UAA Announces 2025-26 Winter All-Academic Recognition
The University Athletic Association has announced its winter listing of student-athletes to be honored with All-Academic Recognition. The winter academic honor roll includes 426 student-athletes representing teams participating in the five men’s and four women’s winter sports for which the UAA sponsors competition.
2025-26 UAA All-Academic Full Release
Within the UAA, All-Academic recognition is awarded to student-athletes who have completed at least one full year of college study at their current UAA institution and who carry a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.500, which is equivalent to the College Sports Communicators (CSC) academic threshold for Academic All-District and Academic All-America honors.
The 426 recipients of UAA All-Academic Recognition represent approximately 67 percent of the total eligible UAA student-athletes – members of all teams who have completed at least one year of undergraduate study. Percentages varied by institution with a high of 80.3 percent of eligible student-athletes earning All-Academic honors. Percentages among sports varied with a high of 71.0 percent of eligible swimming and diving athletes receiving All-Academic recognition.
The UAA Presidents Council established a program of All-Academic recognition in April 1998. Qualifying student-athletes are recognized at the completion of the fall, winter, and spring seasons each year. The honor is intended to recognize the high level of academic achievement demonstrated by student-athletes who effectively balance their significant commitment of time, effort, and energy in athletic endeavor with their highly challenging academic responsibilities.
Individuals and teams throughout the UAA have been consistently recognized for their academic and athletic achievements. During the 2024-25 academic year, 61 student-athletes from UAA institutions were recognized as Academic All-Americans, three of whom were named Academic All-America Team Member of the Year and six of whom earned the prestigious NCAA Elite 90 award. Fourteen student-athletes were among those awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. A remarkable 280 Association student-athletes received All-America honors in team or individual sports, totaling more than 520 All-America honors. In addition, four UAA teams won NCAA Division III titles, and eight more teams earned runner-up finishes in NCAA championships.
In the 38 years of the Association, 1,092 UAA student-athletes have garnered Academic All-America accolades and 4,932 have achieved All-America status. Seventy-six UAA teams have captured NCAA Division III championship titles with 621 posting top 10 finishes and 1,080 finishing among the top 20.