Academic All-UMAC honors given to 401 winter/spring student-athletes
ST. PAUL, Minn.---With the conclusion of 2018-19, the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) recognized student-athletes for their performance both on the field of play and in the classroom with 401 individuals earning the Academic All-Conference distinction for the winter and spring seasons. In addition to the 500 fall athletes honored, the UMAC finished with 901 academic awards this year which is the second-highest overall total, the conference office announced Tuesday.
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Academic All-UMAC List |
Individuals who earn a 3.5 or better grade point average (GPA) during their respective semesters of competition are recognized with the prestigious honor. The UMAC also recognizes the top team in each sport that records the overall best GPA for its respsective semesters.
The College of St. Scholastica finished with the highest number of student-athletes recognized with 70 awards, while Martin Luther College had 60 and the University of Northwestern had 57. For the year, St. Scholastica collected a conference-best 162 academic all-conference nods. Martin Luther was second boasting 136 honorees on the year. Northwestern finished out the top three with 125 awards.
For the winter and spring term, baseball finished as the top sport recognizing athletes with 74 honors, while women's track and field was second with 67 and softball was third with 57.
In the team competition, Martin Luther claimed three of the eight awards and Crown College women's track and field had the top overall team GPA at 3.608. The Knights' collected accolades in baseball (3.227), men's tennis (3.445) and men's track and field (3.049). The Knights won seven of the team awards for the 2018-19 year.
St. Scholastica won two team awards claiming men's basketball (3.27) and women's tennis (3.56) to finish with three team awards this year. The other accolades went to Northwestern in women's basketball (3.533) and Bethany Lutheran College in softball (3.515).
| Sport |
School |
Team GPA |
| Baseball |
Martin Luther College |
3.227 |
| Men's Basketball |
College of St. Scholastica |
3.27 |
| Women's Basketball |
University of Northwestern |
3.533 |
| Softball |
Bethany Lutheran College |
3.515 |
| Men's Tennis |
Martin Luther College |
3.445 |
| Women's Tennis |
College of St. Scholastica |
3.56 |
| Men's Track and Field |
Martin Luther College |
3.049 |
| Women's Track and Field |
Crown College |
3.608 |
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Academic All-UMAC List |
Fall 2018 Release |