GREENCASTLE, INDIANA (05/17/2021) — Katherine Douglas of Coal Valley, Illinois, has been recognized as part of the DePauw-record 103 student-athletes having earned induction into the Chi Alpha Sigma National College Athlete Honor Society this year and is among the over 700 Tigers student-athletes to be recognized since the organization was founded at DePauw in 1996.
Chi Alpha Sigma is a non-profit organization established to recognize college student athletes who earn a varsity letter in at least one sport while maintaining a 3.4 or higher cumulative GPA throughout their junior and senior years. The governing board represents all levels of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).
Nick Mourouzis, long-time head football coach at DePauw, founded this organization in 1996 to encourage and reward high academic scholarship of college athletes at four-year accredited colleges and universities.
Part of DePauw's annual athletics recognition is the top 10 grade-point average list, which is included below:
DePauw Senior Student-Athlete Top 10 Cumulative Grade Point Averages (alphabetical order)
Andrew Athenson
Ken Decker
Katherine Douglas
Nolan Ginther
Matthew Godfrey
Trevor Hoftiezer
Jonah Jerabek
Noah Roberts
Kyler Schaetzle
Maddie Smith
Founded in 1837, DePauw University is a top-ranked, 100% residential, private liberal-arts university in Greencastle, Indiana. Through its College of Liberal Arts and School of Music, DePauw provides highly-personalized education in small classes, with 95% of its graduates employed or in graduate school within six months of graduation. DePauw is ranked fifth for study abroad, and 80% of students receive academic credit for off-campus study, including internships, independent projects, and service work. The university is ranked in the top 20 for both graduate salaries and internship opportunities among private institutions, eighth for Fulbright Scholars, eighth for producing top business executives, eighth for graduate salaries, and second for Teach for America employees. Our graduates have a 90% acceptance rate for medical school and an 80% acceptance rate for law school, both well above the national average.
