BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. – The West Liberty University athletic department once again led the way for all Mountain East Conference public universities on Thursday when the league released the MEC All-Academic Team and MEC Commissioner’s Honor Roll for winter and spring sports.

The Hilltoppers had 61 student-athletes earn MEC All-Academic Team status by posting GPAs of 3.70 or higher with 59 more earning citations for the MEC Commissioner’s Honor Roll with GPAs ranging from 3.25 through 3.69.

Due to the disruption to the winter and spring sports and academic calendar caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s MEC academic honors were based on the 2019-20 fall semester grading period.

West Liberty’s combined total of 120 academic honorees easily outdistanced the MEC’s other public universities and was second overall only to West Virginia Wesleyan’s 139.

Newcomer Davis & Elkins was the only other school to crack the century mark at 107 with Notre Dame (96) and Charleston (92) rounding out the top five. Fairmont State was second among the public universities with 90 academic qualifiers.

This marks the fifth year for the MEC’s academic honors program, instituted by the league to honor its many student-athletes who maintain a high level of academic success.

The winter and spring sports awards include the MEC sports of acrobatics & tumbling, baseball, softball, wrestling, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s track and field, men’s and women’s swimming and women’s lacrosse.

Here’s a sport-by-sport list of West Liberty’s 120 spring semester academic honorees:

WINTER/SPRING 2020 MEC ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM (3.70-4.00)

Men’s Baseball (6): Jarrett Delbrugge, Justin Fike, Matt Gruber, Ty Helmke, Bailey McGrath, Luke Nees

Men’s Basketball (1): Owen Hazelbaker

Men’s Tennis (2): Gianluca Gerndt, Anton Schulz

Men’s Track and Field (7): Will Billeter, Michael Harriman, Ethan Secrist, Jhett Slusser, Charles Smith, Jared Ullom, Hogan Wells

Women’s Acrobatics & Tumbling (8): Abbey Bauer, Claudia Callahan, Nevaeh Crow, Lindsay Fries, Laci Growe, Kenzie Kyle, Tianna Meyer, Sydney Schumacher

Women’s Basketball (7): Monica Bragg, Grace Faulk, Grace Fodor, Kelsi Hulit, Lindsay Humbel, Taylor Johnson, Audrey Tingle

Women’s Softball (16): Makenzie Amend, Katie Beeman, Riley Bennington, Katelynn Blair, Taylor Bonnett, Megan Bosley, Lauren Garcia, Sidney Little, Audrey Meloun, Kate Meloun, Kelly Mullins, Laral Saunders, Taylor Scott, Kaitlyn Stress, Sydney Yoho, Madison Young

Women’s Tennis (3): Luis Agudelo, Gemma Cliffe, Katie Loader

Women’s Track and Field (11): Hailey Carreon, Jamie Fogle, Olivia French, Meghan Hawthorne, Kelsi Hulit, Hannah Kemp, Alexis Pasquinelli, Makenzie Rine, Lura Simons, Aubrey Story, Alexis Turner-Davis

COMMISSIONER’S ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL (3.25-3.69)

Men’s Baseball (13): Sam Aulick, Ryan Bernard, Tyler Blomquist, Adam Campbell, Mitch Cooper, Brandon Corley, Connor Ferguson, Logan Grimm, Nick Leonard, Ty Logston, Nick Paul, Ross Salvatori, Jason Schutte

Men’s Basketball (3): Jon Alessandro, Dalton Bolon, Bryce Butler

Men’s Tennis (1): Nick Millner

Men’s Track and Field (7): Zach Banks, Nate Barker, Danah Phillips, Austin Raines, Brenden Sands, Brennan Wright, Colten Wright

Men’s Wrestling (7): Ronnie D’Amico, Drake Kendrex, Blake Miller, Chance Morgan, Isaiah Myers, Jacob Ramsey, Corey Secrist

Women’s Acrobatics & Tumbling (4): Alavia Anderson, Jaylee Jordan, Kira Newburn, Miranda Sandy

Women’s Basketball (3): Morgan Brunner, Destiny Hutcheson, Corrinne Thomas

Women’s Softball (10): Conner Assif, Riley Conkle, Allie Cook, Kat Donzella, Julia Hahn, Mahayla McCroskey, Anna Paterson, Lauryn Simmons, Madelyne VanMatre, Anna Welsh

Women’s Tennis (2): Alex Olson, Anita Ponti

Women’s Track and Field (9): Zayne Brakeall, Abby Caldwell, Nichole Groseclose, Aubrey Harriman, Grace Henley, Sydney Jeffreys, Victoria Pelchuck, Kennedy Rine, Alexis Slusser