The Empire 8 Athletic Conference announced its
President’s List for the Spring 2018 semester, and over 800 student-athletes from the league's nine full-time members and 14 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 816 student-athletes with the President’s List distinction.
Additionally, 122 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 122 teams is the third highest total behind the 126 teams in the Fall of 2017 and the 123 from the Spring 2017.
The nine full-time conference members sponsored a record number of 3,462 student-athletes who combined for an Empire 8 wide spring semester grade point average of 3.223. The 3.223 gpa is the second highest in the history of the honor, falling .01 hundredth behind the spring 2017 mark of 3.23.