Student-Athletes Set New Bar for Honor Roll
BOSTON – For the third-straight year, a record number of student-athletes were named to the America East Fall Honor Roll as 821 student-athletes earned a 3.0 grade-point average or better, nearly three quarters of the total number of student-athletes participating in America East sponsored fall sports. Further, nearly half earned Commissioner's Honor Roll status for compiling a GPA better than 3.5.
Need to Know
- Overall, 821 student-athletes (74%) had a 3.0 GPA or higher, a conference record.
- 509 (46%) made the Commissioner’s Honor Roll with a GPA of 3.5 or higher.
- Hartford had the highest percentage of student-athletes earn Honor Roll status (87%).
- Hartford also had the highest percentage of student-athletes earn Commissioner’s Honor Roll status (70%), nearly twelve percent higher than the next closest institution.
- Vermont had the most student-athletes earn Honor Roll (112) and Commissioner’s Honor Roll (68).
- Three programs: Stony Brook volleyball, Hartford volleyball and Hartford women’s soccer had every student-athlete hold a 3.0 GPA.
2019-20 America East Fall Honor Roll Stats
School % Total
UAlbany 71 87
Binghamton 76 78
Hartford 87 77
Maine 80 64
UMass Lowell 62 82
UMBC 71 70
New Hampshire 68 91
Stony Brook 74 81
Vermont 78 112
California 85 23
UC Davis 61 14
Monmouth 96 24
Stanford 80 20
*Associate members in field hockey
Programs with Highest Percentage of 3.0+ Student-Athletes by Sport
- Men’s Cross Country – Hartford and Maine (92%)
- Women’s Cross Country – Vermont (94%)
- Men’s Soccer – Binghamton (74%)
- Women’s Soccer – Hartford (100%)
- Field Hockey – Vermont (73%)
- Volleyball – Hartford and Stony Brook (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.
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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