ACADEMICS

The ETBU athletic department continues to be one of the top academic programs in NCAA Division III and the American Southwest Conference producing Academic All-Americans, ASC Distinguished Scholar-Athletes, team academic awards, and other academic individual awards. Since 2014-15, ETBU has won 19 ASC Distinguished Scholar-Athlete awards, had 28 CoSIDA Academic All-District selections, and 11 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans. ETBU is also the only school in the ASC to have two NCAA Top 9 Women of the Year finalists and a baseball CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year. 

Conner Combs is the only American Southwest Conference baseball player to earn the prestigious CoSIDA Academic All-America of the Year award being voted the top academic baseball player in NCAA Division III in 2016 and 2017.

2017 CoSIDA Academic All-America Video

NCAA Woman of the Year Top 9

ETBU is the only American Southwest Conference member to have two student-athletes named to the NCAA Woman of the Year Top 9. Only three NCAA Division III female student-athletes are chosen each year for a chance to be named NCAA Woman of the Year. ETBU softball student-athletes Lya Swaner (2013) and Jayme (Perez) McNeill (2017) have made awarded Top 9 status.

2017 NCAA Woman of the Year Video

In the American Southwest Conference, ETBU continues to earn major academic awards each year. The 2020-21 year was the best for ETBU as they lead the ASC with five Distinguished Scholar-Athletes. Since the award was started in 2009, ETBU has produced 23 ASC Distinguished Scholar-Athletes with 19 coming since the 2014-15 season. 

ASC DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR-ATHLETE AWARD WINNERS

• Football: Kyle Pope (2009), Brian Baca (2019)
• Baseball: Kyle Pope (2010), Ryan Yezak (2011), Conner Combs (2016, 2017), Casey Combs (2019)
• Softball: Adrienne Meier (2010), Ashton Brey (2011, 2012), Lya Swaner (2013), Lacy Liles (2014), Hannah Garcia (2021)
• Men's Cross Country: Landon Price (2014), Mack Broussard (2021)
• Women's Cross Country: Shelby Tyalor-Spencer (2016)
• Men's Basketball: Erby Thompson (2015), Jordan Gray (2019)
• Men's Track and Field: Landon Price (2015), Mack Broussard (2019, 2021)
• Women's Tennis: Kayla Casey (2016), Kate Bramlett (2017), Elisa Kendall (2020)
• Women's Soccer: Raegan Kappler (2021)
• Men's Golf: Hank Crain (2021)

The National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society is an elite academic society for football players from all divisions. Seniors are recognized for graduating, maintaining a 3.2 GPA, and been a significant contributor to the team. 

ABCA TEAM ACADEMIC AWARDS

ETBU leads the ASC with ABCA team academic awards in the past seven years. They have earned the award in 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016.

The ETBU Softball Team continues to lead the ASC in academic excellence with 66 players earning NFCA Scholar-Athlete Team awards since 2014.

• 2021: 19
• 2019: 5
• 2018: 8
• 2017: 13
• 2016: 12
• 2014: 9

The ETBU Acrobatics and Tumbling team was started in 2019 and eligible for academic awards in the 2020 season. In three seasons, they have produced 32 players who have been named to the NCATA Honor Roll.

• 2022: 11
• 2021: 11
• 2020: 10

The United Soccer Coaches hand out elite academic awards every year to regional players for their grade point average. It is extremely hard to receive All-Region academic awards in the West Region. ETBU has been given five in the past three years.

USC West Academic All-Region

• 2021: Brianna Mickshaw
• 2020: Ashleigh Rondon, Brianna Mickshaw
• 2019: Ashleigh Rondon, Raegan Kappler

USC Team Academic Award

• 2020

USC Scholar All-Americans

• 2006: Janna Wilson

ETBU produced 10 players that have been named to the NABC Honors Court. They have also earned two NABC Team Academic Excellence Awards

NABC Honors Court

• 2019-20: Tevin Baker, Nathan Fontenot, Westin Riddick, Landin Brown, Jarrell Taylor
• 2018-19: Keet Cockerham, Jordan Gray, Brady Moore, Landin Brown, Westin Riddick 

NABC Team Academic Excellence Award

• 2018-19
• 2017-18

Since 2016, the ETBU Women's Tennis Team has been awarded six academic team awards and had 30 student-athletes named ITA Scholar-Athletes. The men's tennis team earned their first academic award in 2020.

ITA Team Academic Award

Women's Tennis

• 2021
• 2020
• 2019
• 2018
• 2017
• 2016

Men's Tennis

• 2020