Lander Athletics
Rixon Lane, Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations
GREENWOOD – Lander University placed a conference-high 238 student-athletes on the 2020-21 Peach Belt Conference Presidential Honor Roll, the PBC office announced today.
The Presidential Honor Roll honors all PBC student-athletes who had a GPA of 3.0 or higher for the academic year. The honor roll has been divided into four groups: Presidential Scholars, Bronze Scholars, Silver Scholars and Gold Scholars. All student-athletes with a GPA from 3.0 to 3.24 are Presidential Scholars while Bronze Scholars are 3.25 to 3.49; Silver 3.50 to 3.74 and Gold Scholars are those with a 3.75 to 4.00.
Lander was one of only two schools with at least 200 student-athletes honored and had 28 more honorees than any other school in the conference. 101 Bearcats earned Gold Scholar status, finishing with a GPA of at least 3.75.
Starting with this year’s list, the PBC Faculty Athletic Representatives, who oversee the program, limited the honorees to those student-athletes who compete in the PBC’s 16 NCAA championship sports. Previous lists had included all qualified student-athletes, regardless if the sport they played was a PBC championship or not. Also new this year are associate members whose PBC student-athletes are recognized on the Honor Roll for the first time.
1,764 student-athletes were recognized on this year’s list, giving the PBC 1,000 or more for the 11th year in a row. A full list of Lander’s honorees can be found here.