UMAC honors 513 student-athletes with Academic All-Conference Fall 2016 awards
ST. PAUL, Minn.---The Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) set records this fall honoring 513 student-athletes with academic all-conference awards, announced Wednesday. Last fall, the UMAC set a record honoring 400 athletes making this year's number a new fall-season best. Student-athletes from women's golf were also included in the list this year.
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Individuals who earn a 3.5 or better grade point average (GPA) or better during their respective semesters of competition are recognized with the prestigious honor.
Martin Luther College boasted the highest number of student-athletes recognized as the Knights led all institutions with 92 awards which included 26 winners from women's soccer alone. The College of St. Scholastica was just eight behind Martin Luther racking up 84 fall honors, while the University of Northwestern was solid in third with 67 awardees.
For the fall awards by sport, football had the top number of players recognized with 108 winners. The next four-highest sports collecting awards, though, were female sports with women's soccer tallying 96, volleyball picking up 79 and women's cross country claiming 75.
In the team competition, Martin Luther claimed four of the eight awards which are given to the team with the top team GPA for their respective corresponding semesters. Northland College's women's cross country team recorded the top team GPA among all programs with an impressive 3.85 mark. Martin Luther claimed the next two highest in women's soccer (3.76) and volleyball (3.71). The Knights won 10 of the team awards for the 2015-16 year and have already shown they could reach that number again in 2016-17.
Northwestern won three team awards claiming men's cross country (3.66), men's golf (3.47) and women's golf (3.586). Two of the Martin Luther team's earning the team award made UMAC tournament appearances (men's soccer and volleyball), while the Northwestern men's golf team also won the UMAC championship.
| Sport |
School |
Team GPA |
| Men's Cross Country |
University of Northwestern |
3.66 |
| Women's Cross Country |
Northland College |
3.85 |
| Football |
Martin Luther College |
3.16 |
| Men's Golf |
University of Northwestern |
3.47 |
| Women's Golf |
University of Northwestern |
3.586 |
| Men's Soccer |
Martin Luther College |
3.15 |
| Women's Soccer |
Martin Luther College |
3.76 |
| Volleyball |
Martin Luther College |
3.71 |
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Academic All-UMAC List |