KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The NAIA announced its Scholar Teams list for the 2018-19 school year on Monday with 19 Missouri Baptist programs making the grade. In total 1,939 teams from across the NAIA qualified with team GPAs of 3.0 or better (on a 4.0 scale).
For the second straight year, MBU Tennis recorded the highest team GPAs on both the Men's and Women's side. Women's Tennis led all 19 Spartan squads with a 3.84 team GPA, just a year removed from winning the NAIA's Scholar Team Award in 2017-18. Softball was close behind at 3.79. Men's Tennis finished with a 3.53, highest among MBU's six qualifying male teams.
For a team to be considered for the NAIA Scholar-Team award, it must have a minimum 3.0-grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) as defined by the institution. The team grade point average includes all eligible varsity student-athletes.
For more information on the NAIA's Scholar-Team honor, visit http://www.naia.org/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=27900&ATCLID=211807149.
| Team |
GPA |
| Women's Tennis |
3.84 |
| Softball |
3.79 |
| Women's Cross Country |
3.67 |
| Women's Golf |
3.60 |
| Women's Bowling |
3.56 |
| Men's Tennis |
3.53 |
| Women's Basketball |
3.41 |
| Women's Volleyball |
3.34 |
| Cheerleading |
3.31 |
| Women's Outdoor Track and Field |
3.30 |
| Women's Indoor Track and Field |
3.30 |
| Women's Soccer |
3.26 |
| Men's Basketball |
3.22 |
| Men's Bowling |
3.20 |
| Dance |
3.19 |
| Women's Lacrosse |
3.18 |
| Men's Golf |
3.17 |
| Men's Cross Country |
3.12 |
| Men's Volleyball |
3.02 |
