Agee collects second straight SAC Scholar Athlete plaudit
ROCK HILL, S.C. – For the first time in the seven-year history of the South Atlantic Conference’s Men’s Track Scholar Athlete of the Year award, there is a repeat winner as Cable Agee collected the hardware Thursday announced by the league office.
ROCK HILL, S.C. – For the first time in the seven-year history of the South Atlantic Conference's Men's Track Scholar Athlete of the Year award, there is a repeat winner as Cable Agee collected the hardware Thursday announced by the league office.
The laurel was first awarded in 2014 with Agee becoming the first male to win the honor in back-to-back seasons with two females achieving the distinction.
The SAC Scholar Athlete award is presented annually to one student-athlete in each of the league's championship sports and is voted on by the SAC's Faculty Athletic Representatives Committee. The winners are selected based on their achievements in academics, athletics, service and leadership.
The Floyd, Va. native has an impressive list of career honors that include the 2019 and 2020 SAC Scholar Athlete, 2019 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) third-team All-American, 2020 SAC Elite 20, 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-District, a three-time SAC Champion and a three-time U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) all-region pick.
The senior finished his academic career with a 3.96 GPA in biology to earn CoSIDA Academic All-District honors on May 29. It was the second-best GPA in the district and the eighth-highest tally, six of which are 4.00, of 63 Division II athletes honored by the organization.
Agee earned the SAC's Elite 20 award on April 30 awarded by the league for outstanding work not only in the field of competition, but also in the classroom around the community. It is modeled after the NCAA's Elite 90 award as the league offers the award to the top cumulative GPA on a minimum of 48 credit hours to an individual competing in the league's 20 championships. This season is the fourth year of the honor.
He was the first Carson-Newman male track and field athlete to win the honor while the program has seen a pair of women earn the honor. Rebekah White won in 2018 and Tori Gaul captured the title in 2017, the first season it was handed out.
Agee has been on the Carson-Newman Dean's List for four years, is a three-time SAC Commissioner's Honor Roll selection and was a Gold Scholar Eagle for the last three years.
On the track, Agee won the 400 meter hurdles in each of his three campaigns during the SAC Outdoor Championships holding the conference record for the event with a time of 53.78 in 2018. He earned USTFCCCA All-Region nods in each of those three seasons.
During the 2019-20 indoor track season, Agee finished in the top 10 of various events seven times taking home top 10 finishes in all three events, 400, 4x400 and Distance Medley Relay at the 2020 SAC Indoor Track Championships.
Off the playing surface, Agee participated in Operation Inasmuch, "a national nonprofit that employs proven models to motivate, train, and equip churches to move more congregants out of the sanctuary seats and into the streets to serve the neediest in their communities.
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