JACKSON, Miss. – Millsaps College has once again received recognition for its achievement in graduating student-athletes when the Mississippi Association of Colleges and Universities named Millsaps the Halbrook Award winner in the Independent Schools division. It is the second straight year that Millsaps has been recognized with the award. Millsaps earned the honor by having the highest graduation percentage, 96 percent, of student-athletes in its Division in 2016-17.
 
"This is a great honor for us at Millsaps," said Donnie Brooks, Millsaps Director of Athletics. "It truly recognizes the hard work that everyone here at Millsaps puts in to ensure that our student-athletes are successful." 
 
Administered cooperatively by the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, Mississippi Community College Board, and Mississippi Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, the Halbrook Awards program recognizes college and universities that maintain and achieve high academic standards for student athletes, thus encouraging high graduation rates.