Ninety-Two Razorbacks Earn SEC Academic Honors

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – Success in the classroom continues to be recognized as 92 University of Arkansas student-athletes earned selection to the 2017 Fall Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll, the league office announced on Wednesday.

The 2017 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll includes the sports of cross country, football, soccer and volleyball. It is based on grades from the 2017 spring, summer and fall terms.

Razorback football placed 47 student-athletes on the fall honor roll along with 20 student-athletes from women’s cross country, 12 from soccer, seven from men’s cross country and six from volleyball.

The 2017 Fall SEC Academic Honor Roll highlights the achievements of a five Razorback athletics teams and coincides with the release of Arkansas Athletics Department’s fall semester grades. Razorback student-athletes achieved a department grade point average of 3.25, tying the highest cumulative total in athletics history.

A total of 306 Razorbacks – 67 percent – earned a spot on the honor roll after earning a spring GPA of 3.0 or better, a mark that has improved by 21 from the 2016 fall semester. For the second straight semester, a record number of student-athletes earned a perfect 4.0 term GPA, as 72 Razorbacks accomplished the feat, which equals the record set last spring.

The record-breaking 3.25 cumulative GPA for the second straight semester was also made possible thanks to 115 student-athletes achieving their highest term GPA in the fall and 17 of 19 programs earning a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.

Selection Criteria
Any student-athlete who participates in a Southeastern Conference championship sport or a student-athlete who participates in a sport listed on his/her institution’s NCAA Sports Sponsorship Form is eligible for nomination to the Academic Honor Roll. The following criteria will be followed: (1) A student-athlete must have a grade point average of 3.00 or above for either the preceding academic year (two semesters or three quarters) or have a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or above at the nominating institution. (2) If a student-athlete attends summer school, his/her grade point average during the summer academic term must be included in the calculation used to determine eligibility for the Academic Honor Roll. (3) Student-athletes eligible for the Honor Roll include those receiving an athletics scholarship, recipients of an athletics award (i.e., letter winner), and non-scholarship student-athletes who have been on a varsity team for two seasons. (4) Prior to being nominated, a student-athlete must have successfully completed 24 semester or 36 quarter hours of non-remedial academic credit toward a baccalaureate degree at the nominating institution. (5) The student-athlete must have been a member of a varsity team for the sport’s entire NCAA Championship segment.