Academic State Champions
The Scholastic Awards Program recognizes and rewards those teams or groups that maintain a high collective academic standard. It is open to Varsity or Sub-varsity (JV, Freshman, etc.) sports teams, activity squads such as Dance/Drill and Cheer squads, and fine arts groups such as bands, choirs, orchestras, dramatic troupes and forensics teams.
Any team/group with an average GPA (based on a 4.0 scale) of 3.0 or higher qualifies.
A team with an average GPA (based on a 4.0 scale) of 3.00-3.49 qualifies for the Distinguished Team Award.
A team with an average GPA (based on a 4.0 scale) of 3.50-4.00 qualifies for the Outstanding Team Award.
The team/group with the highest average GPA for its activities and classification is recognized as Academic State Champion.
To qualify for Academic State Champions, a varsity team must include all students who participated in a sport or activity at the varsity level.
Below are the Team Academic Champions from the GSL for the state-wide competition.