GCAA Announces 2019-20 Outstanding Team Academic Award Winners
NORMAN, Okla. – Kentucky (Division I), Maryville (Division II), Swarthmore (Division III), Wayland Baptist (NAIA), Dodge City (NJCAA Division I), South Mountain (NJCAA Division II) were all named Academic National Champions for finishing with the top GPA in their respective divisions, announced by the GCAA.
Kentucky finished with the top overall GPA in all divisions, finishing the 2019-20 season with a 3.89 team GPA.
A total of 250 schools submitted GPA’s of 3.0 or above, with 95 of those schools earning Presidents Special Recognition Honors, finishing with a team GPA of 3.5 and above.
Academic National Champions
Division I – Kentucky
Division II – Maryville (MO)
Division III – Swarthmore
NAIA – Wayland Baptist
NJCAA I – Dodge City
NJCAA II – South Mountain
Presidents Special Recognition
(3.5 GPA or above)
Division I
Abilene Christian
Baylor
Belmont
Boston College
Bowling Green
Bradley
Brown
Creighton
Davidson
Dayton
East Tennessee State
Eastern Michigan
George Washington
Georgia Southern
Gonzaga
Harvard
Houston Baptist
Illinois
Illinois State
Incarnate Word
Iona
Iowa State
Kentucky
Longwood
Louisville
Marshall
Marquette
Michigan State
Missouri State
Memphis
New Mexico
Northern Colorado
Northern Kentucky
Notre Dame
Oklahoma State
Pennsylvania
Purdue
Rhode Island
Rice
Richmond
Robert Morris
Sacred Heart
Seattle
Seton Hall
SMU
South Carolina Upstate
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
St. Francis (NY)
Stanford
Texas Rio Grande Valley
Toledo
UT Martin
Valparaiso
Vanderbilt
VCU
Villanova
William & Mary
Winthrop
Wisconsin
Wisconsin-Green Bay
Yale
Youngstown State
Division II
Delta State
Florida Southern
Hawai`i Hilo
Indianapolis
Kentucky Wesleyan
Maryville
Missouri S&T
Missouri-St. Louis
Newberry
Rockhurst
Texas A&M International
Findlay
Tiffin
Virginia Union
Division III
Augsburg
Babson
Emory
Gustavus Adolphus
Kenyon
McMurry
Otterbein
Pacific Lutheran
Saint John's (Minn.)
Stevens Institute of Technology
Swarthmore
Texas at Dallas
Wabash
Washington and Lee
Webster
NAIA
Bethel
Cumberland
Montana Tech
SCAD Atlanta
SCAD-Savannah
Wayland Baptist
NJCAA I
Dodge City
NJCAA II
Northeast Mississippi
South Mountain
All-Academic Teams
(3.0 GPA or better)
Division I
Arizona
Arkansas State
Arkansas Little Rock
Augusta
Binghamton
Boise State
Bucknell
California
California Baptist
Central Florida
Charleston Southern
Charlotte
Clemson
Coastal Carolina
Colgate
Colorado
Colorado State
Columbia
Connecticut
Delaware
DePaul
Drake
Duke
Elon
Evansville
Florida Atlantic
Florida Gulf Coast
Francis Marion
Fresno State
Furman
Georgia
Georgetown
Georgia State
Hartford
Hawaii at Manoa
High Point
Houston
Idaho
James Madison
Kansas
Liberty
Louisiana-Monroe
Loyola Maryland
Manhattan
McNeese State
Mississippi State
Morehead State
NC State
Nebraska
New Mexico State
Northwestern
North Alabama
North Carolina
North Texas
Oakland
Ohio State
Oral Roberts
Penn State
Pepperdine
Presbyterian
Purdue Fort Wayne
Saint Joseph's
Saint Mary's (CA)
San Jose State
Santa Clara
South Alabama
South Carolina
South Florida
South Dakota State
Southern Illinois
Southern Mississippi
Stephen F. Austin
Texas A&M
UAB
UC Davis
UC Santa Barbara
UCLA
UMKC
UNCG
UNCW
Utah
Utah Valley
UTSA
Virginia
Wyoming
Wake Forest
West Virginia
Wofford
Xavier
Division II
Academy of Art
Albany State
Arkansas Monticello
Barton
Bemidji State
CSU East Bay
Chaminade
Florida Tech
Harding
Henderson State
Hillsdale
Holy Names
Lee
Lincoln Memorial
Miles
Millikin
North Georgia
Northeastern State
Ohio Dominican
Palm Beach Atlantic
Rollins
Saginaw Valley State
Saint Leo
Tampa
Valdosta State
Wayne State (MI)
West Georgia
William Jewell
Division III
Allegheny
Arcadia
Benedictine
Berry
Bluffton
Carnegie Mellon
Dominican
Earlham
Edgewood
Hampden-Sydney
Illinois Wesleyan
Millikin
Mount St. Joseph
North Central
North Park
Oglethorpe
Ohio Wesleyan
Piedmont
Rhodes
St. Joseph’s
St. Thomas (Minn.)
Transylvania
Wisconsin- Eau Claire
Washington & Jefferson
NAIA
Carroll
Concordia (NE)
Dalton State
Doane
Embry Riddle (AZ)
Keiser
Midland
Milligan
Ottawa University (AZ)
Rio Grande
Spring Arbor
Taylor
NJCAA I
Central Alabama
Midland
NJCAA II
Parkland
Meridian