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NJCAA ACADEMIC STUDENT‐ATHLETE AWARDS
Individual All‐Academic Awards
The NJCAA will honor student-athletes in all sports for outstanding academic achievement according to the following criteria:

Nomination Criteria
1. Must have completed 2 full-time semesters or 3 full-time quarters of college work.
o A student-athlete who graduated mid-year is also eligible for team and individual awards.
2. Must have participated in at least one season at the varsity level at the college from which he/she is nominated.
3. Minimum of 24 semester-hours or 36 quarter-hours completed in the current academic year.
4. Minimum 3.6 grade-point average on a 4.00 scale
o NJCAA All-Academic First Team: 4.00 GPA on a 4.00 scale
o NJCAA All-Academic Second Team: 3.80 to 3.99 GPA on a 4.00 scale
o NJCAA All-Academic Third Team: 3.60 to 3.79 GPA on a 4.00 scale

Nomination Process
1. In order to ensure consistency and fairness across teams, ALL All-Academic Award nominations should be completed by the same
staff member.
2. NJCAA member college Athletic Directors will be responsible for the online submission and the accuracy of the information submitted.
If requested, the athletic director must provide supporting documentation.
3. In computing the final grade-point average, ALL course hours from the current academic year must be included and any class
completed and grade posted by the deadline must be used:
a. Inclusive of all failing grades (Fs)
b. With the exception of remedial/developmental course work which cannot be used to meet the requirements for this award.
c. Transfer hours (hours completed at another institution) completed during the current academic year must be included.
d. Not including hours completed outside the current academic year (August - June 5)
4. Nomination must be made during academic year in which participation occurred.
5. Deadline date for online submission for all sports: JULY 1ST
6. The list of Academic Award winners will be released to the appropriate media.
7. Requests for exceptions must be submitted in writing to the NJCAA President & CEO no later than June 1st of the year of participation for
the award.
NJCAA TEAM ACADEMIC AWARDS

The NJCAA will select and honor an athletic team for each sport as the NJCAA Academic Team of the Year based upon the criteria below. If
no qualifying teams are nominated in a particular sport, no winner will be selected for that sport.
Nomination Criteria

1. Minimum 3.0 team grade-point average for the current academic year only.
2. Minimum number of student-athletes certified on the eligibility form for the respective sport based on the following:
Sport # Sport # Sport # Sport #
Baseball 9 Basketball 5 Bowling 3 Cross Country 4
Football 11 Golf 4 Half Marathon 3 Soccer 6
Indoor Track Field 3 Lacrosse 10 Outdoor Track Field 3 Volleyball (Court/Beach) 6/2
Softball 9 Swimming Diving 3 Tennis 3 Wrestling 3

Nomination Process
1. In order to ensure consistency and fairness across teams, ALL Academic Team of the Year nominations should be completed by the
same staff member. The athletic director is responsible for nominating the sports teams via the online submission which he/she feels
is worthy of the honor and meets the nomination criteria.
2. The athletic director is responsible for the accuracy of the information provided on the nomination form and, if requested, must provide
supporting documentation.
3. Every student-athlete certified on all eligibility forms (original and supplemental) will be used to calculate the team's overall grade-
point average. This includes:
 Non-participants
 Any athletes who did not withdraw prior to the 5 calendar day of the term
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 For athletes who did not complete a term, hours attempted must still be entered even if no quality points were earned.
4. In computing the final grade-point average, ALL course hours from the current academic year must be included and any class
completed and grade posted by the deadline must be used:
a. Inclusive of all failing grades (Fs)
b. With the exception of remedial/developmental course work which cannot be used to meet the requirements for this award.
c. Transfer hours (hours completed at another institution) completed during the current academic year must be included.
d. Not including hours completed outside of the current academic year (August - June 5)
5. Deadline date for online submission for all sports: JULY 1 ST
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6. Requests for exceptions must be submitted in writing to the NJCAA President & CEO no later than June 1 of the year of
participation for the award. All rulings will be made in conjunction with the chair of the All-American Committee.