BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The University of Tennessee is represented by 169 student-athletes on the 2025-26 First-Year Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll that was announced Tuesday by SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey.
That tally raised Tennessee's total number of student-athletes recognized in 2025-26 to 468 combined on the Fall, Winter, Spring and First-Year SEC Academic Honor Rolls.
On the 2025-26 First-Year SEC Honor Roll, baseball, football and rowing led the way for Tennessee with 26, 25 and 24 student-athletes recognized, respectively. Women's track & field was next with 17, followed men's track & field (15), women's swimming & diving (12), men's basketball (9), softball (9), women's basketball (8), soccer (8), men's swimming & diving (6), volleyball (4), men's tennis (3), women's golf (2) and women's tennis (1).
A total of 1,755 student-athletes from around the league were named to the 2025-26 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll, which is based on grades from the 2025-26 academic calendar.
Any student‐athlete who participates in a Southeastern Conference championship sport or a student‐athlete who participates in a sport listed on his/her institution's NCAA Sports Sponsorship Form is eligible for nomination to the Academic Honor Roll.
The criteria below will be followed:
(1) An undergraduate student-athlete must have a grade point average of 3.00 or above for either the preceding academic year (two semesters or three quarters) or have a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or above at the nominating institution. A graduate student-athlete must have a grade point average of 3.0 or above for either the preceding academic year (two semesters or three quarters) of graduate school enrollment or have a cumulative graduate school grade point average of 3.00 or above at the nominating institution. Undergraduate grade point average may not be included in the graduate point average calculation for a graduate student.
(2) If a student-athlete attends summer school, his/her grade point average during the summer academic term must be included in the calculation used to determine eligibility for the Academic Honor Roll.
(3) Student-athletes eligible for the Honor Roll include those receiving an athletics scholarship, recipients of an athletics award (i.e., letter winner), and non-scholarship student-athletes who have been on a varsity team for two seasons.
(4) An undergraduate student-athlete must have successfully completed 24 semester or 36 quarter hours of non-remedial academic credit toward a baccalaureate degree at the nominating institution. A graduate student-athlete must have successfully completed 18 semester or 27 quarter hours of academic credit toward a graduate degree at the nominating institution.
(5) The student-athlete must have been a member of a varsity team for the sport's entire NCAA Championship segment.
First-year student‐athletes in all sports may be named to the Honor Roll at the conclusion of their first full academic year in residence (spring, fall and summer terms).
2025-26 Tennessee First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll Members
Soccer (8)
Abby Batts – Business Finance
Ali Howard – Public Relations
Shae O'Rourke – Sport Management
Sophia Prime – Education
Anaiyah Robinson – Business Marketing
Kylee Simmons – Kinesiology
Morgan Weaver – Business Administration
Milee Zych – Sport Management
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