NAPERVILLE – Seven College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) men’s teams were honored by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) as All-Academic Teams and 24 CCIW student-athletes were selected All-Academic Athletes for the 2025 NCAA Division III Track & Field season on Monday.
 
North Central, the league’s indoor and outdoor champion in 2025, led the conference with eight individual selections. Five CCIW programs had multiple honorees.
 
For teams to earn the honor, the cumulative team GPA of all student-athletes who used a season of eligibility must be at least a 3.10 on a 4.0 scale through the most recent semester/quarter. Graduate students must take all undergraduate plus graduate coursework into account.
 
Individuals must have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.30 on a 4.0 scale through the most recently completed grading period. Qualifiers must also meet one of the following athletic criteria: finish the season among the top 50 individuals or participate at the Indoor OR Outdoor National Championships.
 
Qualifiers could have also competed as a member of one of the top 35 relay teams. In addition, any athletes not among the top 35 relay teams, but who participated in the relay at the Indoor OR Outdoor National Championships. Graduate students must take all undergraduate plus graduate coursework into account.
 
2025 NCAA Division III Track & Field USTFCCCA Men’s All-Academic Teams
Augustana
Carroll
Carthage
Elmhurst
North Central
North Park
Wheaton
 
2025 NCAA Division III Track & Field USTFCCCA Men’s All-Academic Athletes

Augustana
AJ Banks
Mike Hudson
Joe Langridge
Daniel Prochaska
Magnus Wells
 
Carthage
Jacob Brost
Jacob Curulewski
 
Elmhurst
Logan Turney
 
Illinois Wesleyan
Carson Green
Ernie Waterson
 
North Central
Ben Balboa
Oscar Frontjes
Matthew Jett
Jayden Leise
Braden Nicholson
Connor Riss
BJ Sorg
Anthony Zajac
 
North Park
Jereme Ombogo
 
Wheaton
Ty Bova
Joshua Cross
Sam Elsen
Bradley Lauber
Sheldon Powell
 

 Full AVCA Team Academic Award Release

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Southern Connecticut women’s volleyball received the 2025 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Team Academic Award, sponsored by INTENT, as announced by the AVCA on Tuesday, July 22, 2025. This is the eighth time that the Owls have received the Team Academic Award. 

The award, which was created during the 1992-93 academic year, honors volleyball teams that maintain a grade-point average of at least 3.3 on a 4.0 scale, throughout the year, to earn the 2025 AVCA Team Academic Award.

In the spring semester, volleyball was one of the five teams at Southern to achieve a 3.5 GPA or higher, as a team. Jalie Miller and Madi Roar both recorded perfect 4.00 GPAs for the spring semester. Sarah Stark, Sydney Bennett and Madi Roar were named to the 2024-25 CSC Academic All-District Women’s Volleyball Team. Additionally, 27 student-athletes were named to the NE10 Academic Honor Rolls, during the fall and spring semesters. 

 

NEW ORLEANS, LA (July 22, 2025) — On Monday, the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) released its 2025 Track and Field All-Academic Awards. In the classroom, on the track, and in the field, student-athletes who stood out in all areas of the student-athlete experience during the 2025 collegiate track and field seasons were honored with this year’s release. Among the honorees were seniors Owen Foytack and Victoria Zultevicz and junior Katey SHoemaker who earned All-Academic Athlete recognition, while bot the King’s College men’s and women’s track and field programs were recognized as All-Academic Teams.

Foytack earns his first USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete honor for his career as the seventh men’s track and field student-athlete to collect the recognition. Zultevicz also picks up her first career accolade as an All-Academic Athlete as the fifth Monarch women’s track and field athlete to appear on the list, while Shoemaker tabs her second consecutive honor and becomes the second women’s track and field athlete to earn the award twice in her career. USTFCCCA All-Academic Athlete is awarded to all nominated student-athletes who maintained a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.30 on a 4.0 scale, either finished the season among the top 50 individuals as listed on the descending order lists on TFRRS, competed at the Indoor or Outdoor National Championships, or competed as a member of one of the top 35 relay teams on the descending order list on TFRRS.

Both the King’s men’s and women’s track and field teams collected USTFCCCA All-Academic Team recognition for the eighth time out of a possible 10 years as a varsity program under head coach Mike Kolinovsky. The men’s team submitted a 3.37 team GPA and finished among eight men’s programs in the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) on this year’s list. The women’s team posted a 3.63 team GPA and finished as one of 11 women’s programs from the MAC to be recognized in 2025. All-Academic Team is awarded to all nominated teams who had a cumulative team GPA of all student-athletes who used a season of eligibility of at least a 3.10 on a 4.0 scale.

–MONARCHS–

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Winston-Salem State University Volleyball has officially announced its 2025 schedule, featuring a slate of competitive matchups including invitationals, conference showdowns, and the highly anticipated CIAA tournament.

The Rams open the season on Saturday, August 30 with a preseason scrimmage against either Tuskegee or Lees-McRae before heading into regular-season play.

WSSU hits the road for its official opener at Catawba College on Tuesday, September 9 in Salisbury, N.C. The team will then compete in back-to-back invitationals, beginning with the Greenwood Invitational from September 12–13, featuring matchups against Chowan, Young Harris, Saint Anselm, and host Lander University.

The following weekend, WSSU travels to Athens, West Virginia for a four-match stretch in the Athens Invitational, facing off against Rollins, Concord, Davis & Elkins, and West Virginia Wesleyan from September 19–20.

Conference play begins on Thursday, September 25 as the Rams visit Fayetteville State, followed by a road trip to Shaw University on September 29.

The CIAA Round-Up series kicks off with Round-Up #1 on October 4–5, with locations and matchups to be announced. WSSU returns home on October 9 to face Johnson C. Smith, followed by a Livingstone College visit on October 13.

CIAA Round-Up #2 is set for October 18–19, again with details to be finalized. WSSU resumes home action against Shaw (Oct. 23) and Claflin (Oct. 27), before wrapping up the regular season with three road matches against Johnson C. Smith (Oct. 30), Livingstone (Nov. 3), and Claflin (Nov. 6).

The Rams close the regular season at home on Monday, November 10 against Fayetteville State, setting the stage for postseason play.

The CIAA Tournament returns to Bowie, Maryland, from November 21–23, where the Rams will look to make a deep run in the quarterfinals, semifinals, and championship rounds.

Head Coach Christa Brown and the Rams are ready to build on last season’s momentum and make their mark in the CIAA and beyond.

For updates and more, follow WSSU Volleyball on Instagram at wssuvolleyball and visit our website at www.wssurams.com.

 

HOUSTON – The Rice men’s and women’s track and field teams had a combined nine student-athletes named to the U.S. Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Team, an award that honors those who excel both in meets and in the classroom, the organization announced.
 
The men’s and women’s track and field programs were both recipients of the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team awards. The women’s team under head coach Jim Bevan posted a 3.7305 GPA, which ranks sixth among all qualified teams, while the men’s team under head coach Jon Warren posted a 3.495 GPA.
 
In order to qualify for an individual athlete recognition, the athlete must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.25 (4.0 scale) and be within the top 96 (indoors) or regional top 48 (outdoors) in their respective events. In order to qualify for team recognition, a program must finish with at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA (4.0 scale).
 
This year’s Rice honorees on the women’s team are Saniya Friendly (sports medicine and exercise physiology), Riana Green (sport management), Julia Johannesdottir (undeclared), Alice Taylor (sports medicine and exercise physiology), Josie Taylor (earth, environmental & planetary sciences) and Mckyla Van der Westhuizen (sports medicine and exercise physiology).
 
The Rice men receiving recognition are Cal Abdulky (business), Jack Greaves (mechanical engineering) and Juan Marais (biosciences).