June 20, 2011

FRISCO, Tex. - UT Arlington right fielder Preston Beck made second-team Southland Conference All-Academic Team, the league office announced Monday.

Beck hit .307 in 55 games in 2011 with five home runs and 35 RBI. He finished tied for the team lead with 19 extra-base hits. In the classroom, Beck earned a 3.0 Grade Point Average.

Established in the 2002-03 academic year, the conference honors one student-athlete from each of the 17 championship sports who achieves excellence in academics, athletics and community/campus service.

The all-academic teams are voted on by the head coaches, sports information directors and academic/compliance administrators from each Southland university. Student-athletes must possess a 3.0 cumulative GPA, have completed one full academic year at the nominating institution and participated in at least 50 percent of the team's competition to qualify for the all-academic squad.