The University of Central Arkansas led the Southland Conference in academic honors, according to the 2017 Fall SLC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.
UCA had a league-high 127 honorees, followed by Abilene Christian (123) and Northwestern State (101). A total of 1,044 Southland Conference student-athletes were named to the roll among fall sports. The Fall 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, 230 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.”
UCA had 49 student-athletes recognized in football, 26 in women’s soccer, 22 in women’s cross country, 16 in volleyball and 14 in men’s cross country. Twenty-seven of those student-athletes had perfect 4.0 grade-point averages for the fall semester.