• 2020-21 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 1,718 student-athletes have been named to the Ohio Valley Conference’s Commissioner’s Honor Roll for the 2020-21 academic year.
That marks the largest total in League history, besting the previous record of 1,627 honorees from a season ago. It marks the fifth time in the past six 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.
Those numbers included 47 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 177 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 (193) and were followed closely by Belmont (179), Southeast Missouri (164) and Austin Peay (155). The sport of women’s track and field was the sport with the most honorees league-wide (221), followed by baseball (216), football (187), soccer (187) and softball (185).
Over the past 10 years the OVC has honored over 13,300 student-athletes with the Commissioner’s Honor Roll award.
Yesterday the League announced that a record 356 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.