ATLANTA, Ga.- Savannah State University placed 96 student-athletes on the 2022-23 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Commissioner's All-Academic Team for maintaining at least a 3.0 or better cumulative grade point average throughout the 2022-23 academic year.
SSU had 30 football players, as well as 17 baseball players named to the Commissioner's All-Academic Team. Volleyball and men's basketball had nine representatives each, followed by men's golf and men's track & field with eight apiece. Baseball had five representatives, followed by women's basketball and women's track & field with four each and women's tennis with two.
The Tigers also had five student-athletes selected to the All-Academic Team for their respective sport. Student-athletes with a 3.2 or higher were considered for All-Academic Team honors. The number of student-athletes selected in each sport is determined by the number of positions usually involved in that sport.
Representing Savannah State on the SIAC All-Academic Team were Kenneth Lockhart (football), Sunzahra Banks (women's tennis), Korbin Allan (men's golf), Mark Green (men's golf) and Luke Sanders (baseball).
A record high, 1,650 student-athletes, were named to the 2022-2023 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Commissioner's All-Academic Team.
Student-athletes representing SSU were:
FOOTBALL
Kenneth Lockhart, Elijah Stephens, Henry Tome, Ameer Phillips, Braxton Chadwick, Jatavion Williams, Justin Gilbert, Ri'yon Adams, Randall Corey, Austin Williams, Randy Scott, Damon Stephens, Kyle Frazier, Jaydon Grant, Elwin Smith, Steven Wakefield, Kelvin Drummond, Julian Roberts, Amiri Johnson, Jorge Gonzalez,Tyler Ellis, Vernon Bell, Kyle Cartwright, Jadon Adams, Davonte Johnson, Reginald Phillips, Jonathan Glover, Evan Davis, Joshua Shepherd and Emari Napper
VOLLEYBALL
Destinee Langston, Sydney Harville, Ashley Pierre, Dorothea Ruffin, Destiny Gaines, Jessee Grubesic, Tori Lasley, Kloe Ludy and O'niece Roberts
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Elavian Bowles, Eleik Bowles, Kobe Sewell, Tre' Mays, Warner Davis, Aly Keys, Chancellor Wilson, Andrew Okorodudu and Austin Lewis
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Paris Thompson, Nyla Allen, Bria Gibbs and Jasmine Wills
WOMEN'S TENNIS
Sunzahra Banks and Sarah Joachim
MEN'S GOLF
Korbin Allan, Mark Greene, Joseph Moore, Devin Smith, Nicholas Macsuga, John Huffman, Lucas Parisi and Jaden Saunders
MEN'S TRACK & FIELD
Braxton Chadwick, Joseph Hale, Dominique Bailey, Dwayne Chenault, Erik Roberts, Cam'ron McClendon, Clint Loyd and Aidan Holliman
WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD
Kayla Chance, Jakayla Harrison, Simone Johnson and O'niece Roberts
BASEBALL
Luke Sanders, Francisco Arraut, Tyler Green, Solomon Masters, Gabriel Patxot, Isaac Reivitis, Jason Miller, Mason McLeod, Hakem Smith, Gerald Toledo, Hunter Bradshaw, Jacob Rushin, Jan'i Belcher, Omar Almodovar, Derek St. John-Badger, Rahmir Vaughn, Hunter Dryden and Andrew Mann
SOFTBALL
Ziahya Griffin, Kayla McDuffie, Kaytrie Bradshaw, Demonee Miles and Kylie Rhymer
