CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – The American Rivers Conference (A-R-C) announced today the spring sport members of its 2023-24 All-Academic Team. Five hundred and two student-athletes from the conference’s six spring championship sports, met the requirements for recognition. 
 
To be eligible for the A-R-C 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 a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or better (on a 4.0 scale). 
 
Wartburg College led the way with 95 student-athletes earning All-Academic recognition. Simpson College placed the second highest total on the spring all-academic team with 72, followed by Central College with 60 and Nebraska Wesleyan University with 58. Loras College placed 57 student-athletes on this year’s spring all-academic team to finish fifth-best. The University of Dubuque garnered 55 honorees while Luther College recorded 40 honorees. Coe College placed 34 student-athletes on the list of honorees. Buena Vista University rounds out the A-R-C schools with 31 spring student-athletes named A-R-C All-Academic. 
 
Women’s track and field led all sports with 135 honorees, followed by men’s track and field with 123. Baseball garnered 101 All-Academic honorees and softball with 87. There were 28 men’s tennis student-athletes to earn this recognition and 25 men’s golf student-athletes. 
 
You can view all 2023-24 A-R-C Academic All-Conference honorees here. 
 

School	Baseball	Men’s Golf	Softball	Men’s Tennis	Men’s Track & Field	Women’s Track & Field	Total
Wartburg	24	2	11	6	25	27	95
Simpson	17	4	15	1	19	16	72
Central	3	2	7	4	14	30	60
Nebraska Wesleyan	11	3	11	3	13	17	58
Loras	9	4	12	4	15	13	57
Dubuque	8	2	9	3	20	13	55
Luther	6	3	4	4	11	12	40
Coe	10	4	10	3	4	3	34
Buena Vista	14	1	8	0	4	4	31
TOTAL	101	25	87	28	123	135	502