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1,208 Spring Student-Athlete Named to GSC Honor Roll

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — One thousand two hundred eight student-athletes were named to the 2024 Gulf South Conference spring sport honor roll list. The sports recognized included baseball, softball, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s outdoor track & field, and women’s lacrosse. 

HONOR ROLL LIST
ALL-ACADEMIC TEAMS

To achieve honor roll status, a student-athlete myst have a grade point average of 3.00 or better and have competed in outside competition at the time award was announced. 

The GSC also announced its spring All-Academic teams, which featured 92 student-athletes across nine sports. Student-athletes were selected by each institution’s sport information directors. Schools were not able to vote for their own nominees.

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 their institution and may not be a freshmen or first-term transfer. The student-athlete must also be a significant contributor to the team. 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 1,208 honor roll names represents a 4.5 percent decrease from the 2023 spring awards.
  • GPA Breakdown: 705 honor roll names had a GPA of 3.5 or better, 401 names had 3.75 or higher, and 111 student-athletes had a 4.0.
  • Sport Breakdown: Baseball had the most honor roll recipients with 287, followed by softball (219), men’s outdoor track & field (146), women’s lacrosse (143), and women’s outdoor track & field (136). 
  • Centurions: Six schools had at least 100 student-athletes recognized on the honor roll list—Montevallo (174), Lee (141), UAH (119), Shorter (116), Mississippi College (109), and West Georgia (106) … This is the second consecutive year Montevallo has had the most names on the spring honor roll list. 
  • 15 schools were represented on the All-Academic selections … Lee had a conference-high 18 selections, followed by Mississippi College (13) and UAH (11).