Belmont Claims 2018-19 OVC Institutional Academic Achievement Award; Winners of 16 Team Academic Achievement Awards Announced
• Academic Achievement History | Team Academic Award History | Commissioner's Honor Roll | Academic Medal of Honor
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – Belmont University has been awarded the 2018-19 Ohio Valley Conference Institutional Academic Achievement Award. The award is presented annually to the member institution with the greatest percentage of its eligible student-athletes that earn a 3.25 grade point average or higher for that academic year.
It marks the seventh-straight crown for Belmont who joined the OVC prior to the 2012-13 season. Morehead State, the 2011-12 champions, holds the record with 12 OVC Academic Achievement Awards. Eastern Kentucky is next on the list with eight crowns and Austin Peay has two awards while Jacksonville State, Tennessee State and UT Martin have earned one award apiece.
The league also announced the recipients of 16 OVC Team Academic Achievement Awards, which are presented annually in each Conference-sponsored sport to the member institution's team with the greatest percentage of its eligible student-athletes who achieved a 3.25 grade point average or higher. Belmont claimed an OVC-best four awards, while Austin Peay and Southeast Missouri won three apiece while Morehead State, Murray State and SIUE earned two apiece. In total, six different member institutions garnered at least one team award.
The team/institution honorees are:
Baseball: Belmont
Men's Basketball: SIUE
Women's Basketball: Belmont
Men's Cross Country: Belmont
Women's Cross Country: Southeast Missouri
Football: Murray State
Men's Golf: Austin Peay
Women's Golf: Austin Peay
Rifle: Morehead State
Women's Soccer: SIUE
Softball: Murray State
Men's Tennis: Austin Peay
Women's Tennis: Southeast Missouri
Men's Track and Field: Morehead State
Women's Track and Field: Southeast Missouri
Women's Volleyball: Belmont
The awards cap a week of announcements regarding 2018-19 academic year awards. It was previously announced that a record 1,384 OVC student-athletes were named to the Commissioner's Honor Roll (for having a 3.25 GPA or better) while a record 275 student-athletes achieved perfect 4.0 GPA's to earn the OVC Academic Medal of Honor.