Nataly Mojica earns NCAA Academic All-South Honors

Nataly Mojica earns NCAA Academic All-South Honors

Kansas City, MO-Nataly Mojica joined just eight other NCAA DIII soccer players on the NSCAA Academic All-South team. The senior from Dallas, TX is majoring in Economics, International Business, and Spanish and has a 3.72 cumulative grade point average. Mojica was a four-year starting center midfielder for Salem, and was a four year Great South All-Conference player.

Mojica started all 23 games for the Spirits this season and captained the team to an 18-5 overall record. She finished with 8 goals and 7 assists for 23 points to help the team win their third-straight GSAC Regular Season Title and their second-straight GSAC Tournament Championship. Mojica was the GSAC Player of the Week once and was on the GSAC All-Academic Team every year she was eligible.

She has earned several honors at Salem as well. She is a member of Mortar Board (Senior Honor & Leadership Society), Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honor Society, and Omicron Delta Epsilon (International Economics Honor Society). She won the Hispanic Scholarship Fund Scholar in 2011, 2012, and 2014. She was in the Alpha Lambda Delta Freshman Honor Society and a LeaderShape Institute Participant. She has been on the Dean's List every semester and won the Mary Ardrey Stough Kimbrough Leadership Award. She also was nominated by the Dean of Salem College fo the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Scholarship.

First Team
Pos. Player Class School Major GPA Hometown
K Bethany Davis Jr. Catawba Biology 3.41 Salisbury, Md.
D Katie  Haltiwanger Sr. Hardin-Simmons Pre-Physical Therapy 3.37 Boerne, Texas
D Shelby Hopkins Sr. Trinity (Texas) Engineering Sciences 3.60 Albuquerque, N.M.
D Quinn Tookey Jr. Central Oklahoma Nursing 3.85 Colleyville, TX
D Kirby Peddicord Sr. Trinity (Texas) Geosciences 3.55 Houston, Texas
M Julianne  Kucera Sr. Hardin-Simmons Biology 3.94 Richardson, Texas
M Lavinia Nkomo Jr. Barry Exercise Physiology 3.80 Southampton, England
M Shelby Rolling Jr. Columbus State Special Education 3.93 Stayner, Ont.
M Kelsey Falcone Sr. Trinity (Texas) Biology/Communication 3.63 San Antonio, Texas
F Emily  Jorgens Sr. Trinity (Texas) Business Administration-Accounting 4.00 Austin, Texas
F Kelsey Pelletier Sr. Columbus State Exercise Science 4.00 Duluth, Ga.
F Brenna McKee Sr. Rollins International Relations 3.50 Austin, Texas
             
Second Team
Pos. Player Class School Major GPA Hometown
K Linfah Jones Jr. William Carey Pre-Medicine 3.79 Guayaguayare, Trinidad & Tobago
D Acacia Davis Sr. Columbus State Nursing 3.34 Delray Beach, FL
D Taylor Russell Jr. Armstrong State Early Childhood Education 3.46 Marietta, Ga.
D Lauren Satcher Sr. William Carey Biology 3.83 Hattiesburg, Miss.
M Mallory Overholt Jr. Lees-McRae Business 3.32 Grand Bend, Ont.
M Rebekah Stewart Sr. Southern Nazarene Psychology  4.00 Miami, Okla.
M Noel McDaniel Jr. Lander Exercise Science 4.00 Lexington, S.C.
M Katie Glutz Sr. East Central Exercise Science 3.77 Mansfield, Texas
F Chelsea  Swisher Sr. Mid-America Christian Business and Mathematics 3.79 Oklahoma City, Okla.
F Emily Feldman Sr. Emory International Studies 3.70 Highland Park, Ill.
F Jade Ovendale Sr. Science & Arts Oklahoma Physical Education 3.73 Wishbech, England
             
Third Team
Pos. Player Class School Major GPA Hometown
K Marbel Egwuenu Sr. Lee  Business 3.82 Lagos, Nigeria
D Kelly Andres Sr. West Florida Pre-Medicine 3.61 Jacksonville, Fla.
D Breanna Durbin Sr. Rhodes Biology   3.75 Knoxville, Tenn.
D Michelle Spangler Sr. Lee  Health Science 3.63 Signal Mountain, Tenn.
M Audrey Adkison Jr. Harding Health and Kinesiology 4.00 North Little Rock, Ark.
M Morgan Allen Jr. Ouachita Baptist Sociology 3.34 Little Rock, Ark.
M Nataly Mojica Sr. Salem Economics/International Business/Spanish 3.72 Dallas, Texas
M Kimberly Polasek Jr. Trinity (Texas) Biology   3.87 Bellaire, Texas
F Rebecca Staylor Sr. North Carolina Wesleyan Pre-Law 3.71 Virginia Beach, Va.
F Rachel Thorpe Jr. King Chemistry/Biology 3.41 Oakville, Ont.
F Brooke Wendl Jr. Lubbock Christian Education 3.68 Plano, Texas