GREENVILLE, S.C. – Emmanuel University was named the 2024-25 recipient of the prestigious Allan Sharp Award for the first time.

Emmanuel posted an ASR of 91 percent. The NCAA Academic Success Rate is the percentage of student-athletes who graduate within six years of initial enrollment in college.

The Allan Sharp Award is presented annually to the Conference Carolinas member institution having the highest graduation rate of student-athletes as determined by the faculty athletics representatives.

The late Allan Sharp served for over 20 years as the Atlantic Christian/Barton Faculty Athletics Representative. Dr. Sharp championed the role of athletics as an educational activity and the importance of each student-athlete performing at the same level of excellence in the classroom.

Allan Sharp Award Winners
2024-25: Emmanuel
2023-24: Southern Wesleyan
2022-23: Converse and Southern Wesleyan
2021-22: Southern Wesleyan
2020-21: Southern Wesleyan
2019-20: Southern Wesleyan
2018-19: Converse
2017-18: Erskine
2016-17: Converse
2015-16: Barton
2014-15: Barton
2013-14: Barton
2012-13: Lees-McRae
2011-12: Converse
2010-11: Converse
2009-10: Queens
2008-09: Converse
2007-08: Converse
2006-07: Queens
2005-06: Queens
2004-05: Erskine
2003-04: Queens
2002-03: Erskine
2001-02: N/A
2000-01: Queens
1999-00: N/A
1998-99: N/A
1997-98: Erskine
1996-97: N/A
1995-96: N/A