CHARLOTTE, N.C. (BigSouthSports.com) – Charleston Southern had 162 student-athletes recognized on the 2020-21 Big South Presidential Honor Roll, as announced Thursday afternoon by the conference office. Additionally, 14 students achieved a perfect 4.0 GPA during the academic year.

Reid Hardwick (Baseball), Hunter McIntosh (Baseball), Krishna Raj (Baseball), Anna Webster (Women's Basketball), Dakota Fiedler (Soccer), Alyssa Heinrich (Softball), Annah Junge (Softball), Tiffany Pyritz (Tennis), Evan Crawford (T&F/Cross Country), Taylor Barnes (T&F/Cross Country), Sommer McKenzie (T&F), Bethany Thornhill (T&F) and Peyton Thompson (Volleyball) all received the Big South Commissioner's Award for their 4.0 GPA.

The Big South Conference announced today that 62.61 percent of eligible student-athletes earned Presidential Honor Roll status for their work in the classroom in 2020-21 -- the second consecutive year above 60 percent.  To be named to the Presidential Honor Roll, student-athletes must maintain a grade point average of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) or better for the recently-completed academic year, and this past season, 2,289 out of 3,656 eligible student-athletes achieved the benchmark.

Charleston Southern had 53.64% of their student-athletes earn the recognition in 2020-21. The full 2020-21 Presidential Honor can be viewed here.

The Big South had 236 student-athletes receive Commissioner's Award distinction in 2020-21 for having a 4.0 GPA.  Each of the Big South's 19 sponsored sports had at least one 4.0 student.  Gold Award scholars (3.75-3.99) totaled 551 while another 587 received Silver Award (3.50-3.74) accolades in 2020-21 for a combined total of 1,374 student-athletes with at least a 3.50 GPA last year -- 60.03 percent of all Presidential Honor Roll members at or above that threshold.