The SoCon Announces 2025-2026 Academic Honor Roll
2,698 Student-Athletes Earn Recognition, with 281 Posting a 4.0 GPA
SPARTANBURG, SC – The Southern Conference announced its 2025-26 Academic Honor Roll Wednesday afternoon, with 2,698 student-athletes earning recognition.
That total is the second-best in league history, just shy of the 2,735 student-athletes last academic year. There were 281 student-athletes who posted a 4.0 grade point average in 2025-26 and 862 who earned the Commissioner’s Medal – given to those who post a GPA of 3.80 or better.
Mercer led the way this year with 373 student-athletes on the Honor Roll. A conference-high 137 Bears earned the Commissioner’s Medal, and Mercer led the way with 50 perfect GPAs. Wofford (328), Furman (281), The Citadel (257), ETSU (256), and Chattanooga (251) also had more than 250 student-athletes on this year’s Honor Roll.
Seven schools had at least 20 student-athletes with a perfect 4.0 GPA.
The SoCon Academic Honor Roll was established in 1989 established to recognize the conference's academic success and consists of student-athletes who participated in conference-sponsored varsity sports and posted a 3.0 grade point average or higher for the academic year.