COLUMBUS, Miss. -  The W Athletics continued to push itself in the classroom, as well as on the fields of competition, as it produced a 3.24 grade point average (GPA) for the spring term as a department, with 132 awards being given on the 2025 Spring Athletic Director's Honor Roll. To make the Honor Roll, student-athletes must have a minimum 3.0 GPA for the term.

"Congratulations to each of these individuals and teams for getting it done in the classroom," MUW Director of Athletics Buddy Foster said. "As an NCAA Division III institution, academics are at the core of our existence as a department, striving for that balance between competition, classroom, and community. These academic accomplishments, coupled with our 2024-25 athletic successes and our record-setting number of hours accumulated in civic engagement, tell me we are on the right track at The W."

The Owls' department GPA is up from a 3.21 in the fall semester across its 15 intercollegiate programs (indoor & outdoor track & field are counted together). The W had a 3.22 GPA for the 2024-25 campaign.

In all, 120 unique individuals – 55 percent of MUW's total of 218 student-athletes - made the A.D.'s Honor Roll (there were a total of 12 two-sport athletes being cited among the honorees). Of those 120, a total of 84 produced a 3.50 or better GPA (71 percent of those on the A.D.'s honor Roll and 39 percent of all MUW student-athletes), nine of which were two-sport athletes. 

No less than 45 individuals – 38 percent of Honor Roll designees and 21 percent of all Owls' student-athletes – had a 4.0 GPA for the spring term. Four of those achieving a 4.0 were two-sport athletes.

12 of The W's 15 programs produced team GPAs of 3.0 or better, as well. The women's tennis squad, under interim head coach Brian Merkel, and women's soccer, led by Head Coach Ana Ramos, each with a 3.68 team GPA.  That was followed by volleyball (3.61), softball (3.57), women's cross country (3.37), men's basketball (3.29), men's golf (3.29), men's cross country (3.21), men's soccer (3.15), women's golf (3.01), women's track & field (3.00), and men's tennis (3.00).

2025 The W Athletics Spring Athletic Director's Honor Roll
*denotes two-sport athlete
 
Baseball  (22)
Avery Benson 
Robby Canten
Will Carter 
Landon Clark
Loren Cox 
Chris Ellis
Tyler Estabrook
Cole Evans 
Brandon Fenimore
Griffin Fuller 
Zach Johnson 
Ethan LeBlanc 
Josh Mackey
Campbell McCluney 
Colton Neal
Charles Poag
Connor Reilly 
Swayze Rikard
Jack Sledge
Wes Thornton
Andy Wilder 
Matthew Windham 

Men's Basketball (8)
Isaiah Ball
Eric Bass Jr 
Dariun Doss  
James Dukes  
Josh Dukes  
Chris Evans  
Jackson Reid  
Cam Smith  

Men's Golf (7)
Carter Martin  
Daniel Martin  
Matthew Phillips  
Zach Riley  
Kermit Spears  
Seth Wallace  
Matt Wilkinson  

Men's Soccer (7)
Ethan Barnes  
Cole Crawford  
Daniel Holmes  
Randall Morris  
Andrew Pack  
Antonio Romero  
Joshua Wilcox  

Men's Tennis (4)
Trevor Davis 
Paul Gaines  
Jasper Poag  
Luke Suggs  

Men's Track & Field (6)
Adrian Brownell  
*Courtland Earl  
*Chase LeBlanc   
*Tavonta Macon  
*Jakobe Smith   
Morgen Tate  

Men's Cross Country (5)
*Cortland Earl  
*Chase LeBlanc  
*Tavonta Macon  
*Jakobe Smith  
Jourden Whitfield  

Softball (14)
Kaitlyn Bearley  
Avery Byerley  
Phallyn Clark  
Rylie Grisham  
Lillyan Harrison  
Maiya Joe 
Chloe McClain  
Bailey McClellan  
Taylor Palmer  
Riley Phillips  
Jade Rushing  
Anna Sandlin  
Emilee Slade  
Brooklyn Wood  

Volleyball (9)
Sasha Burdine  
Kendall Clay  
Jamya Fondren  
Madison Kelly  
Madyson McBrayer  
Megan Neeb  
Bailee Schmitt  
Amonie Silas  
Avery Watts  

Women's Basketball (10)
Maddie Guerin  
Reshya Hudson  
Conley Langford  
Claire Leak  
Aaliyah Moody  
Leileigh Moody  
Sydney Petersen  
Calysia Phillips  
*Diamond Rayford  
Kymani Smith  

Women's Golf (3)
Ashley Estabrook  
Sara Ramey  
*Abby Warchus  

Women's Soccer (10)
Callie Abraham  
Avery Bartlett  
Kate Blankenship  
Haley Kelley  
Anacia Leyland  
Anna McKee  
Alex Moon  
Vanessa Murillo  
Kimi Norway  
*Abby Warchus 

Women's Tennis (7)
Davianna Brent 
Audrey Foreman  
Emma Horton  
Sarah Kackley  
*Alaina Mathis   
Mallory Parker  
Jaysa Whately 

Women's Track and Field (13)
*Michaiah Adams   
*Rebecca Aday  
Kendall Clay  
*Paris Flanery  
Makayla Givan  
Kendall Harris  
Emerie Johnson  
Brooklyn Kelley  
Princess Lofton  
Arie'Onna McCollum  
*Hannah Owens  
*Diamond Rayford   
*Kalee Sanders  

Women's Cross Country (7)
*Michaiah Adams 
*Rebecca Aday  
*Paris Flanery 
*Alaina Mathis  
*Hannah Owens  
Jasmine Patrick  
*Kalee Sanders