Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Interesting SoCon Academic Award History

I was just looking over a SoCon publication and found this info. I thought it was interesting, but not surprising, that Davidson is the overwhelming choice in these academic-related awards.

Barrett-Bonner Award
"The Barrett-Bonner Award is given to theSouthern Conference school that places the highest percentage of its student-athletes on the league’s academic honor roll. The award was first presented in 1994, for the 1992-93 academic year."

1992-93 Davidson
1993-94 Davidson
1994-95 Davidson
1995-96 Davidson
1996-97 Davidson
1997-98 Davidson
1998-99 Davidson
1999-00 Davidson
2000-01 Davidson
2001-02 Davidson
2002-03 Davidson
2003-04 College of Charleston
2004-05 Davidson


Graduation Rate Award
"The Southern Conference awarded its initial Graduation Rate Award at its 1994 spring meeting. The award is presented to the member institution with the highest graduation rate for its student-athletes over the past five years as compiled in the annual NCAA Graduation Rates Report."

1993-94 (1987-92) Furman
1994-95 (1988-93) The Citadel
1995-96 (1989-94) VMI
1996-97 (1990-95) Davidson
1997-98 (1991-96) Wofford
1998-99 (1992-97) Wofford
1999-2000 (1993-98) Wofford and Davidson
2000-01 (1994-99) Wofford
2001-02 (1995-2000) Davidson
2002-03 (1996-2001) Davidson
2003-04 (1997-2002) Davidson
2004-05 (1998-2003) Davidson

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