Madison, Wis. - University of Wisconsin-La Crosse student-athletes earned the 2022-23 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) All-Academic Award, the league office announced Monday.  The WIAC All-Academic Award is presented to those institutions with a grade point average of its student-athletes that is equal to, or greater than, the grade point average of the overall student body.  UW-La Crosse student-athletes compiled a 3.340 cumulative grade point average with the overall student body finishing at 3.280.  

It is the 21st time in the last 22 years the UWL student-athlete grade point average was higher than the combined grade point average of the overall student body.

All eight institutions, UW-Eau Claire, UW-La Crosse, UW-Oshkosh, UW-Platteville, UW-River Falls, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Stout and UW-Whitewater earned the 2022-23 WIAC All-Academic Award.  It marked the second time (2020-21) in conference history every institution earned the distinction. 

UW-La Crosse posted the second-highest combined grade point average among the eight WIAC institutions in 2022-23 with its 3.340. UW-Stout led the conference (3.369) with UW-Eau Claire third (3.339). 

UW-La Crosse recorded 434 student-athletes with a cumulative grade point average of 3.000 or higher in 2022-23.  The 434 honors ranked second in the league with UW-Eau Claire first (501) and UW-Whitewater third (396). 

During the 2022-23 academic year, over 50 percent of the student-athletes competing in the conference achieved a 3.000 grade point average or better (on a 4.000 scale) and were named to the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll.

Complete list of the 2022-23 WIAC Men's Scholastic Honor Roll

Complete list of the 2022-23 WIAC Women's Scholastic Honor Roll