BIRMINGHAM, Ala.- The Southwestern Athletic Conference is proud to recognize its 2019-20 Academic Award recipients and SWAC Commissioner’s Honor Roll members.
The SWAC Academic Success Award is a monetary award decided based upon each member institutions collective ranking in the categories of highest four-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) average, highest single year APR average, and highest Graduate Success Rate (GSR).
Jackson State claimed the 2019-20 SWAC Academic Success Award finishing with a total of 30 points based upon the point scale system used to determine an institutional winner. The University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff (23) and Mississippi Valley State (23) round out the list of top three finishers within the conference.
Alabama State (72 percent) claimed the All-Academic Achievement Award which is presented to the athletic program that has the highest percentage of student-athletes that earned a grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better during the 2019-20 academic year. Mississippi Valley State (67 percent) finished 2
nd, while Arkansas-Pine Bluff (57 percent) and Alabama A&M (57 percent) finished tied for 3
rd place.
This past academic term over 1,700 student-athletes within the conference achieved historic academic success during the Fall 2019 and Spring 2020 semesters, marking a significant increase of over 11.7 percent from the previous academic term. The SWAC Commissioner’s Honor Roll is comprised of student-athletes with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher.
Please click the links below for listings of 2019-20 SWAC Commissioner’s Honorees (by institution):
About the SWAC
The Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) is considered one of the premier HBCU conferences in the country and currently ranks among the elite in the nation in terms of HBCU alumni playing with professional sports teams.
Current championship competition offered by the league includes competition for men in Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field and Tennis.
Women’s competition is offered in the sports of Basketball, Bowling, Cross Country, Golf, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, Soccer, Softball, Tennis and Volleyball.
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www.swac.org.