CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Big South Conference announced the Presidential Honor Roll recipients for the 2025-26 academic year on Wednesday afternoon. Charleston Southern had 229 student-athletes named to the list for a percentage of 65.79. To be named on the Big South Presidential Honor Roll, student-athletes must maintain a grade point average of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) or better for the recently completed academic year. As a department, the Buccaneers finished the academic year with a 3.39 for a school record. This marked the fourth consecutive year that the department GPA has been broken.
The Big South 77.49% of the eligible student-athletes across the entire conference earn Presidential Honor Roll distinction which is the second-highest average in school history. There were 24 from Charleston Southern that earned the Commissioner’s Award which is given to anyone who achieves a 4.0 GPA across the whole year.
2025-26 Charleston Southern Commissioner's Award Recipients (Student-Athletes with 4.0 GPA)
FOOTBALL (3)
- Nick Bartalo, Charleston Southern
- Eli Gillespie, Charleston Southern
- Malik McKinzie, Charleston Southern
MEN'S GOLF (1)
- Bailey Bjornson, Charleston Southern
MEN'S TRACK & FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY (1)
- Hayden Goode, Charleston Southern
SOFTBALL (2)
- Gianna DeLuco, Charleston Southern
- Emma Villaescusa, Charleston Southern
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL (1)
- Laura Ortega, Charleston Southern
WOMEN'S SOCCER (5)
- Kiah Cirino, Charleston Southern
- Delaney Evers, Charleston Southern
- Adelyn Lemmond, Charleston Southern
- Brielle Simon, Charleston Southern
- Kelly Gende, Charleston Southern
WOMEN'S TENNIS (2)
- Amike Botha, Charleston Southern
- Carlota Farres Carreter, Charleston Southern
WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD/CROSS COUNTRY (4)
- Keerstin Augustin, Charleston Southern
- Barbara de Kock, Charleston Southern
- Chloe Greene, Charleston Southern
- Lily Rowan, Charleston Southern
VOLLEYBALL (5)
- Sophia Kluska, Charleston Southern
- Presley Morris, Charleston Southern
- Emersyn Reiter, Charleston Southern
- Emily Struckmeyer, Charleston Southern
- Skylar Yates, Charleston Southern