INDIANAPOLIS - The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) announced 189 men's and women's teams as recipients of the 2024-25 Team Academic All-GLVC award on Monday. The GLVC recognizes each team from full-time and associate member institutions that have maintained a 3.30 grade point average for the academic year.

Men's tennis led the way for the Cardinals with a 3.70 team GPA, followed by softball (3.67), women's golf (3.62), women's tennis (3.61), women's swimming (3.58), men's basketball (3.56), men's golf (3.55), women's cross country (3.50), women's basketball (3.44), women's soccer (3.42), baseball (3.35), men's soccer (3.35), men's swimming (3.34), and women's lacrosse (3.32). 

This is the first team academic honor for the Jewell baseball program since joining the GLVC in 2011-2012 while women's basketball, women's golf, women's soccer earn their department-high 13th consecutive award. Women's swimming is also in double digits with 10 straight honors while men's basketball leads all teams in their sport for the third straight year. 

The total of 189 honorees from 15 full-time and three associate member schools did not reach the 2019-20 record-breaking total of 207 from 15 schools but did surpass last year's mark of 182 from 14 schools. The GLVC had 14 league members with 10 or more teams at or above a 3.30 which broke the Conference-record 13 set in 2019-20. Rockhurst had the highest number of sports meeting the distinguished 3.30 standard this year with 18.

Nine GLVC members either maintained or increased their totals from a year ago, and, of the 189 honored programs, 101 came from women's sports with 88 from the men's side.