Winners in Academics

Nineteen student-athletes from Tulane University earned Conference USA Commissioner's Academic Medals during the 2009-10 academic year, the conference office announced.

In addition, 118 were named to the Commissioner's Honor Roll for achieving a 3.0 grade point average or better, representing nearly half of all student-athletes at Tulane.

Commissioner Britton Banowsky said medals are given to those C-USA student-athletes who have achieved a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or better.

At Tulane, volleyball and women's track and field each placed four student-athletes on the list, while women's swimming had three, men's tennis had two and baseball, men's cross country, women's golf and men's track and field each placed one on the list.

A record total of 2,027 student-athletes from the 12 C-USA institutions earned recognition on the Commissioner's Honor Roll during the 2009-10 academic year.