IRVINE, Calif. – For the second time in the NCAA DII Era at Concordia University Irvine, a record 231 student-athletes from this past school year earned Academic All-PacWest honors.

This is also the fourth straight summer that at least 200 or more Concordia student-athletes that competed in PacWest Conference sports made the list.

To qualify, student-athletes must earn at least a 3.00 cumulative GPA during the 2024-25 academic year and be a member of the active roster or redshirt at their school.

The CUI women's track and field team collected the most Academic All-PacWest selections from the school with 40, while the men's track and field squad featured 33 honorees.  CUI women's track and field also tied Point Loma for the most in that sport across the league.

Meanwhile, the CUI baseball team racked up an eye-popping 31 Academic All-PacWest selections, which is the most in the program's NCAA D2 era as well.

The nationally-ranked CUI women's soccer team nearly had the entire roster earn academic accolades with an amazing 24 honorees this time. The nationally-ranked CUI softball team added 17 award recipients while the two basketball teams combined for 18 selections. The entire starting lineup that won the PacWest Championship in men's tennis was named Academic All-PacWest and both women's volleyball and men's soccer each had 14 honorees.

Per the conference's award rules, 26 Concordia student-athletes were honored and counted twice as members of the cross country teams and also as distance runners with their respective track and field teams.

CLICK HERE for the full list of 2024-25 Academic All-PacWest student-athletes

Due in part to three new schools joining the PacWest last year, a record total of 2,728 student-athletes across the league made the cut.

An astounding 186 had a perfect 4.0 grade point average in their undergraduate or graduate studies.

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Back in 2023, CUI also had 231 Academic All-PacWest honorees.

*NOTE: Many of Concordia's teams this past season did not compete in the PacWest Conference such as water polo, swimming and diving, lacrosse, men's volleyball and beach volleyball. Those sports are included in other academic award announcements throughout the summer. Other conferences stagger their academic announcements throughout the summer months. Also, all NCAA DII-sponsored teams (women's lacrosse is a club team at CUI) are eligible for the D2ADA Academic Award which is always announced in the later half of the summer.

Men's Lacrosse (RMAC) – CLICK HERE
Swimming & Diving (PCSC & CSCAA) – CLICK HERE
Men's Volleyball (MPSF) - CLICK HERE
Beach Volleyball (AVCA) - CLICK HERE
Men's Water Polo (WWPA & ACWPC) - CLICK HERE
Women's Water Polo (GCC & ACWPC) - CLICK HERE & CLICK HERE