Ross Mathis of Lincoln Memorial Earns South Atlantic Conference Elite 18 Honors
ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Ross Mathis from Lincoln Memorial was named the 2016-17 South Atlantic Conference Women's Basketball Elite 18 honoree, the League announced today. This is a new award for the SAC and honors the student-athlete with the top cumulative grade-point average based on a minimum of 48 credit hours who is competing at the final site of each of the Conference's 18 team championship sports.
Mathis, a junior from Greer, S.C., carries a GPA of 3.88 as an Elementary Education major. She has played in 26 games for the Railsplitters this season and is shooting 87 percent from the line. Mathis has scored in double-digits in four games this season and highlighted her year with 23 points on 8-of-14 from in the floor, including 7-of-9 from deep in a win over Queens on Feb. 18.
