POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – For the 20^th straight year, Marist leads the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference in selections to the conference's Academic Honor Roll. For the second straight year, the Red Foxes set a school record for number of honorees, with 331 student-athletes honored for the 2020-21 school year.
 
Marist's honor roll representatives:
 

• Account for 74 percent of eligible student-athletes.
• Come from 27 different states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.
• Come from 13 different countries: Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Canada, England, Egypt, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, and the United States.

 
Marist's previous record number of honorees was 300, set last year.
 
To be eligible for the MAAC Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must have a grade-point average of at least 3.20 on a 4.0 scale while being enrolled at the institution for at least two semesters.
 
The honorees cover 21 of Marist's 23 Division I sports, with the exception for football and men's rowing. This year, football set a record with 61 student-athletes named to the Pioneer Football League Academic Honor Roll. Men's rowing had 11 student-athletes named Intercollegiate Rowing Coaches Association Scholar Athletes.
 
The MAAC set a record with 2,963 student-athletes to the Academic Honor Roll. Here is the breakdown by school:
 

2020-21 MAAC Academic Honor Roll Selections

Full-Time Members
Marist, 331
Monmouth, 290
Fairfield, 286
Iona, 253
Quinnipiac, 240
Canisius, 235
Manhattan & Siena, 223
Niagara, 215
Rider, 209
Saint Peter's, 143
Total: 2,648
 
Associate Members
Jacksonville, 38
Sacred Heart, 37
Drake, 36
Robert Morris, 34
Detroit Mercy, 30
St. Bonaventure, 25
Stetson, 21
La Salle, 16
Long Island University, 14
St. Francis Brooklyn, 13
Villanova & Wagner, 11
Hartford, 8
Albany, Dayton, & Virginia Military Institute, 7
Total: 315
 
Full-Time + Associate Members: 2,963
 
Additionally, Marist led the MAAC with 15 Esports student-athletes named to the Academic Honor Roll.
 
Esports Honorees
Marist, 15
Niagara, 10
Quinnipiac & Saint Peter's, 9
Canisius, 7
Siena, 6
Rider, 4
Manhattan, 3