BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – More than 180 student-athletes from Alcorn State University were named to the 2021-22 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Commissioner's Honor Roll, released Friday, July 29, from the SWAC Office in Birmingham, Alabama.
The SWAC Commissioner's Honor Roll is comprised of student-athletes with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or higher. The Commissioner of the SWAC is Dr. Charles McClelland, who has been at the SWAC since 2018.
Throughout the 2021-22 academic term, a total of 1,873 student-athletes within the league met that benchmark of academic success during the fall 2021 and spring 2022 semesters, marking the highest collective total of student-athletes to qualify within the past five academic years.
For Alcorn State, the breakdown of student-athletes privileged to the 2021-22 SWAC Commissioner's Honor Roll were as follows: Men's Basketball (2), Women's Basketball (9), Baseball (16), Softball (18), Football (62), Soccer (21), Men's Tennis (8), Women's Tennis (8), Men's Cross Country (12), Women's Cross Country (15) and Volleyball (11).
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About the SWAC
The Southwestern Athletic Conference is considered one of the premier Historically Black College/University (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 & field, outdoor track & field and tennis.
Women's competition is offered in the sports of basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, indoor track & field, outdoor track & field, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball.
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