Wheeling, W. Va. - The Mountain East Conference (MEC) announced their annual academic honors on Monday, honoring over 1,500 student-athletes. After landing 102 athletes on the Academic All-MEC list earlier today, the honors continued for the Cardinals with 54 student-athletes earning a spot on the MEC Commissioner's Honor Roll. It brought the total number of conference academic honorees for the Cardinals to 156 for the winter/spring season as they had success both on and off the field. 

In order to qualify for the MEC Commissioner's Honor Roll, a student-athlete must be a member of the active roster for their sport during the championship season and have a GPA between 3.25 and 3.69. The conference had 658 student-athletes earn Commissioner's Honor Roll across the 12 member institutions. Leading the way was Frostburg State with 109 honorees, while The University of Charleston (81) and West Virginia Wesleyan (63) rounding out the top three. The Cardinal's 54 honorees ranked sixth in the conference and their total of 156 honorees set them with the third most honorees in the conference between the two levels of honors. 

Leading the way for the Wheeling Athletic Department was the Wheeling University Baseball team with nine honorees. They were followed by Women's Lacrosse with eight honorees and Women's Basketball with six. All 12 winter and spring sports were honored on the list with Men's Swimming (5), Men's Track (5), Wrestling (5), Men's Basketball (4), Softball (4), Women's Swimming (4), Acrobatics & Tumbling (2), and Women's Track & Field (2) rounding out the list. The complete list of Commissioner's Honor Roll honorees is listed below: 

The Wheeling University Football team will kick-off the 2025-2026 season on Thursday, August 28th, when they hit the road to face Clarion.