Worcester, MA --- 22 student-athletes have been inducted into the second Chi Sigma Alpha honor society for student-athletes as announced by the Worcester State Athletics department.

Juniors and seniors who carry a cumulative 3.40 grade point average or higher through their fifth or seventh semester were nominated for selection into the prestigious honor society.

Nationwide, over 280 institutions of public and private higher education representing 40 states are members of the society as participating MASCAC schools include Bridgewater State, Fitchburg State and Salem State.

Seniors from this years class and last years were lauded at the 26th Annual Athletics Awards Banquet with an official certificate of induction and golden cords to recognize the outstanding accomplishment at graduation.

The main purpose of Chi Sigma Alpha is to encourage and to reward high academic scholarship of college athletes at four-year accredited colleges and universities. The society also recognizes outstanding academic achievement by intercollegiate varsity letter winners while encouraging good citizenship, moral character and friendship among the high academic achievers in collegiate athletics.

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