JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. — Seniors Elizabeth Sneed (Kingsport, Tenn.) and Jack Harvie (Snellville, Ga.), both members of the Carson-Newman tennis teams, have earned second team ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District 4 honors by a vote of the College Sports Information Directors of America.
Sneed, who guided the Lady Eagles to an 11-5 record this season, has a double major in accounting and Spanish, and has a 3.91 GPA. She also received the South Atlantic Conference Scholar-Athlete Award this season.
Sneed is a three-time first-team All-SAC selection. This season, she was 4-4 in conference play at No. 2 singles and No. 2 doubles, and 10-4 overall in singles play and 11-3 in doubles play.
She is a member of three honor societies, including serving as president of Sigma Delta Pi, the Spanish honor society. She has been named to the Dean's List every semester. Sneed has served as a senator in Carson-Newman's student government association and volunteers with several civic groups. Elizabeth has worked with organizations that help clothe and feed needy families, and distribute food to low-income families, as well as preparing tax returns for those that need assistance.
Harvie, who helped lead the Eagles to a 9-8 mark in 2010, has double major in Business Administration and Spanish and has a perfect 4.0 GPA. He has been named to the Dean's List every semester and is a four-year honor student at C-N. Harvie has also been named to the SAC Commissioner's Honor Roll three times to date.
Harvie, a member of Carson-Newman's Alpha Chi honor society and Phi Sigma Tau honor society for Philosophy, volunteers at local retirement homes and works as a part of "Coats for the Cold," which provides coats for the needy.
He serves on C-N's Mortar Board community service organizations, which organizes a number of fundraisers, including cereal drives for Appalachian Outreach and Carson-Newman's Operation In-As-Much, a campus and community clean-up. Harvie is also a volunteer in a youth reading program called "Reading is Leading" through the Boys and Girls Club.
Voting for Academic All-District is done by members of College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). To be eligible for Academic All-District a nominee must have a cumulative 3.3 GPA, be a sophomore in athletic and academic standing, have completed at least one academic year at his/her present institution and have participated in at least 50 percent of the team's games.
