CLEVELAND, Ohio – Western Michigan University's men’s athletics program has been named the winner of the 2024-25 Mid-American Conference Men’s Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) Academic Achievement Award. This marks the 11th time the Broncos have earned the honor.
The FAR Awards are designed to recognize the Conference institution with the highest overall combination of both grade point average (GPA) and Academic Progress Rate (APR) rank by gender. The GPA’s were based upon the 2024-25 academic year.
The Conference FAR’s worked with the Athletic Academic Advisors to compute an award that best represents the academic achievement of student-athletes in a competitive setting. The FAR Awards are given to those institutions’ male and female programs with the highest overall combination of GPA and APR within the Conference. Only MAC sponsored sports are used.
"In today’s intercollegiate athletics landscape, to be recognized for retaining and graduating our athletes at the highest academic level is an immeasurable pride point," said Western Michigan Vice President / Director of Athletics Dan Bartholomae. "This speaks to the hard work of our student-athletes, and the championship culture our coaches have established in retaining these excellent representatives of our campus."
Two WMU men’s athletic programs posted the highest GPA during the 2024-25 season -- Baseball at 3.594 and Men’s Tennis at 3.712. WMU’s men’s programs brought home APR rates of 1000 for the following programs: Baseball, Men’s Basketball and Men’s Tennis.
Men’s Faculty Athletics Representative Academic Achievement Award
2024-25 Western Michigan University
2023-24 Western Michigan University
2022-23 Western Michigan University
2021-22 University of Toledo
2020-21 Kent State University
2019-20 Western Michigan University
2018-19 Western Michigan University
2017-18 Western Michigan University
2016-17 Western Michigan University
2015-16 University of Toledo
2014-15 Miami University
2013-14 Miami University
2012-13 Western Michigan University
2011-12 Western Michigan University
2010-11 University of Toledo
2009-10 University of Toledo
2008-09 Western Michigan University
2007-08 Western Michigan University
