A Year Unlike Any Other
It's never easy being a student-athlete at the NCAA level.
Of course, when one thinks of collegiate athletics, they might first think of all of the demands that come with the sport that students-athletes are competing in: the early-morning lifts, the long practices, the traveling from state to state and everything in between. But what truly makes student-athletes outliers and extraordinary aren't often what happens on the playing surface, but in the classroom. The first word in student-athlete carries an academic connotation, after all, and in order to even compete in one's respective field of play, that person must pass certain academic thresholds to maintain eligibility and assure that they are on track from an academic standpoint.
Not only did Saint Peter's University student-athletes display dominance in the classroom over the past academic year: they did so while navigating through all of the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. On top of everything they already had to balance, Peacock student-athletes were subjected to regular COVID-19 testing and restrictions that hampered the traditional college experience all to assure that their teams would have the ability to compete at some point.
Fortunately, Saint Peter's University's student-athletes showed resolve, dedication and determination and went above and beyond in a number of ways. Regardless of how each varsity program's fared on their respective playing surface, what the University's student-athletes accomplished in the classroom was arguably more impressive.
