NEW ORLEANS – Ten Panthers and the UNI women's track and field team earned USTFCCCA academic honors.
The women's track and field team earned a cumulative 3.43 GPA. In order to be in contention for Scholar Team of the Year, a program must finish highly at the respective national championship meet and have at least a 3.00 cumulative team GPA.
All told, 360 NCAA Division I teams were honored for their academics by the USTFCCCA.
Breaking it down further, 218 of those were women's teams compared to 142 men's programs.
In addition to the women's team, 10 track and field student-athletes earned individual honors.