15 Teams Earn NAIA Scholar Award

EUGENE, Ore. – As part of NAIA National Awards Day, the NAIA Scholar Teams were announced last week. All eligible Bushnell University teams, 15 in total, have been selected for the 2022-2023 season from among over 2000 total teams across the association. NAIA Institutions earn Scholar Team recognition for having a collective team GPA, including all players on the active roster, of at least 3.0.

Bushnell continues to be among the top schools in the CCC year-after-year. Ten Beacon teams landed top-five finishes in the conference and seven were among the NAIA Top-40 for their sport.

The Beacon indoor Volleyball team and the women’s cross country teams both led Bushnell with a 3.72 GPA. The Men’s Cross Country team had Bushnell’s top male GPA at 3.46.

2022-2023 NAIA Scholar-Teams

Team GPA CCC Rank NAIA Top-40
Volleyball 3.72 2nd 10th
Women’s Cross Country 3.72 3rd 16th
Beach Volleyball 3.63 — 4th
Women’s Outdoor
Track & Field
3.53 3rd 33rd
Women’s Indoor
Track & Field
3.49 2nd 31st
Men’s Cross Country 3.46 3rd 23rd
Women’s Basketball 3.45 6th
Softball 3.40 6th
Men’s Golf 3.39 4th
Women’s Soccer 3.39 7th
Men’s Basketball 3.33 2nd 21st
Men’s Soccer 3.18 5th
Men’s Outdoor
Track & Field
3.05 6th
Men’s Indoor
Track & Field
3.03 3rd
Baseball 3.01 5th

 
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