61 Comets Make ASC Winter, Spring Academic All-Conference Teams

Sixty-one UT Dallas student-athletes were recognized by the American Southwest Conference when it released its Academic All-ASC teams for winter and spring.

The Comets baseball team led the pack with 19 selections. For the other sports, the softball team had 13, women's basketball had eight; men's basketball and men's tennis both had six, women's tennis had five, men's golf had three and women's golf had one.

To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified academically as a sophomore, junior, senior or graduate student during the competition season, and have been in attendance and completed at least one academic year (two consecutive semesters). In addition, he or she must have a 3.0 cumulative grade-point average and must be a letter winner in the season to be honored.

Also, the conference honored UT Dallas softball player Stefanie Polderman as one of its 10 Distingushed Scholar Athletes for winter/spring sports.

Below is a complete list of UT Dallas’ Academic All-ASC selections for the 2017 spring semester.