ATLANTA – A pair of identical twins at Spelman College have achieved a first in the school’s 132-year history.

Kirstie and Kristie Bronner, both music majors, have been named co-valedictorians for the class of 2013.

The sisters each graduate with a perfect 4.0 GPA, the highest grade point average out of more than 500 graduates.

The Bronners, who are 22 years old, attribute their academic excellence to a rigorous study routine, time management and their shared faith.

The Bronners say aside from their academic success studying at the historically black women’s college — one of the nation’s top liberal arts colleges — has given them a renewed sense of confidence and pride in their cultural heritage.

The sisters are third-generation Spelman graduates. Their mother, Nina Cobb Bronner, graduated in 1985, and their grandmother, Dorothy Gibson Cobb, was the class of 1956.

Following graduation, the sisters, who will graduate in a few days, plan to join the youth ministry and music department at Word of Faith Family Worship Cathedral in Atlanta, which is led by their father, Bishop Dale Bronner.