Academics

Over 80 Percent of America East Student-Athletes Named to 2024-25 Academic Honor Roll

BOSTON – America East student-athletes set a new standard for academic achievement during the 2024-25 academic year as 82 percent of them earned Academic Honor Roll status for achieving a GPA of at least 3.0.

The 82 percent is the highest mark for a completed academic year in league history, while 58 percent of student-athletes earned at least a 3.5 GPA to secure Commissioner’s Honor Roll recognition. That number is the highest for any non-covid year in league history.
 
Honor Roll recognition is bestowed to student-athletes who obtain a semester grade-point average (GPA) of 3.0 higher during their competition season, while Commissioner's Honor Roll is reserved for student-athletes who earn a 3.5 GPA or greater during their competition season.
 
Need to Know
  • This year 82 percent of student-athletes who competed in America East sponsored sports earned Honor Roll recognition for achieving at least a 3.0 GPA during the 2024 fall semester or 2025 spring semesters.
  • In total, 58 percent of student-athletes and 2,047 in total earned Commissioner’s Honor Roll status for registering a GPA of 3.5 or better. It is a 5% increase from the 2023-24 academic year.
  • Overall 2,927 America East student-athletes were named to the Academic Honor Roll in 2024-25.
  • Vermont led the league as 89% of its student-athletes earned at least a 3.0 this year, followed by Maine at 87% and Binghamton at 85% in the top three. Bryant and New Hampshire tied for fourth at 83%.
  • Bryant had the highest total number of student-athletes earn at least a 3.0 this year with 405, followed by Vermont (387), UMass Lowell (357) and Binghamton (347). UAlbany (316) and UMBC (308) were also over 300 honorees.
  • Vermont had the highest percentage of student-athletes named to the Commissioner’s Honor Roll at 68%, and also had the highest total number of honorees with 294.
  • Maine had 63% of its student-athletes named to the Commissioner’s Honor Roll to rank second among schools, while New Hampshire was at 62% and Bryant was fourth at 60%.
  • Ten programs had 100% of their student-athletes earn honor roll status: UAlbany men's cross country, UAlbany field hockey, UAlbany men's soccer, Binghamton women's cross country, Bryant swimming & diving, Maine women's cross country, UNH women's cross country, UMass Lowell softball, Vermont women's soccer and Vermont women's swimming & diving.
  • America East student-athletes have averaged at least a 3.0 GPA in each of the last 20 years.
 
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 and All-Academic honorees, Presidential Scholar-Athletes and its Honor Roll Elite 18 recipients.
 
ABOUT AMERICA EAST
Founded in 1979, the America East Conference is an elite NCAA Division I athletic conference that fosters an environment for student-athletes to become champions. Comprised of academically renowned, like-minded member institutions located in the Northeast region of the United States, America East is committed to broad-based excellence and progressive in its approach to supporting its more than 3,500 student-athletes across 18 sponsored sports. For more information, visit www.AmericaEast.com and follow the America East Conference and its social media channels, @AmericaEast. 
 
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