NEW ORLEANS – A record 222 University of South Alabama student-athletes were honored for their performance in the classroom during the 2020-21 academic year when the Sun Belt Conference announced its annual awards on Thursday.
South had 131 student-athletes named to the Commissioner's List — which recognizes those with a cumulative grade-point average of 3.50 or higher in the fall and spring semesters — and another 91 on the Academic Honor Roll (including those whose GPA ranged between 3.00-3.49), marking the seventh straight year that Jaguar Athletics has had over 150 student-athletes awarded with the honor.
All 17 Jag sport programs contributed multiple members to the total, led by the football team with 37 individuals. Baseball had 33 student-athletes recognized, while both the women's track and field/cross country and men's track and field/cross country teams had 32 and 31 members qualify, respectively. Both track and field/cross country programs had the most student-athletes named to the Commissioner's List, as the women's program had 27 student-athletes named and the men's team featured 20 student-athletes.
The softball program had 25 student athletes qualify for both honors, with 18 of those named to the Commissioner's List. Other programs with double-figure totals included soccer (15), volleyball (10) and women's tennis (10).
Men's tennis featured nine student-athletes who qualified for the honor and all six members of the women's golf team posted a GPA of 3.0 or better this past year.
The men's golf team had five individuals receive recognition, with women's basketball adding five student-athletes and men's basketball had four members named.
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