An honor student was a student who had achieved honors (high marks) in their school classes. Data graduated Starfleet Academy with honors in exobiology and probability mechanics. (TNG: "Encounter at Farpoint" , "Shades of Gray" ) In 2366, Captain Jean-Luc Picard referred to Data as USS Enterprise-D's resident honor student in exobiology, giving him the role of heading up the life sciences' contingent in their first contact with Tin Man. (TNG: "Tin Man" )