NEW ORLEANS – Four Privateers were named to the Southland Cross Country All-Academic Team which was released by the conference office on Thursday.
Mason Appleton becomes the tenth men's selection to the Southland All-Academic Team since 2016 and earns his first nod. The senior currently holds a 3.88 GPA as a Biological Sciences major. He competed in all four meets and set three personal bests in the fall.
Appleton also went to the NCAA Regionals for the second consecutive season. He also won the Azalea City Classic in the fall.
Three women also made the All-Academic Team in
Anais Sulpice,
Petra Imre and
Michela Papalia.
Sulpice carries a perfect 4.0 GPA while currently obtaining her Master's in Finance. A native of France, Sulpice had a top five finish in the Azalea City Classic and finished 21
st in the Southland Championships last fall.
Imre currently holds a 3.87 GPA as a Film and Theatre Arts major. The sophomore from Hungary also had a top five finish at the Azalea City Classic and finished 27
th at the Southland Championships.
Papalia also finished in the top five at the Azalea City Classic. The sophomore from Italy currently holds a 3.92 GPA as a Human Performance and Health Promotion major. Papalia finished 32
nd at the Southland Championships.
The trio of women boost the number of Southland All-Academic selections to 11 since 2019. The Privateers also had four members make the team in 2023, the most since joining the conference.
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