris was named Conference Carolinas Men’s Soccer Player of the Week once and has notched 14 points on the season scoring seven goals. His seven goals currently rank seventh in the conference.
Randriamanantena, who was an NSCAA Scholar All-Region selection a year ago, earned All-District honors this season with a cumulative 3.78 GPA. Additionally, the Business Administration/Finance major has been named to the Conference Carolinas Presidential Honor Roll in each of the past four semesters.
Lalaina has tallied six points on the season on three goals.
Machado has been selected to the Conference Carolinas Presidential Honor Roll four times during his time in the Blue and Gold. He currently sports a 3.72 overall grade point average and is double majoring in Marketing and Sport Management. This is his first major academic award.
Gui has been named the NSCAA Division II National Player of the Week twice this season, as well as Conference Carolinas Men’s Soccer Player of the Week twice. He is currently second in the conference with 14 goals scored and 33 points while ranking 12th nationally in goals scored.
As first-team Academic All-District honorees, the trio has advanced to the Academic All-America Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team All-America selections will be named later this month.
Conference Carolinas is a NCAA Division II athletics conference made up of 12 teams from Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. These institutions consist of: Barton College, Belmont Abbey, Converse College, Emmanuel College, Erskine College, King University, Lees-McRae College, Limestone College, University of Mount Olive, North Greenville University, Pfeiffer University, and Southern Wesleyan. Emmanuel College and Southern Wesleyan University are currently completing the NCAA Membership Process and will be fully competing in league championships in the near future.