FMU runners named to PBC All-Academic Team

Two Francis Marion University cross country runners, junior Amanda Doyle and sophomore Ben Miller, have been named to the Peach Belt Conference’s 2008 All-Academic Teams for women’s and men’s cross country.

This is the initial year for the PBC’s All-Academic Teams, voted on and named at the end of each fall, winter, or spring season. To be eligible for the All-Academic program, a student-athlete must participate in at least half of the team’s events and be either a starter or significant contributor; have achieved a 3.20 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale), and have completed at least one full academic year at their current institution.

Doyle, a native of Laurens, S.C., owns a 3.81 grade point average while majoring in accounting.

She posted three Top-15 finishes during the past season and finished 41st at the PBC Meet and 89th at the NCAA Southeast Regional Meet. Her season-best time for 5,000-meters was 20:00 at the Limestone College Invitational Meet.

She is a member of Delta Sigma Pi professional fraternity and is president of FMU’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). She earned a 2007-08 ADA Academic Achievement Award and has been named to the PBC Presidential Honor Roll and the FMU Swamp Fox Athletic-Academic Honor Roll each of the past two years.

She helped lead the Patriot women to five Top-10 team finishes in seven meets.

Miller, a native of Chesnee, S.C., is a nursing major with a 3.72 grade point average.

He recorded three Top-20 finishes in seven meets in 2008, including a 39th-place finish at the Peach Belt Meet and a 94th-place showing at the NCAA regional championships. He posted a season-best time for 8,000-meters of 28:40 at the PBC Pre-Conference Meet in September.

Miller serves a resident assistant in FMU housing and is a member of Gamma Sigma Alliance and the FMU University Programming Board. He was selected to both the PBC Presidential and FMU Swamp Fox Athletic-Academic honors rolls as a freshman.

The Francis Marion men finished in the top five in each of its regular-season meets this year and placed fifth at the PBC Championships.

Doyle was an All-Region performer at Laurens District 55 High School, while Miller was an All-State runner at Chesnee High School.


Peach Belt Conference 2008 Women’s Cross Country All-Academic Team
First Team
Player, School, Year, Hometown, GPA, Major
Amanda Doyle, Francis Marion, Jr., Laurens, S.C., 3.81, Accounting
Sarah Hakala, GCSU, Sr., Jacksonville, Fla., 4.00, Biology
Kara Kreutzer, Augusta State, Jr., Lilburn, Ga., 3.41, Biology
Emmy Lawalin, North Georgia, So., Gainesville, Ga., 3.82, Music Education
Bea Nelligan, North Georgia, Jr., Sautee, Ga., 3.94, Math Education
Olga Nunez-Lopez, Lander, Sr., Chapin, S.C., 3.64, Business Administration
Bonnie Ueltzen, GCSU, Jr., Blairsville, Ga., 3.76, Physical Education
Second Team
Alley Dachenhaus, USC Aiken, Sr., Batesburg, S.C., 3.72, Early Childhood Education
Dani Desitche, GCSU, So., Snellville, Ga., 3.51, Outdoor Education
Chelsea Ellis, Clayton State, So., Port St. Lucie, Fla., 3.35, Biology
Stevi Korczyk, Ga. Southwestern, Sr., Conyers, Ga., 3.73, Exercise Science
Nicole Maitland, USC Aiken, So., Chapin, S.C., 3.23, Elementary Education
Heather Raines, GCSU, Jr., Lawrenceville, Ga., 3.41, Mass Communications
Ivy Ramsey, UNC Pembroke, Sr., Colby, Kan., 3.32, Exercise & Sport Science