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INDIANAPOLIS (1/18/2016) -- The Horizon League honored 948 total student-athletes on its Fall Academic Honor Roll and 81 University of Detroit Mercy student-athletes received the academic distinction.

The 2015 Fall Academic Honor Roll is comprised of 948 student-athletes representing all ten Horizon League institutions and each of the 19 League-sponsored sports. As an affiliate member, Belmont distinguished 10 student-athletes in the sport of men's soccer.
 
Candidates for the Honor Roll must meet three criteria in order to qualify: 1) participation in at least one of the League's 19 sports during the most recent (or current) season; 2) completion of three semesters (or four quarters, where applicable) as a full-time student at the same member institution; and 3) a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.20 (on a 4.00 scale).

The men's soccer team had 15 members on the Honor Roll to lead the league in that sport. 
 
With an impressive 127 student-athletes, women's soccer led all Horizon League sports on the Fall Honor Roll for the second-straight semester. Also hitting triple-digits, women's track and field/cross country placed 115 while their men's counterpart honored 90 to lead all male sports. Men's soccer represented 78 on the list as women's swimming and diving was close behind with 76. Contributing 70, softball was the sixth-highest sport on the Honor Roll followed by baseball with 62 and men's swimming and diving and volleyball each having 61, respectively. Women's tennis and women's basketball tied with 44 student-athletes garnering accolades as men's golf (36), women's golf (35), men's tennis (28) and men's basketball (22) closing out the League-sponsored sports.

To see a list of all the honorees, click here.