Thirty Emory University student-athletes were named to the 12th-annual University Athletic Association Presidents Council Scholar-Athlete Team, as announced by the conference earlier this week.

The 2019-20 Presidents Council Scholar-Athlete Team comprised 142 total athletes from all eight UAA member institutions across 10 men’s sports and nine women’s sports. To achieve the recognition, a student-athlete must earn first team All-Association honors and carry a 3.50 or greater cumulative grade point average during that playing season. The 30 selections were second among all UAA institutions.

The Emory representatives included:

Shivani Beall- Women’s Soccer

Haley Pratt- Women’s Soccer

Tara Martin- Volleyball

Morgan McKnight- Volleyball

Leah Saunders- Volleyball

Lucas Bumgarner- Men’s Swimming and Diving

Sage Ono- Men’s Swimming and Diving

Kellen Stillman- Men’s Swimming and Diving

Clio Hancock- Women’s Swimming and Diving

Lucy Daro- Women’s Swimming and Diving

Caroline Olson- Women’s Swimming and Diving

Josie Uerling- Women’s Swimming and Diving

Matthew Schner- Men’s Basketball

Jack Brodsky- Baseball

Michael Edelman- Baseball

Jack Rubenstein- Baseball

Matt Organisak- Men’s Golf

Logan Ryan- Men’s Golf

Max Schwarz- Men’s Golf

Krista Colussi- Softball

Sami Feller- Softball

Sarah Katz- Softball

Megan Weisenberg- Softball

Andrew Esses- Men’s Tennis

Antonio Mora- Men’s Tennis

Rex Serituk- Men’s Tennis

Emma Cartledge- Women’s Tennis

Ysabel Gonzalez-Rico- Women’s Tennis

Stephanie Taylor- Women’s Tennis

Christina Watson- Women’s Tennis

Three of the Emory honorees – Lucas Bumgarner, Leah Saunders and Matthew Schner – earned UAA Player of the Year Awards in their respective sports this past season.

The UAA Presidents Council created the special recognition in 2009.  The original recommendation to establish the honor came from the UAA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and was supported by the Athletic Administrators and Delegates Committees.