AMERICUS, Ga. -- Georgia Southwestern State University placed 100 student-athletes on the 2024-25 Peach Belt Conference Presidential Honor Roll released Monday afternoon by the league office with 30 receiving the highest distinction, being named Gold Scholars, which was the most in school history.
The Presidential Honor Roll presented by Barnes & Noble College recognizes the outstanding academic achievements of Peach Belt Conference student-athletes who compete in the league's 18 championship sports both at full member institutions and associate member institutions. The Presidential Honor Roll honors all Peach Belt student-athletes who had a GPA of 3.0 or higher for the academic year. 1,742 student-athletes were recognized on this year's list from the league's 10 core institutions, giving the PBC 1,000 or more for the 15th year in a row.
The honor roll is divided into four groups: Presidential Scholars, Bronze Scholars, Silver Scholars and Gold Scholars. All student-athletes with a GPA from 3.0 to 3.24 are Presidential Scholars while Bronze Scholars are 3.25 to 3.49; Silver 3.50 to 3.74 and Gold Scholars are those with a 3.75 to 4.00.
Georgia Southwestern's previous high for Gold Scholars was 24 in 2018-19. The Hurricanes had 60 percent of their honor roll recipients reach either the gold or silver level this year, which was also a school record, eclipsing the previous high of 53.47 percent set in 2018-19.
The GSW baseball team led the department in 2024-25 with 24 recipients overall, up six from last year. The GSW women's soccer team followed with 17 honorees.
The men's cross country team led all GSW sports with the highest percentage of its roster on the Honor Roll as all seven of its members earned distinction. Below is a list of the top five GSW programs in 2024-25 according to the percentage of its roster receiving the Peach Belt honor:
| Rank | Sport | Percent of Athletes on Honor Roll |
| 1 | Men's Cross Country | 100% |
| 2 | Women's Tennis | 90.0% |
| 3 | Softball | 83.3% |
| 4 | Men's Golf | 77.8% |
| 5 | Women's Soccer | 73.9% |
GSW academic honorees on the 2024-25 PBC Presidential Honor Roll:
Gold Scholars [30]: Madeline Barnes (Women's Tennis), Alana Beddow (Women's Soccer), Savana Bradford (Softball), Cassidy Brunner (Women's Soccer), Sam Bruns (Men's Soccer), Lucia Bustamante (Women's Soccer), Tamyra Carter (Women's Basketball), Danny DiNorcia (Baseball), Maci Dunlap (Women's Soccer), Christyan Fevrier-Sildor (Men's Soccer), Lita Frost (Women's Soccer), Axel-Ambroise Gravel (Men's Soccer), Monique Gundrum (Women's Tennis), Oscar Hammar (Men's Golf), Ayoob Ibrahim (Men's Soccer), Jarrett Jenkins (Baseball), Dante Johnson (Men's Soccer), Tristan Legg (Baseball), Toby Longnecker (Men's Soccer), Pyper McCard (Softball), Jonathan Medina (Baseball), Arly Ramirez (Men's Soccer), Jackson Raper (Baseball), Noah Roberts (Baseball), Ashlyn Rogers (Softball), Rheagan Savage (Women's Soccer), Ustina Schyslionak (Women's Tennis), Channing Smith (Softball), Joseph Vinyard (Men's Golf), Karsen Winget (Women's Soccer)
Silver Scholars [30]: Malone Aldridge (Softball), Siaomee Bagnost (Women's Soccer), Jonathan Bedard (Men's Soccer), Mabry Bowron (Women's Tennis), Sam Brown (Men's Golf), Jackie Burns (Softball), Toni Clark (Women's Soccer), Alex Cobzaru (Men's Soccer), Armani Cooke (Women's Basketball), Kya Curry (Women's Soccer), Brant Deerman (Baseball), Melissa Duarte (Women's Tennis), Will Eydam (Men's Soccer), Destiny Garrett (Women's Basketball), Simone Gillispie (Softball), Edwin Gonzalez (Men's Cross Country), Daniel Hernandez (Baseball), David Hernandez (Baseball), Kaylee Hodges (Women's Soccer), Henderson Hurdle (Softball), Kelsen Johnston (Baseball), Rem Maxwell (Baseball), Maggie McDonald (Softball), Jocelyn Ramos Pacheco (Women's Soccer), Jacob Rose (Men's Basketball), Detavia Salter (Women's Basketball), Graceanne Spears (Softball), Diwakar Thapa (Men's Soccer), Evan Wainman (Baseball), Sydney Weslowski (Women's Soccer)
Bronze Scholars [23]: Davis Aaron (Men's Golf), Mathias Blach (Men's Soccer), Ellie Carrington (Women's Soccer), Joao Costa (Men's Golf), George Davis (Baseball), Nicholas Escobar (Men's Golf), Madison Griffis (Softball), Rebecca Hazard (Softball), Paul Hegeman (Baseball), Regan Lee (Softball), Ameil Malone (Men's Basketball), Justin Monden (Men's Basketball), Ella Moody (Women's Soccer), Peyton Namyslowski (Softball), Nick Plaisted (Baseball), Carsen Plumadore (Baseball), Mateo Quiroga (Men's Golf), Trey Reid (Men's Cross Country), Spencer Rose (Men's Basketball), Cooper Sain (Baseball), EmmaRae Smith (Women's Tennis), Cooper Watson (Softball), Kira Wilson (Women's Soccer)
Presidential Scholars [17]: Jayden Arroyo (Baseball), Anwar Benkandil (Men's Soccer), Braeden Cochran (Baseball), Jonathan Fernandez-Andrew (Baseball), Andrew Geiger (Baseball), Nathan Grady (Men's Soccer), Tim Hall Jr. (Men's Basketball), Michael Korfhage (Men's Cross Country), Cory Lee (Baseball), Ndidiamaka Ndukwe (Women's Basketball), Lars Nilsen (Men's Basketball), Raiyah Reid (Women's Basketball), Carson Shaw (Baseball), Elizabeth Sielski (Women's Soccer), Jordan Walden (Baseball), Antewan Webber (Men's Basketball), Gerona Williams (Men's Cross Country)