BOSTON – A total of 144 Suffolk University student-athletes have earned a spot on the Athletic Director's Honor Roll in the 2016 Spring Quarter. To make the Director's Honor Roll, a student-athlete must earn a grade-point average of at least 3.0 and pass at least 12 quarter units. 

The 210 student-athletes enrolled in full-time classes this spring representing the University's 13 varsity intercollegiate teams combined for a 3.21 overall GPA, with 75 student-athletes earning a spot on the Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher). 

"For the second straight semester nearly 70 percent of our student-athletes proved that athletics do not come before academics, showing that the Suffolk Athletics culture – athletes, teams, coaches and staff – encompass the true definition of Division III athletics – student first; athlete second," said Director of Athletics Cary McConnell. "As much as we boast about successes on the field, court and ice, accomplishments inside the classroom continue to be a reflection on the student's commitment to build skills necessary to make them well-rounded individuals and succeed after their time in blue-and-gold. These achievements are what we could not be more proud of." 

Of the 144 Rams' on the Honor Roll 10 achieved a perfect 4.0 GPA; Marcos Baistrocchi (Golf), Matt Brenner (Baseball), Rachel Fancy (Volleyball), Zach Grogan (Baseball), Connor Henry (Hockey), Nicole Isakson (Softball), Sydney Littlefield (Softball/Volleyball), McKenzie McGrath (Softball), Justin Selep (Hockey) and Caleb Unni (Men's Basketball).Littlefield, who competes for both the softball and volleyball teams, hold the highest cumulative GPA (3.987 in Marketing) for a Suffolk student-athlete, who has completed at least one year at the University. 

Littlefiled was also a major contributor to Suffolk's team with the highest semester GPA as the 18 members of Jaclyn Davis' historic softball team put together a 3.488 GPA for its spring semester. 

Women's Basketball (12) and Women's Tennis (6) are tied for the highest percentage of their members on the Director's Honor Roll with 85.7 percent of their teams earning the recognition, followed by Ice Hockey with 81.3 percent (26) and Women's Soccer (17) with 80.9 percent. Softball (14) came next with 77.8 percent of its athletes, followed by Men's Tennis (10) with 66.7 percent and Baseball (20) with 64.5 percent. Next in succession was Men's Soccer (14 – 60.9%), Golf (5 - 55.6%), Volleyball (8 – 53%), Men's Basketball (8 – 50%), Men's Cross Country (3 – 50%) and Women's Cross Country (3 – 33.3%). 

For a complete list of the honor roll, click here.