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The Empire 8 Athletic Conference announced its President’s List for the Spring 2017 semester, and almost 900 student-athletes from the league's nine full-time members and nine affiliate institutions were recognized for their contributions on the field and their excellence in the classroom.
Recipients of this honor must earn a 3.75 grade point average or higher while participating in a conference-sponsored sport. In addition, the student-athlete must display positive conduct on and off campus and be enrolled full-time at the member institution. The conference states, “Its commitment to serve the educational needs of its student-athletes is the hallmark of the Empire 8.”
The Empire 8 recognized an all-time high 897 student-athletes with the President’s List distinction. The previous high was 883 set during the fall of 2016.
Additionally, a record number 123 teams were acknowledged as an Empire 8 All-Academic Team for registering a team grade point average of 3.2 or higher for the spring semester. The 123 teams breaks the previous record of 119, which was set in the spring of 2016.
The nine full-time conference members sponsored a record number of 4,228 student-athletes who combined for an Empire 8 wide spring semester grade point average of 3.232. The 3.232 gpa is the highest among Empire 8 members, beating out the gpa mark of 3.216 set in the spring of 2016.