The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced its Scholar-Teams for the 2014-15 academic year. For a team to be considered for the NAIA Scholar-Team award, it must have a minimum 3.0 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) as defined by the institution. The team grade point average includes all eligible varsity student-athletes.
A school-record 11 teams from St. Thomas University earned the award in 2014-15, led by the STU women's cross country team (3.58 GPA) and the Bobcat women's soccer team (3.45 GPA). Eight St. Thomas University student-athletes completed the Spring semester with a perfect 4.0 grade point average.
STU came just a fraction away from having all 12 teams earning Scholar-Team awards as the men's basketball team barely missed with a 2.908 GPA.
The list of NAIA Scholar-Team award winners from St. Thomas University for the 2014-2015 academic year include women's cross country (3.58 GPA), women's soccer (3.45 GPA), softball (3.35 GPA), volleyball (3.33 GPA), men's cross country (3.28 GPA) men's golf (3.25 GPA), women's basketball (3.17 GPA), men's soccer (3.16 GPA), baseball (3.10 GPA), men's tennis (3.04 GPA), and women's tennis (3.04 GPA).