KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- A total of twelve Bellevue University athletic programs were honored as NAIA Scholar Teams in an announcement made today by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. The NAIA made the announcement as part of its annual NAIA National Awards Day on Friday. The day recognizes the association's highest individual honors and achievements of NAIA student-athletes, administrators, and coaches.
The Bruin programs who were named NAIA Scholar Teams included:
Women's Cross Country
Women's Golf
Softball
Volleyball
Women's Track
Women's Soccer
Women's Basketball
Men's Golf
Baseball
Men's Cross Country
Men's Soccer
Men's Track
To be named an NAIA Scholar Team, the team GPA requirements included:
1. Minimum 3.0 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) as defined by the nominating institution.
2. Include every varsity athlete certified as eligible in this sport and listed on any eligibility certificate submitted to conference/CAC/unaffiliated grouping eligibility chairs during this academic year.
3. Will be calculated using the institution's normal GPA rules regarding repeated courses, transfer credit, etc. Sum the total quality points/GPA points earned by all team members and divide by the sum of the total GPA hours earned by the team members.
4. Fall and spring grades from the current year are to be used when calculating the team GPA.
