Scholar-Athlete Awards

Top-Five Scholar-Athletes
To qualify for the Top Five Award, a student-athlete must have three continuous seasons training as a member of a University of Minnesota athletic team, have trained the current year, be an undergraduate student, and have earned one of the highest cumulative GPAs.

Outstanding Achievement Award
This award is presented to one male and one female student-athlete who are accomplished in the four major areas emphasized by the NCAA Student-Athlete Welfare Program: Academics, Athletics, Leadership and Volunteerism.

Outstanding Academic Team Award
This award is presented to the men and women’s teams representing both large and small team categories. Large teams are made up of 22 members or more and small teams are made up of 21 members or less.

Winning teams are determined by averaging spring team cumulative GPAs with their fall team cumulative GPAs and awarding to the highest cumulative GPAs for the award year.

Richard “Pinky” McNamara Student-Athlete Achievement Award
This award is given to a student-athlete who has inspired all by making an extraordinary effort to succeed despite difficult circumstances, preserving during a time of tremendous adversity and/or overcoming a great challenge.

3.0 GOLD Honor Roll Award
This award recognizes the outstanding academic achievement of maintaining a cumulative GPA of 3.0, while participating in intercollegiate athletics at the University of Minnesota during the previous spring semester and/or current fall semester of the banquet year. Student-athletes would be recognized for this honor if they achieved a 3.0 cumulative GPA in either the spring and/or fall semesters. (Awarded to students who have been a U of M student-athlete a minimum of one year).

3.0 MAROON Honor Roll Award
This award recognizes the outstanding academic achievement of earning a term GPA of 3.0, while participating in intercollegiate athletics at the University of Minnesota the previous spring semester and/or current fall semester of the banquet year. (This includes all first year athletes).

4.0 Semester GPA Awards
This award is in recognition of all our student-athletes who earned a 4.0 semester GPA in either the previous spring semester and/or current fall semester.