ANNVILLE, Pa. – On Monday afternoon, the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) announced their Academic Honor Roll for the 2022 Fall seasons. Among the 1,850 student-athletes honored by the conference were 110 Messiah students were celebrated. The Fall MAC Honor Roll celebrates student-athletes who compete in men's and women's cross country, field hockey, football, men's and women's soccer, and women's volleyball.
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Of the 18 MAC schools, Messiah had the sixth-most honorees overall and the second most among schools that do not sponsor football. Only the Stevens Institute of Technology Ducks had more from a non-football school with 122 honors.
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In total, Messiah had 26 student-athletes earn perfect 4.0 grade point averages this past fall with field hockey and men's cross country leading the way with six 4.0's each.
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Among the sports honored on Monday, men's soccer earned the most accolades with 24 team members seeing their name listed.
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Messiah MAC Honor Roll accolades
Men's Soccer – 24 honors (five 4.0's)
Women's Soccer – 23 honors (four 4.0's)
Field Hockey – 20 honors (six 4.0's)
Men's Cross Country – 19 honors (six 4.0's)
Women's Cross Country – 17 honors (four 4.0's)
Women's Volleyball – Seven honors (one 4.0)
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Click here to see the complete list of student-athletes named to the 2022 Fall MAC Academic Honor Roll.
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About the MAC Honor Roll
The winter and spring academic honor rolls are comprised of student-athletes who compete in a varsity level winter and/or spring sport and registered a spring term/semester GPA of 3.20 (on a 4.00 scale) or higher. Since 2020-21, the MAC has allowed its institutions to name all of their NCAA-competing sports to the MAC Academic Honor Roll even if the MAC does not sponsor the sport. To date, the additional sports recognized are beach volleyball (spring), men's and women's fencing (winter) and women's wrestling (winter).
