Lipscomb head coach Bill Taylor has announced the team awards and achievements for the 2011 cross country season, which saw his program earn its first-ever Atlantic Sun Championship title.

Classroom success isn't just expected for the Lipscomb cross country teams. If you want to be a member of Bill Taylor's squad, a 3.0 GPA is a requirement.

Why Lipscomb Cross Country? Let the athletes themselves explain...

The Lipscomb cross country teams closed out the 2011 season at the NCAA South Regional, Saturday. The women's squad finished a program-best seventh, while the men earned a 13th-place finish.

Following two program-best showings at the 2011 Atlantic Sun Championships, including the first-ever women's title, the Lipscomb cross country teams are back on the course at this weekend's NCAA South Regional, hosted by the University of Alabama.

Juniors Geoff Musick and Isaiah Greer were named to the 2011 Atlantic Sun Academic All-Conference team, Thursday. Lipscomb was the only school to place to men on the Academic All-Conference squad.

Behind All-Conference second-team athletes Isaiah Greer and Ashton Fisher, the Lipscomb men's cross country team earned a program-best fourth-place finish at the 2011 Atlantic Sun Cross Country Championships, Saturday.

The Lipscomb men and women's cross country teams will compete in this weekend's Atlantic Sun Cross Country Championships, hosted by Belmont. The meet is on Lipscomb's home course of Vaughn's Gap at Percy Warner Park.