2015-16 Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team (pdf)MACON, Ga. - The Atlantic Sun Conference awarded the 2015-16 Men's Basketball Scholar-Athlete of the Year award to North Florida's senior guard
Trent Mackey, announced Tuesday by the conference office. Mackey is joined by four other men's basketball student-athletes on the All-Academic Team.
Mackey, a two-time All-Academic selections, boasts a 3.86 cumulative GPA as a graduate student in General Business and leads the conference in three-pointer made this season with 102 on 46.2 percent shooting from deep. He sits 18th in the A-Sun for scoring at 12.2 PPG as he helped the Ospreys to the No. 1 seed in the A-Sun Championship for the second-straight season.
The Tampa, Fla. native is one of 10 players in A-Sun history to make 100 or more three's in a season. Mackey joins teammate
Demarcus Daniels to become the first North Florida student-athlete to land two A-Sun All-Academic Men's Basketball honors and the first from UNF to win the Scholar-Athlete of the Year accolade.
"Having success off the court is a crucial part of our culture both in the classroom and community," said UNF head coach
Matthew Driscoll. "
Trent Mackey transferred here with the intent to not only achieve his undergraduate degree, but also be well on his way to a MBA. With that kind of direction and drive it's not surprising that he was awarded such a prestigious honor. From the time we started to recruit him, Demarcus had a clear understanding and plan for his post college endeavors giving him that necessary edge to compete at a high level in all facets of his life. These honors are another great reflection on our program and the types of student-athletes we want to have join us."
The All-Academic Team recognizes student-athletes who excel both on the field and in the classroom and exemplify the A-Sun's mission of Building Winners for Life. All the members of the team boast a 3.30 cumulative grade point average or better and participated in at least half of their team's games.
MEN'S BASKETBALL All-ACADEMIC TEAM*G, Trent Mackey, North Florida (Senior | 3.86 | General Business)*F, Brian Pegg, Stetson (Junior | 3.52 | Finance)
C, George Brammeier, Lipscomb (Sophomore | 3.43 | Biochemistry)
G, Cam Miller, Lipscomb (Junior | 3.89 | Corporate Management)
F, Demarcus Daniels, North Florida (Senior | 3.56 | Health Science)* - Denotes a unanimous selection