LATHAM, N.Y. – The United East Conference is proud to recognize 296 student-athletes who were inducted into Chi Alpha Sigma, the National College Athlete Honor Society, during the 2025-26 academic year.

The conference’s inductees combined to post an impressive 3.746 cumulative grade-point average.

Chi Alpha Sigma is the first and only nonprofit national scholar-athlete society established to recognize four-year collegiate student-athletes who excel in the classroom and in athletic competition. The organization was founded in 1996 by then-DePauw University head football coach Nick Mourouzis and is celebrating 30 years of honoring outstanding student-athletes.

To qualify for membership, a student-athlete must compete at the varsity intercollegiate level, achieve junior academic standing or higher following their fourth full-time semester and maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher. Selection is made by an institution’s athletics department designee in consultation with the student-athlete’s head coach and is based upon outstanding scholarship, status as an earned athletic letterwinner, and excellent character and citizenship.

St. Mary’s College of Maryland led the United East with 70 inductees. Lancaster Bible College followed with 43 honorees, while Wilson College recognized 40 student-athletes. Pennsylvania College of Technology recorded 24 inductees, and Penn State Harrisburg added 23.

The University of Valley Forge posted the highest reported average GPA among the conference’s chapters at 3.85. Keystone College and Penn College each recorded a 3.80 average, followed by Penn State Brandywine and Wilson College at 3.78.

2025-26 Chi Alpha Sigma Inductees

Institution	Inductees	Average GPA
Cedar Crest College	13	3.73
Gallaudet University	15	3.54
Keystone College	9	3.80
Lancaster Bible College	43	3.74
Penn College	24	3.80
Penn State Abington	19	3.69
Penn State Berks	17	3.77
Penn State Brandywine	10	3.78
Penn State Harrisburg	23	3.73
St. Mary's College of Maryland	70	3.75
University of Valley Forge	13	3.85
Wilson College	40	3.78
United East Conference	296	3.746

Chi Alpha Sigma currently has 548 active chapters nationwide. During the 2024-25 academic year, the organization recognized 17,179 inductees and awarded more than $16,000 through scholarships, grants and member-development opportunities. The organization is also certified by the Association of College Honor Societies, the nation’s certifying agency for collegiate honor societies.

For more information about Chi Alpha Sigma, visit chialphasigma.org.