The National College Athlete Honor Society, Chi Alpha Sigma, was founded on May 17, 1996 at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. Its founding father was Nick Mourouzis, DePauw's head football coach.
The mission of the NCAHS is to bring honor and recognition to deserving student-athletes, their families, teams, athletic departments and college in much the same way as Phi Beta Kappa honors scholastics. The organization recognizes college student who receive a varsity letter in their sport while maintaining a 3.4 or higher cumulative grade point average throughout their junior and senior years. The governing board of the NCAHS represents all levels of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the National Association of Intercollege Athletics (NAIA).
The Greek letters for the NCAHS are Chi Alpha Sigma. The society's motto is "Excellence in Academics and Athletics." Its watchwords are "Athletics, Academics Achievement, and Attitude." Its purpose are as follows:
- To encourage and reward high academic scholarship of college athletes at four-year accredited college and universities;
- To recognize outstanding academic achievement by Intercollegiate varsity sports letter-winners;
- To encourage good citizenship, moral character and friendship among high academic achievers in college athletics;
- To recognize and honor individual athlete, his/her team sport, athletics department and college or university; and
- To mentor and to provide leadership to other students.
On November 30, 2011, the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff's petition for membership was approved and UAPB became just the second member university in the state to join NCAHS, earning the distinction of Arkansas Beta Chapter.
Members of the Arkansas Beta Chapter of Chi Alpha Sigma:
2017 INDUCTEES (23)
Abreu De Campos, Maira, Soccer
Bresler, Victoria, Soccer
Brown, Dontrell, Baseball
Burke, Briana, Women’s Track and Field
Corby, Lauren, Volleyball
Cowles, Makayla, Soccer
Fenwick, Ciera, Soccer
Gilliam, Summer, Women’s Track and Field
Hawkins, Tonnay, Softball
Head, Niya, Women’s Basketball
Hufnagel, Katy, Volleyball
Hunter, Salonica, Women’s Track and Field
McDonald, Gabriel, Football
Montgomery, Terry, Football
Parker, Veronica, Soccer
Reid, Eric, Football
Richardson, Ajia, Women’s Basketball
Rios Jean, Maria, Soccer
Sanlin, Jade, Volleyball
Stroud, Nicholas, Football
Tasher, Ashley, Women’s Track and Field
Totten, II, Roger, Football
Y’Barra, Gabrielle, Soccer
2016 INDUCTEES (14)
Aguilar, Maria, Softball
Bradley, Michael, Baseball
Burns, Christopher, Baseball
Callas, Misty, Softball
Estep, Harry, Baseball,
Figueroa, Jeremiah, Baseball
Forbes, Hailey, Softball
Johnson, Jasmine, Women’s Basketball
Knighten, Terrance, Football
Knox, Jordan, Baseball
Medina, Humberto, Baseball
Roach, Sireta, Women’s Track and Field
Simmons, Sharoya, Women’s Track and Field
Sorensen, Nolan, Football
2015 INDUCTEES (10)
Bingham, Andrew, Men’s Track,
Casidy, Josh, Baseball,
Davis, Byron Andre, Baseball,
Dismuke, Matthew, Golf,
Hernandez, Jose, Baseball,
Jackson, Delya, Softball,
Jones, Destiny, Women’s Tennis,
Rojas, Sabratina , Women’s Track,
Walsh, Kevin, Baseball,
Zavala, Humberto, Golf,
2014 INDUCTEES (8)
Antoku, Emily, Soccer,
Arcos, Monica, Women’s Tennis, Soccer,
Cervantes, Erica, Soccer,
Cobbs, Alyssa, Soccer,
Landry,Didier, Baseball,
Perez-Rodriguez, Elizabeth, Women’s Tennis,
Wieland, Michael, Baseball,
Wormley, Makayla, Women’s Basketball,
2013 INDUCTEES (12)
Cabane, Maria, Women’s Tennis,
Cardosa, Fabiola, Women’s Tennis,
De Mera, Cody, Baseball,
Floyd, Redmond, Baseball,
Hornbuckle, Rachel, Volleyball
Jerson, Stephanie, Women’s Track,
Jones, Stanten, Baseball,
Plaza, Nicolas, Men’s Tennis,
Ross, William, Football,
Smith, Anthony, Football,
Tims, Rachel, Volleyball,
Whitney, Jacoby, Baseball,
2012 INDUCTEES (20)
Barnard, Ninfa, Women’s Track,
Forbes, Erika, Soccer,
Gomez, David, Men’s Tennis,
Gomez, Hugo, Men’s Tennis,
Greenard, Jarissa, Women’s Tennis,
Higareda, Valerie, Softball,
Johnson, Emma, Soccer,
Keithley,Austin, Soccer,
Leigh, Heather, Softball,
Luque, Eduardo, Men’s Tennis,
Morin, Kaitlin, Soccer,
Parks-Powell, Nicole, Soccer,
Phillips, Jamaal, Football,
Richmond, Antonio, Football,
Savage, Ryan,
Tubby, Stephanie, Softball,
Tucker, Jasmine, Women’s Track.
Valecillos,Lauren, Women’s Tennis,
Villacis, Jorge, Men’s Tennis,
Williams, Cornelius,
