Every year coaches prepare for the postseason and have to limit their team roster from their full squad down to 19 guys for the team postseason from the competitive side of things. From the academic side, coaches will take those 19 guys and whittle down to the top ten members of that team from an academic standpoint as well. Coaches will then average each of those ten athletes cumulative grade point average to see if they have earned the MWCA Silver Academic award (3.0-3.49) or the MWCA Gold Academic award (3.50+).
This year over 100 teams in both Class A, AA, AAA have submitted their team’s GPA with 44 earning silver and 61 earning gold. In Class A the team from Trinity School at River Ridge took home the top honor with a 3.83 GPA. Delano took home the top honor this year in AA with a 3.83 cumulative GPA. And for the second year in a
Congratulations to all the teams that will be recognized for their academics along with their athletics.
Class A (32)
Gold Plaque Academic Teams
Team GPA 3.50 and higher
Trinity School at River Ridge
Blue Earth Area
Maple River
Zumbrota-Mazeppa
Fertile-Beltrami
LCWM Area
Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa
Windom / Mt. Lake
Goodhue
Ortonville
Wabasso / Red Rock Central
WCAABE
Royalton-Upsala
Kerkhoven-Murdock-Sunburg
ACGC
Silver Plaque Academic Teams
Team GPA 3.00 – 3.49
New York Mills
United North Central
Kenyon Wanamingo
GMLOS
Staples-Motley
Paynesville
JCC
Dover Eyota
Breckenridge
Pelican Rapids High School
Frazee
Benson
St. Agnes
Barnesville
Holdingford
Blackduck / Cass Lake-Bena
Class AA (36)
Gold Plaque Academic Teams
Team GPA 3.50 and higher
Delano
Waconia
Perham
Plainview Elgin Millville
Kasson Mantorville
Minneapolis Roosevelt
Foley
Detroit Lakes
Albany
Fairmont/Martin County West
UCB Badgers
St. Croix Lutheran
Grand Rapids
Becker High School
GSL – LP
Scott West
Redwood – River Valley
Brooklyn Center / Concordia Academy
Hutchinson – BLHS
Dawson-Boyd/Lac qui Parle/Montevideo United
Lake City
Mankato East
Silver Plaque Academic Teams
Team GPA 3.00 – 3.49
Mankato West
Fridley
Orono
Dassel Cokato
South St. Paul
Watertown / Mayer
Marshall/Lakeview/RTR
St. Paul Johnson
Mora
Pequot Lakes/Pine River Backus
Byron
Patrick Henry
Park Rapids
North Branch
Class AAA (37)
Gold Plaque Academic Teams
Team GPA 3.50 and higher
Willmar
Sauk Rapids – Rice
Eastview
Forest Lake
Andover
Stillwater
Bemidji
Prior Lake
Mounds View
Little Falls
White Bear Lake
Buffalo
Woodbury
St. Cloud Tech
Minneapolis South
Hastings
St. Francis
Cretin-Derham Hall
Lakeville North
Rochester Century
Apple Valley
Edina
Maple Grove
Silver Plaque Academic Teams
Team GPA 3.00 – 3.49
Roseville Area HS
Mound Westonka
Coon Rapids
Sartell
Cambridge-Isanti
Blaine
Chaska / Channhassen
Shakopee
New Prague
Northfield
Wayzata
Rosemount
Elk River
Rocori