Newburgh, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Athletic Department has been welcomed as a member of Chi Alpha Sigma, New York Alpha Pi Chapter, a National Student-Athlete Honor Society. The Department will welcome its first class into the Honor Society at its annual end of year award ceremony, at a date to be announced.
 
Chi Alpha Sigma is the first and only nonprofit organization that was established to recognize college student-athletes who both excel on and off the field of competition. Chi Alpha Sigma recognizes 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.
 
Selection for membership into Chi Alpha Sigma is by an athletic department designee in consultation with the individual's head coach and is based on outstanding scholarship, earned athletic letter, and excellent character and citizenship.
 
Said Mount Saint Mary College Athletic Director Jessica Mushel, "Chi Alpha Sigma is going to offer our student- athletes even more acknowledgment and recognition for their academic achievements. This honor society truly embodies the DIII model of recognizing our students as both students and athletes." 
 
About Chi Alpha Sigma: Chi Alpha Sigma is the first and only nonprofit organization that was established to recognize college student-athletes who excel both on and off the field of competition. Founded in 1996 by then DePauw University head football coach, Nick Mourouzis, Chi Alpha Sigma continues to provide outstanding student-athletes with an opportunity to become connected within a fraternal association that aligns their educational and athletic successes for a lifetime. For more information visit www.chialphasigma.org