Fall 2016 A-10 Commissioner's Honor Roll Honorees
NEWPORT NEWS, Va.— A record number of 1,759 Atlantic 10 Conference student-athletes were selected for the Commissioner's Honor Roll, which recognized excellence in the classroom for the 2016 fall semester.
The league also set a record with average honorees per school at 125.6. Both marks are the best single-semester numbers of Commissioner Bernadette V. McGlade's tenure. The Commissioner's Honor Roll recognizes student-athletes in Atlantic 10-sponsored sports with a 3.5 GPA or better (on a 4.0 scale) during the specified semester. Freshmen through seniors are eligible to receive the award.
There were 145 Mason student-athletes that earned the award, the third highest and 20 more than the 125 average among the 14-member institutions. The Patriots women's track and field team led all Mason teams with 21 student-athletes earning the honor. Three teams had 50 percent or more of their roster receiving the recognition. Men's tennis had the highest percentage of all Patriots teams with 63 percent earning the honor, followed by lacrosse (54 percent) and women's track and field (51 percent).
The 145 Mason student-athletes earning the award is the highest number awarded in one semester in Mason Atlantic 10 Conference history, and is up from 135 awarded for the 2016 spring semester.
The 1,759 student-athletes is the highest number to earn the award since 2007 when the honor roll was regularly compiled. The total surpassed the 1,698 set during the 2016 spring semester, and it marks the third straight semester student-athletes from the league's 14 member institutions have bested the previous high-water mark.
In addition, the average of 125.6 student-athletes per institution that qualified for the Commissioner's Honor Roll, beating last semester's record average of 121.3 honorees per institution.
Fordham had the most honorees with 166, followed by Massachusetts with 165, while George Mason had 145 student-athletes receive the recognition. Duquesne and Saint Louis tied for fourth most with 131.
