Departments Earn Presidents’ Academic Excellence Recognition
LA GRANDE, Ore. – Seven Cascade Collegiate Conference athletic departments earned Presidents’ Academic Excellence status for the recently completed 2015-16 school year the conference office announced today.
In order to receive the designation a department must achieve and overall combined GPA of 3.0 or better among their student athletes (men/women) that compete in sports that the CCC declares a champion in, and have 60% or higher of student-athletes who are eligible to receive Academic All-Conference (sophomore standing/3.2 GPA) recognition do so.
“Earning Presidents’ Academic Excellence designation is a great honor,” stated CCC Commissioner Rob Cashell. “Student-athletes continue to set a high standard on our campuses as they balance the demands of intercollegiate athletics with the ultimate goal of degree attainment.”
The new process of recognizing departments that attain the two benchmarks in Academic Excellence replaces the previous Presidents’ Cup that recognized a single school.
2015-16 CCC Presidents’ Academic Excellence Designation
| Institution |
Overall GPA |
% Academic All-Conference |
| Carroll College |
3.32 |
61% |
| Corban |
3.3 |
62.03% |
| Eastern Oregon |
3.2 |
68.18% |
| Great Falls |
3.42 |
78.95% |
| Northwest Christian |
3.28 |
66.36% |
| Oregon Tech |
3.3 |
64.63% |
| Southern Oregon |
3.25 |
62.07% |
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