2022-23 UAA Presidential Scholars
2021-22 UAA Presidential Scholars
2020-21 UAA Presidential Scholars (None due to COVID-19)
2019-20 UAA Presidential Scholars
2018-19 UAA Presidential Scholars
2017-18 UAA Presidential Scholars
2016-17 UAA Presidential Scholars
2015-16 UAA Presidential Scholars
2014-15 UAA Presidential Scholars
2013-14 UAA Presidential Scholars
2012-13 UAA Presidential Scholars
2011-12 UAA Presidential Scholars
2010-11 UAA Presidential Scholars
2009-10 UAA Presidential Scholars
2008-09 UAA Presidential Scholars
The UAA Presidents Council created this special recognition in 2009. The original recommendation to establish this honor came from the UAA Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and was supported by the Athletic Administrators and Delegates Committees.
The UAA has recognized exceptional academic achievement by its student-athletes since 1998 when the Presidents Council established a program of All-Academic recognition for student-athletes who carry a cumulative grade point average that meets the threshold for Academic All-America® recognition (currently a 3.30 GPA). On average, approximately 56% of eligible sophomore, junior, and senior student-athletes from UAA member teams have met that threshold each year. “While our student-athletes appreciated the All-Academic recognition, they sought something that would more directly recognize the combination of academic and athletic excellence that is at the core of the UAA philosophy,” commented UAA Executive Secretary Dick Rasmussen. “In proposing the concept of the award, one of our SAAC members suggested — as UAA student-athletes this is what we do, this is who we are.”
As a group, UAA student-athletes and teams have consistently demonstrated high levels of both academic and athletic achievement. The UAA Presidents Council Scholar-Athlete Team recognition demonstrates the success of these principles at the level of the individual student-athlete.
Biennial studies completed by the Association over the last 15 years have consistently shown that the cumulative grade point averages of athletic teams have been statistically equal to or greater than the campus population GPA. In the most recent study, covering the 2012-13 academic year, student-athletes in seven of eight women’s sports studied and student-athletes in six of nine men’s sports studied across the UAA had average cumulative GPA’s equal to or higher than the overall GPA average for the general student body on UAA campuses. Of the 66 women’s teams and 69 men’s teams included in the study, 82 teams (61 percent) met or exceeded the existing 3.30 GPA standard for nominating individuals for Academic All-America® recognition.