IRVINE, Calif. – Concordia University Irvine raised the bar this past school year with an impressive 231 student-athletes making the grade as Academic All-PacWest Conference honorees.
That number is the most that CUI Athletics has ever seen earn this distinction. The 231 honorees were second-most in the league this year and broke the previous record of 218 set by Azusa Pacific last spring. Biola narrowly set the new mark with 235.
To qualify, student-athletes had to:
- Achieve a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade-point-average (GPA)
- Complete at least two semesters at their institution
- Compete at least once in a PacWest Conference-sponsored sport.
The baseball team led the way for CUI with a program-record 32 selections. This was one more than the 31 women's track and field student-athletes who are routinely near the top of this impressive list for our school.
The women's volleyball and women's basketball teams at Concordia each had 15 Academic All-PacWest selections which were the most among their peers in their particular sport.
The nationally-ranked Concordia softball team – which won its fourth consecutive PacWest Conference title this spring – also had the most selections among league softball squads with 20 honorees.
With over 1,800 PacWest student-athletes across the conference making the cut, this was a banner year by Concordia and the league as a whole both in the classroom and in competition.
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The two CUI track and field teams combined for a whopping 60 Academic All-PacWest selections. Women's soccer matched softball with 20 while the men's basketball team had nearly two-thirds of its roster make the list. Both CUI tennis teams combined for 16 honorees.
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*NOTE: Many of Concordia's teams that do not compete in the PacWest Conference such as water polo, swimming and diving, men's volleyball and beach volleyball are included in other academic award announcements throughout the summer.
Men's Water Polo (WWPA) -
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Men's Volleyball (MPSF) -
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Women's Water Polo (GCC) - Coming Soon
Both Swimming & Diving (PCSC & CSCAA) - Coming Soon
