Big Sky Conference Announces 2017 Fall All-Academic Teams
2017 Fall All-Academic Teams
OGDEN, Utah (January 22, 2018) - The Big Sky Conference has announced the members of the 2017 Fall All-Academic teams for football, volleyball, soccer and men’s and women’s cross country. The fall season was competitive on the playing field, as well as in the classroom. The league had a total of 594 student-athletes recognized for the fall season, the most in league history. It was the fifth straight year with 500 or more honorees and second consecutive with over 580. There were 477 student-athletes that registered a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or higher, while 46 student-athletes recorded a perfect 4.0 GPA.
“I’d like to congratulate each of our student-athletes for their dedication to academic success,” said Commissioner Andrea Williams. “To see our student-athletes demonstrate their hard work and commitment, while performing at a high level academically and athletically is a great achievement.”
To be eligible, a student-athlete must have met and/or exceeded the following minimum requirements: 1) Participated in at least half of the team’s competitions; 2) Achieved a 3.2 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) at the conclusion of the most recently completed term; 3) Completed at least one academic term at his/her current Big Sky institution.