FMU placed student-athletes on the honor roll from 11 of its sponsored sports.

The Presidential Honor Roll recognizes all student-athletes at PBC institutions who had a grade point average of 3.00 or higher, based on a 4.00 scale, for the 2010-11 academic year.   The honor roll is divided into four groups: Presidential Scholars (GPA of 3.00 to 3.24), Bronze Scholars (3.25 to 3.49), Silver Scholars (3.50 to 3.74), and Gold Scholars (3.75 to 4.00).

“I am impressed with the way our student-athletes continue to excel both on the playing field and in the classroom,” said FMU director of athletics Murray Hartzler. “This figure represents roughly half of the students who compete annually in intercollegiate athletics at FMU. It also shows how higher education and athletics, or other extracurricular activities, can both succeed working hand-in-hand.”

Among the FMU athletes named to the honor roll were seven who receive this recognition for the fourth time: men’s soccer player David Balutis (Florence, SC); women’s soccer player Rebecca Nelson (New Hyde Park, NY); men’s tennis player Karl Rogers (Killiney, Ireland); men’s cross country runner Jerry Roth (Avon Lake, OH), and baseball players Jordan Douglas (Johnsonville, SC), Phillip Mozingo (Florence, SC), and Preston Shuey (Charlotte, NC).

Earlier this year, 92 student-athletes at Francis Marion were named to the university’s Swamp Fox Athletic-Academic Honor Roll for the 2010 fall semester and 77 for the 2011 spring semester.

FMU student-athletes named to the 2010-11 PBC Presidential Honor Roll are (list on back):