St. Ambrose Leads NAIA with 23 Scholar-Teams for Third Straight Year


07/16/2019

St. Ambrose again proved to be the nation's best when it comes to getting it done in the classroom and on the court, leading the country with 23 Scholar-Teams. This marks the third straight year SAU has had the most Scholar Teams in the NAIA.

Three other SAU programs - athletic bands, men's bowling, and women's bowling - had qualifying GPAs but do not compete in the NAIA. The St. Ambrose men's soccer team's GPA of 3.443 was the fifth-highest mark among all NAIA men's soccer programs. The Fighting Bees football team finished sixth among all football programs with a 3.065 GPA. Thirteen of the 23 SAU Scholar-Teams finished with GPAs of at least 3.25. Five of those teams - women's cross country, women's basketball, women's outdoor track & field, women's tennis, women's indoor track & field - posted GPAs of better than 3.50. The cumulative St. Ambrose varsity student-athlete GPA for the 2018-19 academic year was a 3.202.

St. Ambrose Scholar-Teams (GPA)
Men's Basketball (3.247)
Women's Basketball (3.577)
Competitive Cheer (3.146)
Competitive Dance (3.377)
Men's Cross Country (3.286)
Women's Cross Country (3.633)
Football (3.065)
Men's Golf (3.292)
Women's Golf (3.387)
Women's Lacrosse (3.073)
Men's Soccer (3.443)
Women's Soccer (3.403)
Softball (3.422)
Men's Swimming & Diving (3.042)
Women's Swimming & Diving (3.406)
Men's Tennis (3.191)
Women's Tennis (3.548)
Men's Indoor Track & Field (3.173)
Women's Indoor Track & Field (3.536)
Men's Outdoor Track & Field (3.137)
Women's Outdoor Track & Field (3.564)
Men's Volleyball (3.004)
Women's Volleyball (3.206)

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