CHICAGO, Ill. -- The North Park University women's track & field program received United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches (USTFCCCA) All-Academic honors for their excellence in the classroom during the 2020-21 season.

The Vikings maintained a 3.47 grade point average in their most recent semester of competition, the fifth-highest in the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW).

Here is the criteria to be named an All-Academic Team:

Division III Track & Field All-Academic Teams

• Cumulative team GPA (not 2020-21 academic year, not semester) of all student-athletes who used a season of eligibility must be at least a 3.1 on a 4.0 scale through the most recent semester/quarter, computed by the following method:
• Total the cumulative number of semester hours or quarter hours earned for all student-athletes who used a season of eligibility, including the most recent grading period;
• Total the cumulative number of quality points (GPA multiplied by the number of credit hours) earned by all student-athletes who used a season of eligibility, including the most recent grading period;
• Divide the cumulative number of quality points earned by the cumulative number of semester or quarter hours earned.
• Institutions utilizing a different GPA scale than 4.0 then must convert the GPA to a 4.0 scale using the standard conversion method [GPA/Scale x 4.0]. Data must be certifiable by the institution's registrar.
• Graduate students must take all undergraduate plus graduate coursework into account.