Published on August 8, 2017 by Philip Poole
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Four Samford University track and field athletes were honored by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association for their academic exploits as the Bulldogs’ Emma Garner, Arsène Guillorel, Selena Popp and Courtney Prengaman were named All-Academic Scholar Athletes of the Year.
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford enrolls 6,101 students from 45 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks with the second highest score in the nation for its 98% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.
