Colorado College student-athletes turned in another impressive performance in the classroom during the 2022-23 winter season and ranked first in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference with 79 earning a spot on the league's Academic Honor Roll.
 
More than 94 percent of the Tigers who competed in the four winter sports sponsored by the SCAC were recognized for posting a minimum 3.25 grade-point average during the most recent semester.
 
The women's basketball team had all 17 players honored for a perfect 100 percent. The women's swimming and diving (23) and men's basketball teams (17) were close behind at 95.8 and 94.4 percent, respectively, while the men's swimming and diving team (22) had 88 percent.

"We are incredibly proud of our student-athletes commitment and success in the classroom," Colorado College Vice President and Director of Athletics Lesley Irvine said. "To have the highest number in the league and almost all of our spring student-athletes earn the recognition is incredible."
 
Kate Brush (women's swimming & diving), Peyton Classon (women's swimming & diving), Talia Cloud (women's basketball), Anna Fanelli (women's basketball), Maddie Heynen (women's swimming & diving), Ben Laidlaw (men's swimming & diving), Mac O'Brien (men's swimming & diving), Isabell Osborne (women's swimming & diving), Tedy Reed (women's basketball), Topher Shepherd (men's swimming & diving) and Peyton Wright (women's swimming & diving) added their names to the list of 176 Tigers who earned the distinction four consecutive years.
 
Brush, a two-time All-American this year, headlined CC's list of honor roll recipients who also earned all-conference honors in their respective sports.
 
The other 27 student-athletes who were recognized for their outstanding achievements in the classroom as well as in their respective sports are: Will Barber (men's swimming & diving), Audrey Bayston (women's basketball), Lucio Bollittieri (men's swimming & diving), Dinari Boykin (men's basketball), Sarah Buchman (women's swimming & diving), Peyton Classon (women's swimming & diving), Edmund Davis (men's swimming & diving), Anna Fanelli (women's basketball), Step Flanagan (men's swimming & diving), Malia Hewitt (women's swimming & diving), Jack Hussin (men's swimming & diving), Emma Krasemann (women's swimming & diving), Alexis Lee (women's swimming & diving), Gina Lynch (women's swimming & diving), Mac O'Brien (men's swimming & diving), Caleb Peimann (men's swimming & diving), Emma Phillips (women's swimming & diving), Collin Ralston (men's swimming & diving), Aidan Richter (men's swimming & diving), Scott Ruegg (men's basketball), Tony Saenz (men's swimming & diving), Topher Shepherd (men's swimming & diving), Dax Sherwood (men's swimming & diving), Megan Simonson (women's swimming & diving), Zoe Tomlinson (women's basketball), Eric Uerling (men's swimming & diving) and Andie Will (women's basketball).
 
Colorado College had 28 more recipients than Southwestern University, which finished second with 51. Trinity University was third with 49, followed by Austin College (30) and Centenary College (20).
 
Since the inception of the SCAC Academic Honor Roll in 1997, more than 33,200 male and female student-athletes have been recognized for their exemplary performances in the classroom.