Mercer Wins Fourth Straight Barrett-Bonner Award

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – The Mercer University athletics department received the Barrett-Bonner Award for a fourth consecutive year as the Southern Conference hosted its annual Honors Dinner on Wednesday night.

The Barrett-Bonner Award is given to the SoCon school that places the highest percentage of its student-athletes on the league's academic honor roll. The award was first presented in 1994, for the 1992-93 academic year. The award is named after Col. John G. Barrett, faculty athletics representative at VMI from 1965-87, and Dr. Francis W. Bonner, faculty athletics representative at Furman from 1968-90.

Mercer's four-year run (2015-16 – 2018-19) of winning the Barrett-Bonner Award marks the longest streak since former SoCon member Davidson won the award six straight years from 2008-09 to 2013-14. Mercer and Davidson are the only schools to win the Barrett-Bonner Award multiple times and have combined to receive the award 24 times in its 27-year existence.

The SoCon's Honors Dinner serves as part of the culmination to the league's meetings on Hilton Head Island, S.C. The four-day meetings are currently being attended by the institutional presidents and chancellors, athletics directors, senior woman administrators and faculty athletic representatives, as well as SoCon staff.

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Mercer Wins Fourth Straight Barrett-Bonner Award

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