Liberty Student-Athletes Receive 465 Academic Honors During 2020-21 School Year
8/19/2021 9:52:00 AM | General
2020-21 Liberty Athletics Academic Awards
Liberty Athletics finished the 2020-21 school year with a combined 465 total individual and team academic honors.
Liberty's 465 awards eclipses last year's total of 441. For a second straight year, the Liberty women's track & field squad led all teams in academic awards with 72. The Flames men's track & field team paced all men's teams with 44 awards.
Major academic accomplishments from Liberty Athletics during the 2020-21 academic year include:
• 2 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans - Aaron Anderson (Baseball) and Jovaine Atkinson (Men's Track & Field)
• 3.29 Cumulative GPA after fall semester (highest in Liberty Athletics history)
• 3.27 Cumulative GPA after spring semester (second highest in Liberty Athletics history)
• 19 out of 20 teams with a 3.0 or above cumulative team GPA
• 44 Student-Athletes with a 4.0 cumulative GPA
• 136 Student-Athletes completing their degrees
• 249 Student-Athletes on the ASUN Academic Honor Roll
• 393 Student-Athletes with 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA
• 465 Total Academic Honors in 2020-21
Liberty's Academic Affairs for Athletics staff seamlessly continued to walk alongside Liberty student-athletes during their academic, athletic, social and spiritual development journeys in a 2020-21 school year that saw many unique challenges, including virtual learning environments.
The Academic Affairs for Athletics staff continued to pivot throughout the year, putting Liberty's student-athletes into the best environment to flourish.
"For our student-athletes to earn such an extraordinary number of academic honors, in light of the challenges and disruptions they experienced in 2020-21, is truly extraordinary. It is a credit to these outstanding young men and women along with the tremendous work of the Academic Affairs for Athletics staff, the Liberty faculty and our coaches."
Ian McCaw, Director of Athletics
"Embracing the challenges set before them, our student-athletes demonstrated perseverance and resilience in the classroom, earning the highest grade point average on record while winning championships on the field of competition. The Academic Affairs for Athletics Department values the support and collaboration of our faculty, staff and administration as we "Build Champions for Christ" through athletics."
Kristie Beitz, Senior Associate Athletics Director - Academic Affairs
"Like the majority of our students, our student-athletes consistently overcome challenges in their personal lives, in the classroom and in their athletic commitments. At Liberty, the entire team strives to encourage and prepare our students in achieving the impossible. These individual accomplishments by our student-athletes are a direct result of a cultures of success, dedication and perseverance. We are so proud of what they have accomplished. They are truly Champions for Christ."
Dr. Scott Hicks, Provost & Chief Academic Officer
