Claflin Athletics Inducts 2022 Class of Chi Alpha Sigma
ORANGEBURG, SC - For the first time in three years, the Claflin University Department of Athletics was able to hold a live in-person induction ceremony for its new members of the Chi Alpha Sigma (XΑΣ) National College Athlete Honor Society (NCAHS). In all, 15 Panthers and Lady Panthers student-athletes were inducted into the Dr. Timothy J. Autry Theta Chapter of Chi Alpha Sigma, Wednesday afternoon.
The charter class of the Claflin University chapter was inducted in 2015 and consisted of 14 student-athletes. Claflin University is one of six institutions in the state of South Carolina to have membership in Chi Alpha Sigma.
The inductees received an initiation pin and a certificate of membership. The members of the Claflin University Chapter of Chi Alpha Sigma represent the 4 A's of NCAHS (Athletics, Academics, Achievement, and Attitude) and are comprised of student-athletes from baseball, men's and women's basketball, softball, men's and women's track & field, and volleyball teams.
XΑΣ was founded at DePauw University in Green Castle, Indiana, on May 17, 1996, as a student-athlete honor society for the recognition of high academic achievers and sport letter winners at the collegiate level. XΑΣ recognizes students who are of good moral character and receive a varsity letter in their sport while maintaining a 3.4 or higher cumulative GPA by their junior or senior year and have been in residence at the institution for one year. The mission of the NCAHS is to bring honor and recognition to deserving student-athletes, their families, teams, athletic departments, and colleges in much the same way as Phi Beta Kappa honors academic achievement. The governing board of the XΑΣ represents all levels of competition in the NCAA.
The purpose of the organization is to encourage and reward high academic scholarship, recognize outstanding academic achievement, encourage good citizenship, moral character, friendship, and mentor, and provide leadership to other student-athletes.
The official motto of the society is "Excellence in Athletics and Academics" and there are more than 284 chapters in 41 states and the District of Columbia.
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www.athletics.claflin.edu.
