111 Elmira College Student-Athletes Honored as Spring 2025 Empire 8 President’s List Recipients

ELMIRA, N.Y - The Empire 8 Conference announced its President's List for the 2025 Spring semester on Wednesday, with 1,660 student-athletes from the league's membership were recognized for their excellence in the classroom this past semester with President's List distinction, one of the most prestigious honors that the Empire 8 recognizes.

Recipients of this honor must earn a 3.75 grade-point average or higher during the semester, while participating in an NCAA-sponsored sport. In addition, the student-athlete must display positive conduct on and off campus and be enrolled full-time at the member institution. The conference states, "Its commitment to serve the educational needs of its student-athletes is the hallmark of the Empire 8 Conference."

Elmira College was represented with 111 student-athletes earning individual recognition and 10 teams that earned all-academic laurels. The Elmira College women's ice hockey team recorded the highest GPA (3.65) from the spring 2025 semester, while the men's ice hockey team was second with a 3.51 GPA. Each of the 10 teams from Elmira College that earned all-academic laurels are listed below in order of GPA (highest to lowest).

Women's Ice Hockey - 3.65
Men's Ice Hockey - 3.51
Women's Soccer - 3.44
Baseball - 3.42
Dance - 3.42
Women's Volleyball - 3.42
Women's Basketball - 3.37
Softball - 3.34
Men's Soccer - 3.23
Men's Volleyball - 3.23

To see all of the Elmira College student-athletes who were recognized, click here for the Empire 8 release with all of the recipients.

CLOSER LOOK
The Empire 8's 12 full-time members sponsored 5,316 student-athletes who combined for a conference-wide fall grade point average of 3.32. Overall, just over 31 percent of all Empire 8 student-athletes received this impressive distinction.

QUICK FACTS

1,660 Student-Athletes earned President's List Distinction (GPA of at least 3.75)
The average GPA among the conference's 5,316 student-athletes was 3.32
All 12 institutions' student-athletes posted an average GPA of greater than 3.20
Five institutions student-athletes recorded an average GPA of greater than 3.30
190 teams were recognized (3.2 team GPA or greater)
Ten institutions had at least 10 teams recognized; six had at least 15 teams honored

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