815 Student-Athletes Earn 2015 Spring Horizon League Academic Honor Roll Distinction

INDIANAPOLIS -- The 2015 Spring Academic Honor Roll is comprised of 815 student-athletes representing all nine Horizon League institutions and each of the 19 League sponsored sports.

As an affiliate member, Belmont distinguished student-athletes only in the sport of men’s soccer.

Candidates for the Honor Roll must meet three criteria in order to qualify: 1) participation in at least one of the League’s 19 sports during the most recent (or current) season; 2) completion of three semesters (or four quarters, where applicable) as a full-time student at the same member institution; and 3) a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.20 (on a 4.00 scale).

For the fourth-straight semester, Oakland paced the conference with 125 student-athletes meeting Honor Roll criteria just edging out Valparaiso with 119. Milwaukee positioned 114 student-athletes to receive accolades, while Wright State placed 87 on the list. Detroit recognized 80 student-athletes as Green Bay tallied 79 and Youngstown State honored 73. Cleveland State contributed 65 and UIC rounded out the conference accumulating 63 student-athletes on the Honor Roll.

With 107 student-athletes garnering accolades, women’s soccer led all Horizon League sports on the Spring Honor Roll. Women’s track and field/cross country ranked second with 97, while men’s track and field/cross country placed 73 to lead all male sports. Contributing 72, men’s soccer was the fourth-highest sport represented and women’s swimming and diving was right behind with 67. Softball positioned 63 student-athletes, with baseball attributing 58 and men’s swimming and diving next on the list  with 56. Contributing at least 30 student-athletes, women’s tennis (39), women’s basketball (33) and women’s golf (31) closed out the female sports. Men’s golf (29), men’s tennis (26) and men’s basketball (13) rounded out the League sponsored sports.

2015 Spring Academic Honor Roll (June 2015)