CLEVELAND, Ohio – For the seventh time in program history, the University of Toledo has been named the winner of the 2022-23 Mid-American Conference Institutional Academic Achievement Award. For this annual award, the Rockets posted an overall athletic grade point average (GPA) of 3.473 for the 2022-23 academic year based on 379 students in 15 sports.
University of Toledo earned the highest GPAs in football (3.075), men’s basketball (3.275), men’s golf (3.797), and softball (3.756).
"We are extremely honored to receive this award from the Mid-American Conference,” said Toledo Vice President and Director of Athletics Bryan B. Blair. “This award is a testament to the hard work and dedication our student-athletes in the classroom. To win six conference championships and also have the best GPA in the MAC in the same year is truly an amazing accomplishment. Honors like these are a team effort, so I would like to commend our Student-Athlete Support Services (SASS) team, as well as our University faculty, staff, coaches and families who support the academic endeavors of our student-athletes.”
The honor is presented annually to the MAC institution which achieves the highest overall institutional GPA for student-athletes competing in institutionally sponsored sports for the academic year.
Institutional Academic Achievement Award
2022-23 University of Toledo
2021-22 Ball State University
2020-21 Kent State University
2019-20 Western Michigan University
2018-19 University of Toledo
2017-18 University of Toledo
2016-17 Western Michigan University
2015-16 University of Toledo
2014-15 University of Toledo
2013-14 Miami University
2012-13 University of Toledo
2011-12 University of Toledo
2010-11 University of Akron
2009-10 Bowling Green State University
2008-09 Ball State University
2007-08 Northern Illinois University
2006-07 Central Michigan University
2005-06 Central Michigan University
2004-05 Central Michigan University
2003-04 Central Michigan University
2002-03 Central Michigan University
2001-02 Central Michigan University
2000-01 Bowling Green State University
1999-00 Central Michigan University
1998-99 Central Michigan University
1997-98 Central Michigan University
1996-97 Ball State University and Central Michigan University (tie)
1995-96 Bowling Green State University
1994-95 Bowling Green State University
