FARMINGTON, Utah — After another strong quarter in the classroom, 57 Eastern Washington University student-athletes earned Big Sky Spring All-Academic honors. The conference announced its full list of academic honorees today.

Eastern was led by women's track and field with 22 student-athletes earning spots on the Spring All-Academic list. Men's track and field followed with 16 student-athletes. Men's tennis placed all seven members of its roster on the list, with women's tennis and women's golf each sporting six academic honorees. 

EWU also had 21 student-athletes who carried a 4.0 GPA through the spring quarter. 

The Big Sky Conference totaled 667 student-athletes qualified for Spring All-Academic honors, with 102 earning 4.0 GPAs. 

Student-athlete qualify for the award if the meet the following minimum requirements: 1) Participated in at least half of the team's competitions; 2) Achieved a 3.2 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) at the conclusion of the most recently completed term; 3) Completed at least one academic term at his/her current Big Sky institution. 

Track and field student-athletes must have participated in at least half of the team's competitions or competed at the conference championship to qualify. 

As a department, Eastern Athletics extended "The Streak" to 51 consecutive quarters with a GPA over 3.0, earning a 3.42 cumulative figure for the spring. 
 

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Eastern Washington University Athletics sponsors 14 intercollegiate sports, six for men and eight for women, both as learning opportunities for its most athletically talented students and as an enhancement to student and community life. Eastern is affiliated with Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and is a member of the Big Sky Conference, an association of 10 regional schools with comparable enrollments and academic goals.

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