Sydney Thomas Named to George A. Christenberry Award for Academic Excellence

CHARLESTON – The Big South Conference announced earlier this week that a league record-tying 12 student-athletes had been awarded the Conference’s prestigious George A. Christenberry Award for Academic Excellence. Charleston Southern’s Sydney Thomas of the women’s soccer program was one of the honorees for the award. Thomas (Henderson, Nev.) graduated with a perfect 4.0 GPA from Charleston Southern, spending two years with the Buccaneers after transferring from Iowa State. In her two years with the Bucs, she started 28 games as a defender and played more than 2,300 minutes — including 20 matches where she played the full 90 minutes.…