NIAA / Jostens State Academic Award winners announced for the Fall 2011 sports season

Each season the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association, the non-profit governing body of high school athletics in the Silver State, and Jostens, the NIAA's corporate partner, are proud to present a special award to the varsity sport teams with the highest grade point average in each classification.

The team grade point average is determined by taking the individual GPA's of varsity team members from the previous semester and then computing an overall team average.

The NIAA and Jostens also recognize those varsity student-athletes who achieved a 4.0 GPA the previous semester by naming them to the All-State Academic Team.

The NIAA considers this state academic championship award to certainly be equal to the athletic championship award. As the NIAA, coaches and administrators should always stress, the competitors are students first, then athletes.

Congratulations to all of our student-athletes for their efforts both in the classroom and at the athletic venue.

FALL 2011 team sport academic champions:

Boys Cross Country:  1A/2A = Virginia City; 3A = Dayton; 4A = Bishop Gorman.

Girls Cross Country:  1A/2A = The Meadows; 3A = Moapa Valley; 4A = Damonte Ranch.

Football:  1A = Coleville; 2A = Mountain View; 3A = Lowry; 4A = Valley.

Girls Golf:  1A/2A = Battle Mountain; 3A = Lowry; 4A = McQueen.

Boys Soccer:  1A/2A/3A = Spring Creek; 4A = Bishop Manogue.

Girls Soccer:  1A/2A/3A = Incline; 4A = Reno.

Boys Tennis:  Del Sol.

Girls Tennis:  South Tahoe.

Girls Volleyball:  1A = Eureka; 2A = Lincoln County; 3A = Moapa Valley & Spring Creek; 4A = Spanish Springs.

See Sparks Tribune article on  the Spanish Springs Girl's Volleyball team, which qualified for the State Tournament AND won the Class 4A Academic Team Championship - click here

WINTER 2011-2012 team sport academic champions:

Basketball (Boys): 

Basketball (Girls):

Girls Bowling:

Boys Skiing: 

Girls Skiing:

Boys Skiing:

Girls Soccer (CCSD):

Wrestling: 

SPRING 2012 team sport academic champions:

Baseball:

Boys Golf:

Softball:

Boys Swimming & Diving:

Girls Swimming & Diving:

Boys Track & Field:

Girls Track & Field:  

Boys Volleyball: