Eagle Scholars
The Eagle Scholars Program recognizes academic achievements among Carson-Newman student-athletes. To become an Eagle Scholar, student-athletes must have a GPA of 3.25 or higher. Eagle Scholars receive a patch to wear on their uniforms during regular season competition.
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Carson-Newman's women's swim team brought home the Director's Cup at the 13th annual Eagle Scholars Ceremony Tuesday evening at the Maddox Student Activities Center.
The Director's Cup is presented to the top academic team on campus which best represents the values espoused by the Eagle Scholar Program as selected by the Eagle Scholar Committee. Previous winners include women's basketball (2015), baseball (2016), softball (2017), swimming (2018), volleyball (2019), women's soccer (2020), women's track and field (2021), beach volleyball (2022), men's basketball (2023) and baseball (2024)
With the women's swim team's selection, the program becomes the second team at C-N to hoist the trophy two times.
Roughly 60 percent of Carson-Newman's student-athlete population was lauded during the ceremony.
Carson-Newman's overall Eagle Scholars count has stayed remarkably consistent over the last four years. Carson-Newman has honored 300+ Eagle Scholars each of the last five years, including a record 319 in 2025.
The record count of 319 bests the previous mark of 314, set in 2024.
It marks a stark contrast since the program began in 2013 with 72 being recognized.
The Eagle Scholars Program recognizes academic achievements among Carson-Newman student-athletes. To become an Eagle Scholar, student-athletes must have a GPA of 3.25 or higher. Eagle Scholars receive a patch to wear on their uniforms during regular season competition. This year also marks the fifth year that the program also includes the introduction of the Gold Scholars. These honorees will receive a golden patch to wear on their uniforms for maintaining a GPA higher than 3.75. There are 84 such gold scholars (exactly the same amount as the last two year's totals) in this year's program and 54 Platinum Scholars, which recognizes students with perfect 4.0s.
Carson-Newman is the only school in the South Atlantic Conference to offer such a program.
It was the teamwork of Gloria Walker and Amy Humphrey, then members of the University's Student Success Center that helped to bring the program together in 2013.
2013 - 72
2014 - 93
2015 - 128
2016 - 160
2017 - 177
2018 - 213
2019 - 220
2020 - 243
2021 - 305
2022 - 306
2023 - 306
2024 - 314
2025 - 319
2025 Eagle Scholars
| James Blaylock |
| Bryson Burkett |
| James Duncan † |
| Taylor Dupler † |
| Keaton Gramann |
| Rylan Jordan |
| Carlos Kouassi |
| Oluwafemi Richards † |
| Ian Salyer † |
| Andrew Thompson |
| Andrew Zona |
| Itzel Ayala-Renteria |
| Amanda Clabo † |
| Ava Clark |
| Eliza Collins |
| Kylie Couch |
| Sade De Sousa |
| Nicole Griffith † |
| Elizabeth Hall |
| Tylee Hefney |
| Maggie Hope |
| Kellie Ivens |
| Addisen Petersen |
| Jenna Pittman |
| Anna Richason |
| Carmela Smock |
| Taylor Steele |
| Lauren Tabor † |
| Brooke Taylor |
| Brooke Visser † |
| Molly Zander † |
| Emerson Ahsmuhs |
| Claire Bolton |
| Ryley Brewer |
| Paige Bussom |
| Anna Dziczkowski |
| Camryn Ehlers |
| Ava Fountain |
| Morgan Foy |
| Trinity Hafey |
| Paige Halcrow |
| McKenna Hall † |
| Jennifer Ille † |
| Bahar Kurtulus |
| Katherine Nelson ◆ † |
| Kylee Oldenburger † |
| Addison Smith |
| Taylor Adams † |
| Emerson Ahsmuhs |
| Grace Akard |
| Cameron Batis † |
| Claire Bolton |
| Kara Brantley |
| Paige Bussom |
| Addison Cherry † |
| Ansley Cherry |
| Anna Dziczkowski |
| Trinity Hafey |
| McKenna Hall † |
| Madeline Hurst |
| Taylor Keeran † |
| Bahar Kurtulus |
| Kylee Oldenburger † |
| Addison Smith |
| Eleanor Van Horn |