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Record-Breaking 84% of America East Student-Athletes Named to Academic Honor Roll

BOSTON – America East student-athletes set a new standard for academic achievement during the 2025-26 academic year as 84 percent of them earned Academic Honor Roll status for achieving a GPA of at least 3.0.

The 84 percent is the highest mark for a completed academic year in league history, surpassing last year’s mark of 82 percent. Additionally, 60 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 84 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 2025 fall semester or 2026 spring semesters.
  • In total, 60 percent of student-athletes and 2,052 in total earned Commissioner’s Honor Roll status for registering a GPA of 3.5 or better.
  • Overall 2,887 America East student-athletes were named to the Academic Honor Roll in 2025-26.
  • New Hampshire led the league as 88.3% of its student-athletes earned at least a 3.0 this year, followed by NJIT at 87% and Vermont at 86.9%. Binghamton was fourth at 85.3%.
  • Bryant had the highest total number of student-athletes earn at least a 3.0 this year with 421, followed by UMass Lowell (367), Binghamton (360) and Vermont (359).
  • New Hampshire had the highest percentage of student-athletes named to the Commissioner’s Honor Roll at 73.2 percent. Maine was second at 63.9 percent, followed by Vermont (63.2) and UAlbany (61.0)
  • Four programs had 100% of their student-athletes earn honor roll status during the spring semester:
    • Maine women’s basketball
    • UMBC women’s lacrosse
    • NJIT women’s basketball
    • NJIT baseball.
  • Women’s swimming & diving had 95% of its student-athletes achieve at least a 3.0 to lead all programs this spring, followed by women’s basketball (88%), women’s lacrosse (87%) and women’s track & field (87%).
  • America East student-athletes have averaged at least a 3.0 GPA in each of the last 21 years.
 
2025-26 America East Honor Roll Statistics
School Spring Overall
New Hampshire 91% 88%
NJIT 88% 87%
Vermont 86% 87%
Binghamton 83% 85%
Bryant 82% 84%
Maine 81% 85%
UMass Lowell 80% 81%
UMBC 79% 80%
UAlbany 75% 81%
 
Programs with the highest percentage of 3.0+ student-athletes by sport
  • Baseball: NJIT (100%)
  • Men’s Basketball: NJIT (87%)
  • Women’s Basketball: Maine (100%), NJIT (100%)
  • Men’s Lacrosse: UMass Lowell (98%)
  • Women’s Lacrosse: UMBC (100%)
  • Softball: UAlbany (92%), Maine (92%)
  • Men’s Swimming & Diving: Bryant (87%), NJIT (87%)
  • Women’s Swimming & Diving: UMBC (97%), Vermont (97%)
  • Men’s Track & Field: Bryant (86%)
  • Women’s Track & Field: New Hampshire (97%)
 
Programs with the highest percentage of Commissioner's Honor Roll members
  • UAlbany softball (88%)
  • Bryant women’s lacrosse (84%)
  • UMBC women’s swimming & diving (83%)
  • UNH women’s swimming & diving (83%)
  • Bryant women’s swimming & diving (81%)
  • Maine women’s basketball (79%)
  • UNH women’s track & Field (79%)
  • UMBC women’s lacrosse (79%)
  • UAlbany women’s basketball (75%)
  • Binghamton men’s swimming & diving (75%)
  • Vermont women’s track & Field (75%)
 
 
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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