ASHLAND, Va. – Six Shenandoah University student-athletes earned Academic All-State honors in selections announced Thursday by the Virginia State Sports Information Directors Association. 
 
Three women and three men were selected for the honors, with field hockey star Kelsey Jones selected for the third consecutive year. 
 
Madison Re (women's lacrosse) and Erin Atkinson (Women's Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field/Cross Country) join Jones on the women's side. 
 
Mason Caldwell (football), Pearce Bucher (baseball), and Tucker Kindig (men's indoor & outdoor track & field) are the three men's selections.
 
Re, Caldwell, and Bucher are all earning honors for the second straight year.
 
Atkinson and Kindig become the first track & field student-athletes to win the award since Justin Mehrer '19 in 2018 to earn the accolade. Atkinson and Kindig both represented SU in the NCAA Championships - Atkinson for cross country and Kindig for outdoor track & field. 
 
Jones, Re, Caldwell, and Kindig (indoor, weight throws) all earned All-ODAC first team in their respective sports. Bucher was named to the All-ODAC third team for baseball and also named as that sport's ODAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year. He was later selected as an Academic All-America.
 
Bucher and Kindig brought home ODAC Championships in this past spring. Pearce winning his with baseball and Kindig earned his in hammer throw.
 
The honorees were selected by the sports information directors from across the commonwealth from student-athletes with at least a 3.25 average GPA and sophomore academic status. A total of 222 student-athletes from 37 schools were recognized.

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