Record Number of Fall Student-Athletes Earn America East Honor Roll Status
BOSTON – Nearly three-quarters of the student-athletes who played America East sponsored fall sports during the 2017-18 academic year achieved a 3.0 grade-point average or better and have been named to the America East Academic Honor Roll, the conference office announced Wednesday morning. The 787 student-athletes honored is a conference all-time high with well more than half of them earning Commissioner's Honor Roll status for earning a GPA better than 3.5.
Need to Know
- Overall, 787 student-athletes (74%) had a 3.0 or higher, an all-time conference record.
- Of the 787, 58 percent (454 in total) made the Commissioner’s Honor Roll with a GPA of 3.5 or higher.
- Hartford and UMass Lowell tied for the highest percentage of Honor Roll student-athletes (82%).
- Hartford had the highest percentage of Commissioner's Honor Roll student-athletes (59%).
- UMass Lowell had the most Honor Roll student-athletes (111).
- UMass Lowell men's soccer and volleyball and Hartford volleyball had every student-athlete on their teams make the Honor Roll.
- Seven of America East's nine member institutions had a higher percentage of student-athletes earn Honor Roll status this fall than last fall two schools sporting a 5 percent increase (UMass Lowell - 14%; Albany - 10%; UMBC, 7%; Vermont 5%).
2017-18 America East Fall Honor Roll Stats
School % Total
| Albany |
|
77 |
86 |
| Binghamton |
71 |
69 |
| Hartford |
82 |
75 |
| Maine |
|
73 |
48 |
| UMBC |
66 |
67 |
| UMass Lowell |
|
82 |
111 |
| New Hampshire |
|
79 |
99 |
| Stony Brook |
|
77 |
80 |
| Vermont |
|
73 |
92 |
| California |
|
65 |
15 |
| UC Davis |
|
80 |
16 |
| Pacific |
|
55 |
12 |
| Stanford |
|
74 |
17 |
*Associate members in field hockey
Programs with Highest Percentage of 3.0+ Student-Athletes by Sport
- Men’s Cross Country – Albany (88%)
- Women’s Cross Country – Binghamton, Hartford and Stony Brook (92%)
- Men’s Soccer – UMass Lowell (100%)
- Women’s Soccer – Albany (96%)
- Field Hockey – Vermont (83%)
- Volleyball – Hartford and UMass Lowell (100%)
For a complete listing of each institution's honorees, please reference each school's athletics website.
America East is proud to have one of most comprehensive academic awards programs in the country, which honors over two-thirds of its student-athletes for their success in the classroom, including its sports Scholar-Athletes, All-Academic honorees, Presidential Scholar-Athletes and Elite 18 recipients.
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