CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Two hundred nineteen Longwood student-athletes have been named to the 2024-25 Big South Conference Presidential Honor Roll, the league announced Tuesday.

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, 2,279 out of 2,806 eligible student-athletes earned the honor.

Longwood finished fifth in the league overall with 81.72 percent of its eligible student-athletes recognized. Gardner-Webb led all Big South institutions for the first time with 85.9 percent of its eligible student-athletes on the Presidential Honor Roll -- one of five members to have at least 80 percent of 3.0 students.   

The Big South had an all-time high 277 student-athletes receive Commissioner's Award distinction in 2024-25 for having a 4.0 GPA. Gold Award scholars (3.75-3.99) totaled 679 while another 554 received Silver Award (3.50-3.74) accolades this season for a combined total of 1,510 student-athletes with at least a 3.50 GPA last year -- 66.26 percent of all Presidential Honor Roll members at or above that threshold.