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BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – On Thursday it was announced that a record 248 Ohio Valley Conference student-athletes have earned the OVC Academic Medal of Honor for the 2015-16 academic year.
The OVC Academic Medal of Honor is given annually to the student-athletes who achieves the highest grade point average in a Conference-sponsored sport. Every Academic Medal of Honor recipient for the 2015-16 academic year carried a perfect 4.0 grade point average.
Of the 248 award winners, 29 were awarded Academic Medals of Honor for multiple sports (and counted just once in the final recipients list).
Eastern Illinois had the most selections with 37 while the sport of women's track and field was the sport with the most honorees league-wide (43).
The 248 recipients shattered the previous record of 212 honors from the 2012-13 academic year. Over the past five years there have been 1,028 student-athletes earn the OVC Academic Medal of Honor.
Yesterday the league announced that a record 1,336 student-athletes earned a spot on the OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll for carrying a 3.25 grade point average or higher last academic year. The League will announce the winner of the Academic Achievement Award and Team Academic Achievement Awards on Friday.