NORFOLK, Va. – The Norfolk State Department of Athletics formally inducted 18 student-athletes last week into the University's Eta Chapter of Chi Alpha Sigma, the National College Athlete Honor Society.

The honor is bestowed upon selected junior and senior student-athletes based on outstanding academic performance, character, citizenship and athletics ability. Members must maintain a GPA of 3.4 or higher. NSU serves as the Virginia Eta Chapter of Chi Alpha Sigma.
 
The class, one of the largest since NSU's inaugural class in 2012, included five women's track and field athletes and three baseball players. Other sports represented included men's track and field, women's tennis and men's tennis with two each, and women's basketball, football, volleyball and softball with one each.

Members of the 2019 induction class include:
Nelly Jerop, Women's Track
De'Shonde McCray, Women's Track
Caroline Samoei, Women's Track
Ashah Koech, Women's Track
Ashaila Bunch, Women's Track
Jacob Milton, Men's Track
Festus Bett, Men's Track
Toby Buchanan, Baseball
Caleb Ward, Baseball
Tyler Morgan, Baseball
Paula Fortuno, Women's Tennis
Bruna Goncalves, Women's Tennis
Andres Alcaraz, Men's Tennis
Vini Da Silva, Men's Tennis
Armani Franklin, Women's Basketball
Naki James, Football
Jessica Radford, Volleyball
Skylar Swain, Softball

About Chi Alpha Sigma
Chi Alpha Sigma was founded in 1996 on the campus of DePauw University by Nock Mourouzis. His goal was to provide outstanding student-athletes with an opportunity to become connected within a fraternal association that aligns their education and athletics success for a lifetime.

Purpose of Chi Alpha Sigma
- Encourage and reward high academic scholarship
- Recognize outstanding academic achievement
- Encourage good citizenship, moral character and friendship among high academic achievers
- Recognize and honor the individual athlete, his/her team, sport, athletic department and college or university and to provide leadership to other athletes