MAAC Announces 2017-18 Academic Honor Roll
Complete Honor Roll
EDISON, NJ - A total of 2,361 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) student-athletes have been named to the 2017-18 Academic Honor Roll. The 2,361 honorees are a conference record. Since 2006-07 the total number of student-athletes named to the MAAC Academic Honor Roll has increased each year.
"On behalf of the MAAC, I'd like to congratulate all the student-athletes named to the 2017-18 Academic Honor Roll. Two thousand three hundred sixty-one student-athletes being honored is a great testament to each institutions' excellence," noted MAAC Commissioner Rich Ensor.
To be eligible for the MAAC Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must hold a cumulative grade point average of 3.20 or higher on a 4.0 scale. The Academic Honor Roll is open to both full-time and associate members in the MAAC. All 24 sports that the conference sponsors are represented.
Marist College tallied a league-high 273 student-athletes on the Academic Honor Roll, followed by Manhattan College with 215, and Iona College with 204. Quinnipiac University totaled 197, Canisius College notched 196, and Monmouth University added 194 honorees. Fairfield University and Rider University each placed 188, while Niagara University had 186 on the Academic Honor Roll. Siena College and Saint Peter's University rounded out the full-time MAAC members with 171 and 99 recipients respectively.
Sacred Heart University, which is a MAAC member in the sports of field hockey and rowing compiled 41 student-athletes on the Academic Honor Roll to lead all associate members.
Listed below are the total number of student-athletes on the 2017-18 Academic Honor Roll by school:
| Full-Time Members |
Associate Members |
| Canisius |
196 |
Albany |
3 |
| Fairfield |
187 |
Bryant |
23 |
| Iona |
204 |
Dayton |
7 |
| Manhattan |
215 |
Detroit Mercy |
28 |
| Marist |
273 |
Drake |
20 |
| Monmouth |
194 |
Hartford |
5 |
| Niagara |
186 |
Jacksonville |
20 |
| Quinnipiac |
197 |
La Salle |
4 |
| Rider |
188 |
LIU Brooklyn |
15 |
| Saint Peter's |
99 |
Robert Morris |
27 |
| Siena |
171 |
Sacred Heart |
41 |
Full-Time Members: 2,110
Associate Members: 251
Total: 2,361 |
St. Francis Brooklyn |
6 |
| Stetson |
11 |
| Villanova |
17 |
| Virginia Military Institute |
4 |
| Wagner |
20 |
| Academic Honor Roll Year-by-Year Breakdown |
| Year |
Total Number of Honorees |
| 2017-18 |
2,361 |
| 2016-17 |
2,274 |
| 2015-16 |
2,173 |
| 2014-15 |
2,080 |
| 2013-14 |
1,968 |
| 2012-13 |
1,626 |
| 2011-12 |
1,569 |
| 2010-11 |
1,123 |
| 2009-10 |
1,055 |
| 2008-09 |
990 |
| 2007-08 |
939 |
| 2006-07 |
931 |
| *Note MAAC only has data through 2006-07 |
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 38
th year of competition during the 2018-19 academic year. Current Conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter's University, and Siena College.