Record 368 Student-Athletes Earn OVC Academic Medal of Honor
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BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – On Friday it was announced that a record 368 Ohio Valley Conference student-athletes have earned the OVC Academic Medal of Honor for the 2025-26 academic year.
The 368 selections passed the previous record of 356 winners set during the 2020-21 academic year.
The OVC Academic Medal of Honor is given annually to the student-athletes who achieve the highest grade point average in a Conference-sponsored sport. Every Academic Medal of Honor recipient for the 2025-26 academic year carried a perfect 4.0 grade point average.
Of the 368 award winners, 53 were awarded Academic Medals of Honor for multiple sports (and counted just once in the final recipients list).
Southeast Missouri had the most selections with 58, followed by Lindenwood (54) and Eastern Illinois (44). The sport of women's track and field had the most honorees league-wide (64), followed by women's soccer and softball (57 each).
Over the past five years there have been over 1,600 student-athletes earn the OVC Academic Medal of Honor.
The OVC will announce the recipients of the Commissioner's Honor Roll, the Academic Achievement Award and the Team Academic Achievement Awards next week.