University of North Carolina Athletics
Thompson and Thornton Inducted Into Phi Beta Kappa
April 13, 2015 | Women's Soccer, Fencing, Academics
Thompson, from San Francisco, Calif., is working toward a double major in philosophy and American studies with a concentration in American Indian and Indigenous studies. She plans to go on to law school this fall. She is the daughter of David Thompson and Susan Green.
Thornton, from Vass, N.C., is working toward a double major in biology and Hispanic literatures and cultures. She will graduate with honors after completing an honors thesis entitled "Documentary Film and the Recovery of Historical Memory in the Southern Cone.” The daughter of David and Ann Marie Thornton, she plans to go on to medical school.
Both were honored this spring as 2014-15 Athletic Director's Scholar-Athletes for their respective teams.
Phi Beta Kappa membership is open to undergraduates who meet stringent academic requirements. A student who has completed 75 hours of course work in liberal arts and sciences and has a grade-point average of 3.85 (on a 4.0 scale) or better is eligible membership. Also eligible is any student who has competed 105 hours of course work and has a 3.75 grade-point average. Less than one percent of all college students qualify to be members.
Past and present Phi Beta Kappa members from across the country have included 17 U.S. Presidents, seven of the nine current Supreme Court Justices and numerous artistic, intellectual and political leaders. There are 283 Phi Beta Kappa chapters nationwide. UNC's chapter, Alpha of North Carolina, was founded in 1904 and is the oldest of six chapters in the state.
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