HIRAM, Ohio - May 13, 2020 – The Hiram College Department of Athletics is excited to announce its inaugural class of student-athletes into the newly-established Ohio Chi Chapter of the Chi Alpha Sigma national scholar-athlete society.

Chi Alpha Sigma recognizes college student-athletes who receive a varsity letter in their sport, achieve junior academic standing or higher after their fifth full-time semester and earn a 3.4 or higher cumulative grade point average.

Hiram's inaugural class features 31 inductees representing 13 athletic teams with an average GPA of 3.68.

Founded in 1996 at fellow North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) member DePauw University by the then-head football coach, Nick Mourouzis, Chi Alpha Sigma is the first national scholar-athlete society to honor collegiate student-athletes who have excelled in both the classroom and in athletic competition.

The organization's five main purposes are to encourage and reward high academic scholarship of college athletes at four-year accredited colleges, to recognize outstanding academic achievements by intercollegiate varsity sport student-athletes, to encourage good citizenship, moral character, and friendship among the high academic achievers in college athletes, to recognize and honor individual student-athletes, his/her team, sport athletic department, and university, and to mentor and provide leadership to other athletes.

Hiram joins eight other schools within the NCAC, 139 within NCAA Division III and 239 within the NCAA, NCCAA and NAIA with current Chi Alpha Sigma chapters. Head Swimming & Diving Coach Matthew Sorrick will serve as Hiram chapter's faculty advisor.

Below are the 31 inductees in Hiram College's inaugural Chi Alpha Sigma class. Multi-sport athletes are listed among each sport in which they participated: