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Southern Conference Announces 2009-10 Honor Roll
1,921 Student-Athletes Earn Recognition for Academic Achievements
SPARTANBURG, S.C. - More than 1,900 student-athletes from 12 member institutions were named to the Southern Conference Academic Honor Roll for the 2009-10 academic year. This is the most honorees since the inception of the honor roll, surpassing the previous high by more than 100 student-athletes.
The average GPA of the 1,921 student-athletes was 3.46, and greater than 44 percent of the recognized student-athletes achieved at least a 3.5 grade point average, including 69 students who posted a 4.0. Click here for a complete list of 4.0 student-athletes from 2009-10.
Those 858 student-athletes who attained a 3.5 GPA or higher were further honored with the Commissioner's Medal.
Davidson landed a league-high 285 student-athletes on the honor roll, the most of any school since the inception of the SoCon Academic Honor Roll. Eight of the 12 schools increased their numbers from the previous year, including all-time highs from Appalachian State, Davidson, Georgia Southern, UNCG, Samford, Chattanooga and Wofford. Appalachian State had the second most honorees with 197, followed by Elon (176), Wofford (175) and Georgia Southern (152).
Football boasted the most student-athletes on the list with 313, followed by women's track and field and cross country with 195, women's soccer with 192 and baseball with 160. All student-athletes are included on the list, which includes all 19 SoCon sponsored sports as well as non-sponsored sports in field hockey, lacrosse, swimming, equestrian, rifle and sailing. League schools who sponsor swimming are members of the Coastal Collegiate Swimming Association.
Southern Conference athletic directors established the honor roll prior to the 1988-89 athletic season as a way to recognize the league's outstanding student-athletes. The academic honor roll consists of student-athletes who participated in varsity sports at member institutions and posted a 3.0 grade point average or higher while passing at least 24 hours in two semesters of classes or its equivalent for other academic calendars.
For a complete list of honorees, click on the appropriate link below.
COMPLETE LIST OF 2009-10 HONOREES
Commissioner's Medal Recipients (3.5 or higher)
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga