• 2019-20 OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll Selections (PDF) | Commissioner's Honor Roll History | Medal of Honor Release
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – On Wednesday it was announced that a record 1,627 student-athletes have been named to the Ohio Valley Conference’s Commissioner’s Honor Roll for the 2019-20 academic year.
That marks the single-largest total in League history, surpassing the mark of 1,384 honorees set a year ago, and marks the fourth time in five years the league has established a new record.
To be listed, recipients must have achieved at least a 3.25 grade point average, have been eligible and on the team throughout the competitive season in their chosen NCAA-sponsored sport(s) and used a season of competition.
Due to the extraordinary circumstances related to the COVID-19 pandemic, spring sport athletes who were eligible and met the GPA requirements, but saw their seasons canceled (therefore not using a season of competition) received the award. Additionally, student-athletes who had pass/fail courses listed on their transcript were also made eligible so long as the institutional GPAs are calculated according to institutional policy.
Those numbers included 39 student-athletes who compete in non-OVC championship sports that do not compete in another conference (i.e. Southeast Missouri gymnastics, UT Martin equestrian) and 207 student-athletes who were recipients in multiple sports (and counted just once in the final total).
Eastern Illinois had the most selections to the Commissioner's Honor Roll (171) and were followed closely by Austin Peay (168), Belmont and UT Martin (160 apiece). The sport of women’s track and field was the sport with the most honorees league-wide (215).
Over the past 10 years the OVC has honored over 12,000 student-athletes with the Commissioner’s Honor Roll award.
Yesterday the League announced that a record 293 student-athletes earned the OVC Academic Medal of Honor for having perfect 4.0 grade point averages last academic year. The OVC will announce the winner of the Academic Achievement Award and Team Academic Achievement Awards on Thursday.