Mercer Collects Seventh Consecutive Barrett-Bonner Award

MACON, Ga. – Mercer University won its seventh consecutive Barrett-Bonner Award from the Southern Conference following the 2021-22 academic year. The award was presented Wednesday night at the Honors Dinner which wrapped up the 2022 SoCon spring meetings in Hilton Head, South Carolina.

The Barrett-Bonner Award is given to the SoCon institution that places the highest percentage of its student-athletes on the league's academic honor roll. Mercer placed 78.5% of its student-athletes on the Southern Conference Honor Roll.

"We are very proud of our student-athletes and academic support staff for attaining this honor," said Mercer Director of Athletics Jim Cole. "This award is a direct result of the work done by Sybil Blalock and her staff and it certifies our commitment to success in the classroom."

Mercer has won the award each year it has been eligible since joining the conference during the 2014-15 academic year, and its seven-year winning streak surpasses former member, Davidson, who won six consecutive from 2008-09 to 2013-14. In its 30-year existence, Mercer and Davidson are the only schools to win the Barrett-Bonner Award on multiple occasions and have combined to win 27 times.

First presented in 1994, the Barrett-Bonner Award is named after Col. John G. Barrett, faculty athletics representative at Virginia Military Institute from 1965-87, and Dr. Francis W. Bonner, faculty athletics representative at Furman University from 1968-90.

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Founded in 1833, Mercer University is a dynamic and comprehensive center of undergraduate, graduate and professional education. With more than 9,000 students enrolled in 12 schools and colleges, on major campuses in Macon and Atlanta; medical school sites in Macon, Savannah and Columbus; and at regional academic centers in Henry and Douglas counties, Mercer is classified as a Doctoral University with High Research Activity by the Carnegie Classification of Institutes of Higher Education and ranked among the top tier of national research universities by U.S. News & World Report. The Mercer Health Sciences Center includes the University's School of Medicine and Colleges of Nursing, Health Professions and Pharmacy. Mercer is affiliated with five teaching hospitals – Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah; The Medical Center, Navicent Health, and Coliseum Medical Centers in Macon; and Midtown Medical Center and St. Francis Hospital in Columbus. The University also has an educational partnership with Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins. It operates an academic press and a performing arts center in Macon and an engineering research center in Warner Robins. Mercer is one of only 286 institutions nationwide to shelter a chapter of The Phi Beta Kappa Society, the nation's most prestigious academic honor society; one of eight institutions to hold membership in the Georgia Research Alliance; and the only private university in Georgia to field an NCAA Division I athletic program. www.mercer.edu

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Mercer Collects Seventh Consecutive Barrett-Bonner Award

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