SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. – Senior Serafina Maerten (Martinsburg, W.Va./Spring Mills) of the Shepherd University women's golf team has been selected to the Chi Alpha Sigma National College Athlete Honor Society. 

Chi Alpha Sigma is a non-profit organization established to recognize college student-athletes who excel both on and off the field of competition. The honor society is the first and only academic fraternity that specifically recognizes four-year collegiate student-athletes for their athletic and academic successes.   

Student-athletes honored must meet the following criteria: 

• Participated in their sport and be in good standing with their team. 
• Achieve junior standing (or higher) any time after the completion of their fifth (5th) full-time semester. 
• Transfer student-athletes must serve one year in residence at their current institution before being eligible for induction. 
•  Earned a 3.40 cumulative GPA or higher. 
•  GPA may be verified by any individual who has the authority to review this information in each chapter. 
•  Be of good character, as determined by each chapter in consultation with their coach and athletics staff.