BETHLEHEM, Pa. – The Patriot League established a League-record with 3,960 student-athletes on the 2019-20 Academic Honor Roll. The League also placed an all-time high 2,909 members on the Winter-Spring Academic Honor Roll.
The 3,960 student-athletes that received academic honor roll accolades is an improvement of 837 honorees from the 2018-19 academic year. Previously, 1,051 student-athletes were named to the League’s Fall Academic Honor Roll. To be eligible for the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll a student-athlete must earn a 3.2 GPA or better during the semester in which their League championship is scheduled.
The winter-spring academic honor roll is comprised of student-athletes from sports where the League championship is held during the spring semester, including baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s track & field, women’s rowing and softball. The fall academic honor roll encompasses student-athletes from men’s and women’s cross country, field hockey, football, men’s and women’s soccer and volleyball.
During the 2019-20 academic year, there were 2,271 women honored across 12 sports and 1,689 men recognized in 10 sports. The 434 honorees in women’s track and field were the most overall across all sports this past academic year. Women’s rowing had 358 student-athletes recognized while men’s lacrosse (319), men’s track and field (318) and women’s lacrosse (298) to make up the top five. Women’s swimming and diving (264), football (226), women’s soccer (197), men’s swimming and diving (192) and women’s cross country (152) round out the top 10.
Bucknell placed a League-high 520 student-athletes on the 2019-20 Academic Honor Roll with Holy Cross (474), Lehigh (459), Lafayette (443) and Boston University (396) making up the top five. Colgate (375), Navy (357), Loyola Maryland (327), Army West Point (247) and American (204) the numbers for the League’s full member honorees. Associate members Georgetown (99), Fordham (36), MIT (16) and Richmond (7) also contributed to the League’s record-breaking academic numbers.
ABOUT THE PATRIOT LEAGUE
The Patriot League is in its fourth decade of academic and athletic achievement, continually demonstrating that student-athletes can excel at both academics and athletics without sacrificing high standards. The Patriot League’s athletic success is achieved while its member institutions remain committed to its founding principle of admitting and graduating student-athletes that are academically representative of their class. Participation in athletics at Patriot League institutions is viewed as an important component of a well-rounded education.