The College is proud to recognize and honor 94 students, who through their hard work and commitment to academic success, have achieved a GPA of 3.5 or better, earning a place on the Spring 2015 Athletic Academic Honor Roll.

In 2010, Chestnut Hill College hired Nicki Lockhart to fill the position of Associate Director of Athletics for Academic Success and Community Engagement. This was also the first year in which the College developed the Athletic Academic Honor Roll. In the spring 2010 semester, 45 students were recognized with distinction as having achieved a GPA of 3.5 or better.

Since then, CHC student-athletes have continued to climb the academic ranks, placing record numbers of students on the Honor Roll in each of the past two years, including 94 in 2015. Among these 41, which bested last year’s total of 75, 16 earned a GPA of 4.0, also an increase from last year.

Leading the way was the soccer program, both men’s and women’s, as they placed a total of 29 students (17 from the women’s team, 12 from the men’s) on the Honor Roll. The women’s tennis team, with the lowest individual GPA being a 3.55, placed all eight members of the team on the Honor Roll. 

Some of the other impressive numbers from this year’s athletics program include: 

• 3.17 – the spring semester GPA among athletes, which is the highest it has ever been
• 3.08 – the cumulative GPA for the 2014-15 academic year 
• 3.84 – the GPA for the women’s tennis team, the highest average of all programs 
• 3.28 – the GPA for the men’s track and field team, the highest male average of all programs 

The CHC student-athletes, in the truest sense of the word, exemplify what it means to be Division II athletes. Through their passion, commitment, scholarship, service and sportsmanship, they are leaders both in the classroom, on the fields and on the courts. 

This article was originally published in the College's newsletter with information provided from Griffinathletics. To see the complete list of students who made the Honor Roll, visit Griffin Athletes' website. To read more about all things CHC, visit Connections.