NEWTOWN, Pa. – On Wednesday morning, the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) announced 3,701 athletes to be named to the MAC Honor Roll for the Winter and Spring of 2023-24. Among the list of student-athletes honored were 346 Messiah Falcons. Of the 346 winter and spring student athletes to be included from the Falcons were 79 individuals who achieved perfect, 4.0 grade-point averages in the winter and spring semester while competing in their sport. Throughout the whole 2023-24 season Messiah has earned a total of 454 MAC Honor Roll honorees.
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The fall academic honor roll is comprised of student-athletes who compete in a varsity level sport and registered a fall 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).
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Messiah MAC Honor Roll Accolades
    Winter
        Men's Basketball – 13 honors (five – 4.0's)
        Women's Basketball – 10 honors (three – 4.0's)
        Men's Swimming – eight honors (one – 4.0)
        Women's Swimming – 20 honors (three – 4.0's)
        Men's Indoor Track and Field – 34 honors (11 – 4.0's)
        Women's Indoor Track and Field – 42 honors (14 – 4.0's)
        Wrestling – 25 honors (three – 4.0's)
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    Spring
        Baseball – 32 honors (three – 4.0's)
        Men's Lacrosse – 20 honors (one – 4.0)
        Women's Lacrosse – 17 honors (two – 4.0's)
        Softball – 19 honors (one – 4.0)
        Men's Tennis – five honors
        Women's Tennis – eight honors (five – 4.0's)
        Men's Outdoor Track and Field – 34 honors (11 – 4.0's)
        Women's Outdoor Track and Field – 42 honors (14 – 4.0's)
        Men's Volleyball – 16 honors (two – 4.0's)
