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PBC Releases Volleyball Team of Academic Distinction, Presented by Barnes & Noble College
AUGUSTA, GA — The Peach Belt Conference has released the 2023 volleyball Team of Academic Distinction, presented by Barnes & Noble College. The team is a part of the PBC’s larger initiative to celebrate the academic achievements of PBC student-athletes and is modeled on the CSC Academic All-America program.
To be eligible for the team, a student-athlete must 1) participate in at least half of his/her team’s events and be either a starter or significant contributor; 2) achieved a 3.50 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) and 3) completed at least one full academic year at his or her current institution and has reached sophomore athletic eligibility. The Peach Belt Conference Sports Information Directors oversee the program.
Barnes & Noble College currently operates more than 1,400 campus bookstores and their school-branded e-commerce sites, serving more than 6 million college students and faculty nationwide. As a strategic partner, Barnes & Noble College is a retail and learning company. The company is headquartered in Basking Ridge, New Jersey.
| Name | Institution | Year | Hometown | GPA | Major (Minor) |
| Ellyn Adams | Lander | Jr. | Myrtle Beach, S.C. | 4.00 | Business Administration |
| Jordan Berglin | Flagler | Jr. | Pewaukee, Wisc. | 3.70 | Sport Management |
| Olivia Dow | Lander | Sr. | Pickens, S.C. | 3.79 | Business Administration |
| Annie Holesinger | Lander | Sr. | Rockford, Mich. | 3.74 | Exercise Science |
| Abby Infante | Georgia College & State University | Sr. | Canton, Ga. | 4.00 | Biology (Chemistry) |
| Riese Johnson | Georgia College & State University | So. | Cumming, Ga. | 3.58 | Biology |
| Dariana Luna | Augusta | Sr. | Caracas, Venezuela | 3.93 | Business Administration |
| Rachel Machovec | Georgia College & State University | Grad. | Buckhead, Ga. | 3.77 | Secondary Teacher Education |
| Kari Mercer | USC Aiken | Grad. | Hilliard, Ohio | 3.938 | Master of Business Administration |
| Callie Miller | Georgia College & State University | Sr. | Acworth, Ga. | 3.83 | Chemistry (Biology) |
| Katie Miller | Lander | So. | Sugar City, Idaho | 3.64 | Nursing |
| Patricia Pantoja | Lander | Grad. | Barceloneta, Puerto Rico | 4.00 | Business Administration |
| Brooke Singleton | Flagler | Jr. | Kissimmee, Fla. | 3.91 | Sport Management |
| Anna Sommer | USC Aiken | So. | St. Louis, Mo. | 3.767 | Exercise & Sport Science |
| Jada Suguturaga | Augusta | Sr. | South Jordan, Utah | 3.53 | Psychology |
| McCayla Willingham | Lander | Sr. | Beaufort, S.C. | 3.65 | Business Administration |
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Democratic candidate for Georgia governor Olu Brown visited Augusta on Friday evening, stopping near the Sand Hills Community Center as early voting continues.
Brown is one of six candidates in the Democratic primary.
Campaign priorities
Brown said his vision as governor would focus on three main areas.
“One, it’s affordability around health care and making sure we expand Medicaid and expand Peach Care and make sure we continue to make our rural health care systems healthy and vital,” Brown said. “Number two, we’ve got to address education in all of Georgia, making sure every kid in Georgia gets an excellent education, and we’re paying our teachers more. And number 3, we’re protecting the rights of all women. Folks in the Gold Dome shouldn’t be making decisions about their bodies or the choices that they make.”
Brown is running against Amanda Duffy, Derrick Jackson, Geoff Duncan, Jason Esteves, Keisha Lance Bottoms and Mike Thurmond.
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AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – An Augusta Prep student was arrested on a charge of terroristic threats over a picture of a LEGO gun he posted on social media.
It happened Wednesday, according to an incident report from the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office.
Eric Hedinger, the principal of Augusta Preparatory Day School, told deputies a student had uploaded a picture to Snapchat of a “pistol” with the caption “shooting up the school so I don`t have to take the stats exam tomorrow. Don`t come yall!”
The principal said he spoke to the student and his father about the photo.
The principal also provided deputies with the student’s address in Grovetown.
A deputy went there and was told by the student that the “pistol” was a LEGO set that he had built.
He also said the comment he made was supposed to be a joke because he was not looking forward to taking his Advanced Placement statistics test this week.
The student showed the deputy the box that the LEGO set came in, and how the set was already disassembled.
The deputy also looked in the boy’s room to make sure he was not in possession of any weapons.
The mother advised that there was one firearm in the residence but it was locked up.
The deputy contacted Judge Leslie Morgan and she issued a warrant for terroristic threats.
The student, age 18, was taken into custody and transported to the Columbia County Detention Center.
News 12 is not reporting his name or publishing his photo since the LEGO gun could not have actually harmed anyone.
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