Mansfield, Mass. - The Adelphi University athletic department once again led the way in the classroom over the spring semester in the Northeast-10 Conference, as the league's Commissioner's Honor Roll for the recently-completed semester was released on Wednesday.
Adelphi had the highest percentage of student-athletes earn at least a 3.0 GPA this past spring, ranking the department as the league-leader in that category for the fifth time in the past six semesters. In total, 285 of the 356 Adelphi student-athletes (80.1%) were named to the honor roll, and Adelphi also led the NE10 in student-athletes registering a 4.0.
Overall, 33 Panthers achieved that benchmark this past semester.
"Our student-athletes continue to succeed at extremely high levels in the classroom, and once again, I am so proud of their accomplishments." said NE10 Commissioner Julie Ruppert. "Our membership's commitment to academic success is unparalleled nationally, and this release proves that once again."
A remarkable 13 of the conference's 15 institutions - 87% of the league's membership - had at least 50% of their total student-athlete population claim NE10 Commissioner's Academic Honor Roll laurels. Bentley had the most student-athletes earn CHR honors among the 15 NE10 schools with 369 in total, while Franklin Pierce (28), and Merrimack (27) finished among the top three in in total 4.0s.
Fairly remarkably, Adelphi, Bentley, Merrimack, Pace, Saint Michael's, and Southern New Hampshire each had at least 50% of their overall student-athlete population post at least a 3.5 this past spring.
Assumption had the second most honorees with 297, while Adelphi was third with 285. Le Moyne had the second-highest percentage of student-athletes post a 3.0 or better at 79.3%, while Bentley finished third at 75.3%. Southern New Hampshire also surpassed the 70% plateau as 70.6% of all Penmen were recognized for their efforts in the classroom.
Football led all sports in representation as 379 student-athletes were honored. Women's soccer was second with 3298, while men's lacrosse was third with 279. The sports of women's track and field (265), baseball (259), women's lacrosse (259), men's track and field (236), field hockey (222), men's soccer (211), and softball (211) all had more than 200 student-athletes recognized as well.
Portions of this release courtesy of the Northeast-10 Conference.
About Adelphi Athletics
Adelphi University joined the Northeast-10 Conference in the fall of 2009, and in the past eight seasons, has collected 27 regular season conference titles, 29 tournament championships, 41 individual crowns and captured the Northeast-10 Presidents' Cup four times (2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017), while winning six NCAA Division II National Championships.
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