While UTC had the fifth-best aggregate grade point average in NCAA Division I women’s cross country last fall (3.73), the school was No. 1 in men’s cross country at 3.81 and likewise was honored as an all-academic team by the USTCCA. Creighton was second at 3.72. UTC postgraduate student Chris Berry has a 4.0 cumulative GPA and is a national all-academic honoree after running in the national meet. Four Mocs had 4.0 GPAs last fall. Junior Mark Cole has a 3.845 cumulative GPA as a biochemistry major, sophomore Lucas Cotter has a 3.835 and junior Nathan Wanuch has a 3.66.
• Duke University freshman defensive lineman David Helton from Baylor has been named to the Academic All-ACC football team. Helton played in nine games for Duke and totaled 25 tackles, 2.5 for loss and 1.5 sacks.
Tennis
• SAN DIEGO – Chattanoogans Wesley Cash and Zan Guerry reached the men’s 55 doubles quarterfinals in the International Tennis Federation’s Seniors World Individual Championships with a 6-4, 6-3 victory Thursday over South Africans Adam Myburgh and Clive Watkinson. Cash and Guerry are seeded fourth and had a bye before beating fellow Americans John Flowers and Roger Hulburt. They face fifth-seeded Alec Allen of Great Britain and Joakim Berner of Finland in the quarters. Cash won three 55 singles matches before falling to No. 12 seed Peter Hampton of New Zealand, a former Davis Cupper. Chattanooga’s Sue Bartlett and Sue Webb won twice in women’s 50 doubles bfeore losing in the round of 16 to a pair of Australians.
Basketball