Southland Conference Announces Fall 2018 Commissioner's Honor Roll
Fall 2018 Commissioner’s Honor Roll | 2018-19 Academic Awards
FRISCO, Texas – A total of 989 Southland Conference student-athletes across 62 teams are on the Fall 2018 Commissioner’s Honor Roll, the league announced Thursday. The men’s sports are cross country and football, and the women’s sports are cross country, soccer and volleyball.
The Commissioner’s Honor Roll recognizes student-athletes in the sports of men’s cross country, women’s cross country, football, soccer and volleyball who maintain at least a 3.0 grade point average in the semester of their sport.
Of the total student-athletes named, 223 posted perfect 4.0 GPAs during the fall semester.
“We are very honored and pleased to see so many Southland Conference student-athletes continue to succeed academically,” league Commissioner Tom Burnett said. “The Southland and its member institutions are focused on the academic and competitive well-being of these individuals as the work toward graduation and lifelong success.”
Central Arkansas leads the conference with 122 total honorees, followed by Abilene Christian with 108, and Incarnate Word with 104.
Northwestern State has 93 student-athletes on the list, followed by Southeastern Louisiana (81), Houston Baptist (79), McNeese (77), Sam Houston State (71), Stephen F. Austin (66) and Nicholls (61). Lamar (57), Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (45) and New Orleans (25) round out the Fall 2018 Honor Roll.
Among the league’s 11 football-playing schools, UCA paves the way with 56 student-athletes earning Commissioner’s Honor Roll status. Abilene Christian has the second-most with 51 gridders and Northwestern State ranks third among football teams with 41 student-athletes.
Incarnate Word and Central Arkansas tied to lead the men’s cross country student-athletes with 14 runners from each institution making the grade. Northwestern State tallied the third-most with nine men’s harriers. In women’s cross country, the Bears finished up front with 16 runners, while the UIW Cardinals notched 13 student-athletes. In third was Stephen F. Austin and McNeese have 11 runners apiece.
Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word account for 26 soccer student-athletes from each institution on the Honor Roll, while Central Arkansas and Nicholls are represented with 23 each.
Among volleyball players, ACU finished at the forefront with 18 representatives, while 15 Northwestern State student-athletes made the list. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, New Orleans and Stephen F. Austin each placed 14.