Men’s and Women's Outdoor Track & Field AAC All-Academic Announced

By Mike DeVader, Reinhardt Director of Athletic Communications & Media

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – The Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) revealed the 2020 Men's and Women's Outdoor Track & Field All-Academic and Champions of Character squads on Thursday, the AAC office announced.

In total, five members of the men's team and a pair of women's student-athletes were recognized.

To make the AAC All-Academic Team, a student-athlete must carry a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.25 and be a sophomore, junior, senior or graduate student. 

Men's Track & Field AAC All-Academic
DeShaun Baker, Jr., Decatur, Ga.
Jalen Everett, So., Valdosta, Ga.
Carson Ivester, Sr., Mount Airy, Ga.
Jonathan Paolozzi, Jr., Jefferson, Ga.
Brandon Starks, So., Powder Springs, Ga.

Women's Track & Field AAC All-Academic
Pam Lalo, Jr., Atlanta, Ga.
Kaitlynn Perry, So., Ball Ground, Ga.

To view the entire list of men's awards, please click here, and for the women's honorees, click here. 

Not to be outdone, Ivester (who was also All-Academic) and Javen Wimberly were named to the AAC Champions of Character Team.

To make the Champions of Character Team, student-athletes are nominated by their coaches based on their modeling of the five core values the NAIA espouses: respect, integrity, responsibility, sportsmanship and servant leadership.

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For more information on Reinhardt Men's Outdoor Track & Field, please click here, and Women's Outdoor Track & Field here.