Updated: 12/6/21 at 10:00 a.m.

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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) announced today the fall sport members of its 2021 All-Academic Team. Six hundred and thirteen student-athletes from the Conference’s eight fall championship sports met the requirements for recognition.
 
To be eligible for All-Academic Team honors, a student-athlete must be on the eligibility list for the sport of nomination, at least a sophomore in academic standing with at least one year in residence and attain an accumulative grade point average of 3.5 or better (on a 4.0 scale).
 
Wartburg College led the way in total honorees with 117 student-athletes earning All-Academic recognition. Nebraska Wesleyan University placed the second-highest total on the fall team with 89. Luther College placed 79 student-athletes on the team for the third-highest total, followed by University of Dubuque with 70. Central had the fifth-most honorees with 65 followed by Loras College and Simpson College each placing 62 on the team for the sixth-highest total. Buena Vista University placed 38 student-athletes on the team for the seventh-highest total, followed by Coe College with 31.
 
Women's soccer led all sports with 109 honorees, followed closely by football with 108 honorees. Men's soccer had the third-most honorees with 92, followed by men's and women's cross country both placing 79 student-athletes on the team. Volleyball saw 74 student-athletes collect All-Academic accolades, while women's tennis earned 45. Women's golf rounded out the fall sports honorees with 27.
 

School FB MCC WCC MS WS VB WG WT Total Buena Vista  5 2 2 8 6 7 2 6 38 Central 13 4 9 4 8 16 4 7 65 Coe 6 2 1 4 10 6 0 2 31 Dubuque 10 9 4 16 8 13 8 2 70 Loras 6 7 9 9 21 5 1 4 62 Luther 3 18 14 8 17 6 2 11 79 Nebraska Wesleyan 32 11 13 10 13 5 1 4 89 Simpson 9 12 10 9 9 5 3 5 62 Wartburg 24 14 17 24 17 11 6 4 117 Total 108 79 79 92 109 74 27 45 613