Mena, Arkansas - Upon completion of the Spring 2020 semester, the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain has announced the students named to the Chancellor's and Vice Chancellor's List. On those list were 2 cross country and 7 soccer student-athletes. All athletes are required to enrolled in 15 or more hours along with maintain their practice and workout schedules for each sport in the Spring. Cross Country also participated in a few track meets before the rest of the season was cancelled due to COVID-19. Along with that, each athlete is required to check-in for study hall every Friday in the library with their Athletic Advisor, Charlotte Wiles. Athletic Director, Morris Boydstun, stated, "This was a challenging semester. These students not only achieved this honor, but did so with half of the semester being completely online due to COVID-19, including their lab courses. We are extremely proud of their efforts to finish the semester strong."
Students named to the Chancellor's List are full-time, current students who complete 12 semester credit hours or more, and earn a 4.0 grade point average.
The Chancellor's List for the spring 2020 semester are as follows:
Cross Country
- Robert McIntyre (Mena, AR) - 4.0 GPA
Students named to the Vice Chancellor's List are full-time, current students who complete 12 semester credit hours or more, and earn a 3.5 to 3.99 grade point average.
The Vice Chancellor's List for the spring 2020 semester are as follows:
Cross Country
- Clint Buck (Mena, AR) - 3.625 GPA
Men's Soccer
- Joao Coehlo (Brazil) - 3.813 GPA
- Rodrigo de Castro (Brazil) - 3.813 GPA
- Cris Barba (De Queen, AR) - 3.625 GPA
- Marcos Pires (Brazil) - 3.625 GPA
- Maurice Theart (South Africa) - 3.625 GPA
- Ntandoyenkosi Tshuma (Zimbabwe) - 3.625 GPA
- Wandile Ngwenya (South Africa) - 3.538 GPA
Along with the 9 athletes mentioned above, Bucks Athletics had 19 athletes finish the Spring 2020 semester with a 3.0 GPA or higher. For the 2019-2020 Academic Year, 19 athletes finished with a 3.0 GPA or higher.
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