The Elite 23 Award honors Conference Carolinas student-athletes with the highest cumulative grade-point average at their respective championship site. The award is modeled after the NCAA's Elite 90 Award and it allows all student-athletes at the final championship site to win the award. In field hockey and wrestling, due to the collaboration with the South Atlantic Conference, the award is named the South Atlantic Conference Carolinas Academic Excellence Award.
2021-22 Conference Carolinas Spring Elite 23 Award Winners
Women’s Golf
Georgia Page, UNC Pembroke
Men’s Golf
Kobie Morton, North Greenville
Acrobatics & Tumbling
Alexis Wynn, King
Men’s Volleyball
Tobi Azeez, Mount Olive
Women’s Lacrosse
Emery Kennedy, Mount Olive
Men’s Lacrosse
Chance Urban, Mount Olive
Women’s Tennis
María Belén Vendrell, Converse
Men’s Tennis
Elijah Buerkle, Belmont Abbey
Softball
Samantha Helms, King
Baseball
Matthew Kornegay, Mount Olive
Women’s Outdoor Track & Field
Julia Reeves, Southern Wesleyan
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field
Jon Wojcuich, Mount Olive
Spring 2022 Story
2021-22 Conference Carolinas Winter Elite 23 Award Winners
Men’s Swimming
Austin Kephart, Salem
Women’s Swimming
Jenna Morris, Lees-McRae
Women’s Indoor Track & Field
Christina Passamonte, King
Men’s Indoor Track & Field
Blake Walker, Emmanuel
Men’s Basketball
KJ Jones II, Emmanuel
Women’s Basketball
Jami Tham, Barton
Conference Carolinas/Great Midwest Men's Bowling Academic Excellence Award
Tristan Davis, Emmanuel
Conference Carolinas/Great Midwest Women’s Bowling Academic Excellence Award
Lauren Meagher, Kentucky Wesleyan
South Atlantic Conference Carolinas Men's Wrestling Academic Excellence Award
Anthony Cruz, Emmanuel
Winter 2022 Story
2021-22 Conference Carolinas Fall Elite 23 Award Winners
Men’s Cross Country Elite 23
Ethan Hargrove, Emmanuel
Women’s Cross Country Elite 23
Katy Neubert, King
Men’s Soccer Elite 23
Harri Lovett, Chowan
Women’s Soccer Elite 23
Erica Boswell, Mount Olive
Women’s Volleyball Elite 23
Whitley Kahler, North Greenville
South Atlantic Conference Carolinas Field Hockey Academic Excellence Award
Abigail Smith, Limestone
Fall 2021 Story