GORHAM, Maine – Two hundred twenty-four of the approximately 450 University of Southern Maine student-athletes were announced as part of the Little East Conference Academic Honor Roll for the spring 2023 semester.  The conference office listed a total of 1943 student-athletes competing in the conference's 21 championship sports from 18 full and associate Little East Conference member institutions as recipients of this academic distinction.
 
To be named to the LEC Academic Honor Roll, a student-athlete must earn a semester GPA of 3.00 or better and have been an active member of the team at the conclusion of the season. The LEC Academic Honor Roll debuted in 2020. The Little East Conference also awards All-Academic team honors during each playing season (fall, winter & spring with a different criteria).
 
Husky student-athletes from each of the 19 Little East Conference championship sports sponsored by the University of Southern Maine (USM does not sponsor men's and women's swimming & diving) were represented on the list.  One hundred forty of the Huskies' honored are members of USM's 10 women's team competing in the Little East Conference, while 112 student-athletes were recognized from the nine men's teams.  Broken down by sport USM student-athletes achieving a 3.00 or better grade point average or better: baseball (22), men's indoor and outdoor track & field (28), men's basketball (6), men's cross country (10), men's golf (7) men's lacrosse (12), men's soccer (19), men's tennis (8), field hockey (21), women's basketball (8), women's cross country (10), women's indoor and outdoor track & field (33), softball (18), volleyball (9), women's tennis (4), women's lacrosse (11), and women's soccer (24).  Of note, there is some overlap with multi-sport student-athletes resulting in 252 roster spots earning a 3.0 or higher GPA.
 
At the conclusion of the 2022-23 academic year, the University of Southern Maine Department of Athletics had a combined grade point average of 3.23 with 20 of its 22 sports having collective grade point averages of 3.00 or better. Additionally, thirty-one Husky student-athletes competing in LEC sponsored sports achieved a remarkable 4.0 grade point average in the spring semester.