LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Virginia Sports Information Directors have announced their all-state teams for the 2023-24 academic year. Emory & Henry saw seven of its student-athletes earn a total of eight VaSID All-State honors across four different sports.

For the fall, four football players were named to the All-State College Division Team. Redshirt freshman defensive lineman Ean Rhea (Glade Spring, Va.) was named the state defensive rookie of the year as a member of the all-state second team. E&H's first team picks were fifth-year punter Ethan Muncy (Bluff City, Tenn.) and junior linebacker Kaleb Lundy (Winston-Salem, N.C.). Joining Rhea on the second team was senior defensive back Addison Knicely (Mount Crawford, Va.).

During the winter, sophomore Mackenzie Barnett (Monroe Township, N.J.) was selected as a distance freestyler for the women's swimming all-state first team.

The spring had a pair of awardees for the Wasps. In men's tennis, sophomore Kartik Parhar (Ludhiana, INDIA) was tabbed to the all-state first team. Women's golf sophomore Katie Hall (Abingdon, Va.) picked up all-state second-team accolades.

The VaSID All-State teams are selected by sports information directors of member institutions of the Virginia Sports Information Directors across the Commonwealth of Virginia. VaSID, founded in 1983, selects Academic All-State teams across all sports in addition to All-State teams in two divisions (University and College) for 15 sports and five single-division teams.

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