CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) announced today the winter sport members of its 2022-23 All-Academic Team. Two hundred and forty-three student-athletes from the Conference’s seven winter 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 sports 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).

Luther College led the way in total honorees with 42 student-athletes earning All-Academic recognition. Nebraska Wesleyan University placed the second highest total on the winter all-academic team with 38, followed by Wartburg College with 31. Simpson placed 27 student-athletes on this year’s winter all-academic team to finish fourth-best. Coe College and Loras College each garnered 24 honorees while Buena Vista University and Central College each recorded 20 honorees. The University of Dubuque rounded out the A-R-C schools with 17 winter student-athletes named A-R-C All-Academic.

Women’s basketball led all sports with 65 honorees, followed by men’s basketball with 43. Wrestling garnered 39 All-Academic honorees and women’s swimming & diving with 35. There were 25 competitive dancers to earn this recognition and 19 men’s swimming & diving student-athletes. Competitive cheerleading had 17 student-athletes honored this year.