GSC Announces Fall 2021 Academic Awards
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — One thousand one hundred eighty-seven student-athletes across five sports were named to the Fall 2021 Gulf South Conference Academic Honor Roll, as announced by the office. The sports honored included men's cross country, women's cross country, football, men's soccer, women's soccer, and volleyball.
ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL | ALL-ACADEMIC TEAMS
To achieve honor roll status, a student-athlete must have a grade point average of 3.00 or better and have competed in outside competition at the time the award was announced.
The GSC also unveiled its All-Academic teams for the five fall sports.
In order to be named to the GSC All-Academic team, nominees must have a cumulative GPA of 3.20 or better their entire academic career at the institution and may not be freshmen or first-term transfer. The student-athlete must also be a significant contributor to the squad. Other factors include leadership, community service and extracurricular activities. Institutions are not allowed to vote for their own student-athletes. The number of student-athletes selected in each sport is determined by the number of positions normally involved in the playing of that sport. Ties are not broken.
NOTES:
- The 1,186 honor roll awardees was an 11 percent increase from Fall 2019, which was the last time all five sports were recognized simultaneously.
- 464 honor roll student-athletes had at least a 3.50 grade point average, including 231 with a 4.0 GPA.
- Centenarians: Three schools had 100 fall student-athletes recognized (Mississippi College, 147; Shorter, 117; West Florida, 100).
- This is the fifth-time in the last six years the Choctaws were the most represented institution.