ROCK HILL, SOUTH CAROLINA - Nearly three-fourths of Winthrop University’s student-athletes earned at least a 3.0 grade point average in 2019-20, an achievement that placed the Eagles second in the Big South Conference (BSC).
The BSC announced recently that a league-record 64.83 percent of eligible student-athletes earned Presidential Honor Roll status for their work in the classroom in 2019-20. To be named to the Presidential Honor Roll, student-athletes must maintain a grade point average of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) or better for the recently completed academic year, and this past season, 2,264 out of 3,492 eligible student-athletes achieved the benchmark. In addition, the 64.83 percentage marks the first time above 60 percent.
Winthrop placed 74.62 percent of its 260 eligible student-athletes on the Presidential Honor Roll.
Winthrop administrators are proud of the university’s student-athletes’ achievements. “This year has been like none other and all of them persevered through all the changes and challenges that were thrown at them,” said Claire Mooney-Melvin, director of Academic and Student Services. "Our students-athletes continue to impress me with their dedication on and off the field/court."
In addition, the BSC had 226 student-athletes receive the Commissioner’s Award in 2019-20 for having a 4.0 GPA, with 23 of those from Winthrop.
The Winthrop student-athletes that received the Commissioner’s Award are:
Women’s Basketball
Angela Coello Perez
Men’s Golf
Rohan Boettcher
Zak Butt
Ian Faulconer
Vijay Mishra
Women’s Golf
Alexis Brindley
Sarah Funderburg
Women’s Lacrosse
Olivia Deaver
Men’s Soccer
Marc Carreras Hernandez
Leif Leon Estevez Fernandez
Benjamin Goodman
Samuel Jones
Jordi Mola Calsapeu
Georgios Orfanidis
Women’s Soccer
Leah Greene
Megan Loveland
Softball
Bella Roy
Sabrina Shroades
Men’s Tennis
Lluis Miralles Miro
Women’s Tennis
Tayla van Eck
Men’s Track & Field/Cross Country
Hunter Schiers
Women’s Track & Field/Cross Country
Karina Grant
Volleyball
Atley Livingston
For more information, contact Mark Simpson at marks@bigsouth.org.
