Athletes of the Year
These awards go to student-athletes (one male and one female) based on athletic performance, academic success, outstanding leadership and character during the year.

Year	Male	Female
1999-2000	David Kamani, South Alabama	---
2000-01	Dewon Brazelton, Middle Tennessee	---
2001-02	Eric Channing, New Mexico State	Brandi Carey, Western Kentucky
2002-03	Brandon Pratt, Denver	Alena Sharp, New Mexico State
2003-04	Mardy Scales, Middle Tennessee	Brooke Mitchell, Louisiana
2004-05	Erik Benzel, Denver	Yanick Dullens, Denver
2005-06	Karl Swanson, Western Kentucky	Danyele Gomez, Louisiana
2006-07	Rashad Jones-Jennings, Little Rock	Chrissy Givens, Middle Tennessee
2007-08	Adam Holmstrom, Denver	Crystal Kelly, Western Kentucky
2008-09	Orlando Mendez-Valdez, Western Kentucky	Yarimar Rosa, FIU
2009-10	Alex Carrington, Arkansas State	Alysha Clark, Middle Tennessee
2010-11	Solomon Bozeman, Little Rock	Chastity Reed, Little Rock
2011-12	Ryan Aplin, Arkansas State	Christi Orgeron, Louisiana
2012-13	Ryan Aplin, Arkansas State	Jerica Coley, FIU
2013-14	R.J. Hunter, Georgia State	Sharika Nelvis, Arkansas State
2014-15	R.J. Hunter, Georgia State	Edina Begic, Little Rock
2015-16	Kevin Hill, South Alabama	Aundrea Gamble, Arkansas State
2016-17	Kevin Hervey, UTA	Aleah Craighton, Louisiana
2017-18	Taylor Lamb, App State	Leah Hardeman, Coastal Carolina
2018-19	Steven Fisk, Georgia Southern	Ronjanae DeGray, Little Rock
2019-20	Nijal Pearson, Texas State	Briana Morris, South Alabama
2020-21	Mason McWhorter, Georgia State	Ciara Bryan, Louisiana

Postgraduate Scholar-Athletes of the Year
These awards go to student-athletes (one male and one female) who meet the criteria of 1) completed eligibility or be actively competing in the last season of eligibility in their sport or in the fourth year of attendance at a Sun Belt institution, 2) been declared or designated a varsity letter winner in a sport for at least two seasons, 3) achieved a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.3 (on a 4.0 scale) and 4) participated in a sport sanctioned by the conference. Each recipient receives a $6,500 scholarship to be used towards his/her postgraduate education.

Year	Male	Female
1991-92	Jason Shirley, Louisiana	Kim Brozer, Lamar
1992-93	Robert Fries, Little Rock	Rachel Rodriguez, Texas-Pan American
1993-94	Tye Tuggle, Little Rock	Sondra Ancelot, Lamar
1994-95	Dale Edwards, South Alabama	Kati Suominen, Little Rock
1995-96	Curtis Brown, Louisiana Tech	Robyn Wilson, Jacksonville
1996-97	Jason Corley, Louisiana Tech	Lucy Ritchey, Arkansas State
1997-98	Aaron Raney, Arkansas State	Paula Morgan, Little Rock
1998-99	Brian Soignier, Louisiana	Olivia McKoy, Louisiana Tech
1999-2000	Ty Church, Denver	Kerri DeHaven, Little Rock
2000-01	Michael Ceilly, Denver	Jamie Rhodes, Denver
2001-02	Eric Channing, New Mexico State	Brandi Carey, Western Kentucky
2002-03	Tom Esslinger, South Alabama	Angie Portincaso, Denver
2003-04	Brett Starkey, Denver	Summar Lapeyrouse, Louisiana
2004-05	Jason Wood, Arkansas State	Cara Nichols, Western Kentucky
2005-06	Brian Flaherty, Denver	Marsha Stewart, Little Rock
2006-07	Sky Pruitt, North Texas	Erin Kinnear, South Alabama
2007-08	Daniel Landry, Louisiana	Meredith Goodson, Western Kentucky
2008-09	Benjamin Althaus, Denver	Brandi Brown, Middle Tennessee
2009-10	Patrick Jenkins, Western Kentucky	Sarah Beth Lee, Middle Tennessee
2010-11	James Rice, Western Kentucky	Claire Clark, ULM
2011-12	Nicolas Summerfield, Little Rock	Ashley Brignac, Louisiana
2012-13	Kendall Mayer, Louisiana	Marissa De La Paz, Little Rock
2013-14	Rush Hendricks, South Alabama	Courtney Cohen, Troy
2014-15	Christopher Locandro, Georgia State	Nicole Steyl, App State
2015-16	Cody McKinney, App State	Samantha Childress, App State
2016-17	Jan-Louw Kotze, South Alabama	Brittany Fowler, Arkansas State
2017-18	Dylan Moore, Louisiana	Baille Cunningham, ULM
2018-19	Lane Ecton, Georgia Southern	Nuria Ramirez, Georgia State
2019-20
2020-21	Pascal Wagemaker, Georgia Southern	Susanna Pudner, South Alabama
2021-22	Jerardo Perez, Coastal Carolina	Gabrielle Jones, Texas State

Institutional Graduation Rate Award
Awarded annually to the member institution(s) with the highest four-year class average graduation rate among its student-athletes, as published in the NCAA Division I Graduation Rate annual report.

Year	School(s)
1999-2000	Denver
2000-01	Denver
2001-02	Denver
2002-03	Denver
2003-04	Denver
2004-05	Denver
2005-06	Denver
2006-07	Denver
2007-08	Denver
2008-09	New Orleans
2009-10	Denver
2010-11	Denver
2011-12	Western Kentucky
2012-13	Louisiana
2013-14	App State
2014-15	Georgia State
2015-16	App State & Louisiana
2016-17	Georgia State
2017-18	Georgia State
2018-19	Georgia State
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22

Team GPA Award
Awarded annually to the member institutions with the top cumulative team grade point average in each of the conference's sponsored sports. For award purposes, indoor and outdoor track & field are counted as a single sport.

Year
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19

Commissioner's List
Awarded annually to student-athletes who maintained a 3.5 grade point average or better during the academic year.

Year
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22

Academic Honor Roll
Awarded annually to student-athletes who maintained a grade point average between 3.0 and 3.49 during the academic year.

Year
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
2019-20
2020-21
2021-22