RIVERDALE, N.Y. – On Sunday afternoon, the Manhattan Athletic Department, alongside Manhattan College SAAC, inducted the first class of the Chi Alpha Sigma national honors society alongside their annual Brunch with the Stars event.
A total of 208 Manhattan student-athletes were honored on Sunday for their achievements in the classroom.
To be honored at Brunch with the Stars, a Jasper student-athlete had to be an underclassman with a GPA of 3.2 or higher. To be inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma, an upperclassmen student-athlete had to own a GPA of 3.4 or higher. 90 Jaspers were inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma while 118 were honored at Brunch with the Stars.
"We are very excited to revamp Brunch for the Stars and launch our inaugural Chi Alpha Sigma induction," said SAAC E-Board member
Kaitlyn Holly, who assisted in the planning of the event. "We put a lot of time into planning this event, and we are excited to honor all student-athletes for their classroom work. It isn't easy balancing athletics and school, and this event acknowledges the hard work that these student-athletes put forth every day to be great. I hope that Chi Alpha Sigma inspires athletes to come, and I am thrilled that we were able to bring a chapter to campus."
"Sunday's event was a fantastic opportunity to celebrate our student-athletes' academic accomplishments, and it was exciting to see our junior and senior student-athletes be the first Manhattan College class inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma," said Matt Raidbard, the advisor of the Manhattan Chapter of Chi Alpha Sigma.
Gallery: (3-26-2023) Chi Alpha Sigma Induction
ABOUT CHI ALPHA SIGMA
Chi Alpha Sigma is the first, and only national scholar-athlete society to honor those four-year collegiate student-athletes who have excelled in both the classroom and in athletic competition.
Chi Alpha Sigma recognizes undergraduate college student-athletes who participate in a sport at the varsity intercollegiate level, achieve junior academic standing or higher after their fifth full-time semester, and earn a 3.4 or higher cumulative grade point average. Student-athletes who compete for a collegiate club team are also eligible if the club team is overseen by the athletics department at the local chapter.
Chi Alpha Sigma also recognizes that it is part of an athletics community made of diverse groups. Our organization supports all efforts in the realm of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
