Academic Excellence Continues as Record Number of AE Winter/Spring Student-Athletes Earn Honor Roll Status
BOSTON – America East student-athletes continued to set new conference standards in the classroom with a record two-thirds of those who competed in winter or spring sports achieving academic Honor Roll status, the conference office announced Wednesday afternoon. Honor Roll recognition is bestowed to student-athletes who obtain a semester grade-point average (GPA) of 3.0 higher during their competition season.
"America East student-athletes continue to set the bar higher with their hard work and achievements in the classroom all while balancing the challenges of being a Division I student-athlete at demanding institutions," said America East Commissioner Amy Huchthausen.
Need to Know
- A record total of 1,502 student-athletes who competed in America East sponsored winter and spring sports earned Honor Roll recognition.
- 68.1 percent of the over 2,200 America East winter/spring student-athletes earned at least a 3.0 GPA during the 2018 spring semester, a 2.3 percent increase from last year, and a new conference record with the winter-spring season.
- Of that group, over one-third (35.9 percent) and 793 in total earned Commissioner’s Honor Roll status for registering a GPA of 3.5 or better.
- The University of New Hampshire had the highest percentage of student-athletes achieve Honor Roll status with 80 percent.
- Vermont women’s basketball had 100% of its student-athletes on either the Honor Roll or Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
- In total, 2,289 America East student-athletes earned Academic Honor Roll in 2017-18, over 70 percent of the total student-athletes (3,268).
- America East student-athletes have averaged at least a 3.0 GPA in each of the last 13 years.
The Numbers
School % Total
Albany 62% 167
Binghamton 72% 208
Hartford 75% 135
Maine 66% 149
UMBC 63% 171
UMass Lowell 60% 168
New Hampshire 80% 158
Stony Brook 64% 158
Vermont 1% 175
Programs with Highest Percentage of 3.0+ Student-Athletes
- Men’s Swimming and Diving – UMBC (80%)
- Women’s Swimming and Diving – New Hampshire (86%)
- Men’s Indoor Track and Field – New Hampshire (78%)
- Women’s Indoor Track and Field – Vermont (92%)
- Men’s Basketball – Hartford (81%)
- Women’s Basketball – Vermont (100%)
- Men’s Lacrosse – UMBC (80%)
- Women’s Lacrosse – Binghamton (91%)
- Men’s Outdoor Track and Field – Binghamton (82%)
- Women’s Outdoor Track and Field – New Hampshire (90%)
- Softball – Hartford (94%)
- Baseball – Hartford (64%)
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.
About America East: The America East provides its member schools and their athletic programs a platform upon which student-athletes can achieve both collegiate and life success through the promotion and nurturing of athletic excellence, academic achievement and leadership, on and off the field.
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