NEW ORLEANS – The Sun Belt Conference announced on Thursday that over 3,300 student-athletes earned Commissioner’s List and Academic Honor Roll for the 2024-2025 academic year. Those recognized include 2,008 student-athletes on the Commissioner’s List and 1,335 student-athletes on the Academic Honor Roll. In addition, 133 student-athletes earned the 1A FAR Academic Excellence Award.
Old Dominion University placed 209 student-athletes on the Commissioner's List and Academic Honor Roll. A total of 113 Monarchs landed on the Commissioner's List and 96 Monarchs earned a spot on the Academic Honor Roll. Additionally, 19 Monarchs were recipients of the 1A FAR Academic Excellence Award.
The Commissioner's List honors student-athletes who earned a 3.5 grade point average (GPA) or better during the 2024-25 academic year while the Academic Honor Roll honors those student-athletes who maintained a GPA between 3.00 and 3.49 for the academic year.
The 1A FAR Academic Excellence Award recognizes student-athletes at FBS football-sponsoring institutions who earned their undergraduate degrees between September 1, 2024 and August 31, 2025 and compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.8 or better upon graduation. In addition, the student-athletes must have participated in at least two years of NCAA intercollegiate athletics at an FBS institution.