{"id":836124,"date":"2026-07-31T17:53:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T17:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/836124\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T17:53:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T17:53:09","slug":"football-earns-top-gpa-in-big-sky-for-2025-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/836124\/","title":{"rendered":"Football earns top GPA in Big Sky for 2025-26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        Football&#13;<br \/>\n                        7\/31\/2026 9:00:00 AM&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                Eastern Washington football posted the highest GPA among member teams in the conference&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                &#13;<br \/>\n                    Story Links&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                 FARMINGTON, Utah \u2014 Eastern Washington football has set the standard for academics in the Big Sky.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nEWU posted a 3.46 cumulative GPA for the 2025-26 academic year, topping all 12 other football programs in the conference.\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAfter final grades were submitted, three Eagles posted 4.0 GPAs, and 52 had GPA&#8217;s over 3.0 for the year.\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nThe team GPA titles are based on the entire year and not just the season they competed in.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nAcademic success is nothing new for the Eagles this past year, with <a href=\"https:\/\/goeags.com\/news\/2026\/2\/5\/general-82-eagles-earn-big-sky-all-academic-honors.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">37 earning Big Sky All-Academic honors<\/a> for the fall quarter.\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nIn January, six Eagles earned <a href=\"https:\/\/goeags.com\/news\/2026\/1\/6\/football-six-eagles-earn-cosida-academic-all-district.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CoSIDA Academic All-District honors<\/a>. The six student-athletes honored included <a href=\"https:\/\/goeags.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/dylan-conner\/9929\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9929\" target=\"_blank\">Dylan Conner<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/goeags.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/landon-cooper\/9861\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9861\" target=\"_blank\">Landon Cooper<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/goeags.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/jaylon-jenkins\/9943\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9943\" target=\"_blank\">Jaylon Jenkins<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/goeags.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/landon-ogles\/9961\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9961\" target=\"_blank\">Landon Ogles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/goeags.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/trevor-thurman\/9978\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9978\" target=\"_blank\">Trevor Thurman<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/goeags.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/nolan-ulm\/9909\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9909\" target=\"_blank\">Nolan Ulm<\/a>.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSeven Eastern student-athletes then were named to the National Football Foundation <a href=\"https:\/\/goeags.com\/news\/2026\/4\/8\/football-seven-earn-nff-hampshire-honor-society-award.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hampshire Honor Society in April<\/a>. Conner, Cooper, Ogles, Thurman and Ulm qualified for the Honor Society and were joined by <a href=\"https:\/\/goeags.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/aidan-corning\/9931\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9931\" target=\"_blank\">Aidan Corning<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/goeags.com\/sports\/football\/roster\/noah-cronquist\/9863\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"9863\" target=\"_blank\">Noah Cronquist<\/a>.<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nUlm added <a href=\"https:\/\/goeags.com\/news\/2025\/9\/24\/football-ulm-among-semifinalists-for-william-v-campbell-trophy.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">semifinalist for the William V. Campbell Trophy<\/a> to his academic accolades during his final season in Cheney.\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nFootball&#8217;s GPA helped EWU post a department GPA of 3.0 for the <a href=\"https:\/\/goeags.com\/news\/2026\/6\/30\/general-the-streak-extended-to-57-quarters-after-athletics-posts-gpa-above-3-0-in-spring.aspx\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">57th consecutive quarter<\/a> in the spring. Football had a 3.27 GPA during the spring quarter.\u00a0<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n2025-26 Big Sky Team Academic Champions<br \/>\nFootball: Eastern Washington (3.46)<br \/>\nSoccer: Northern Arizona (3.80)<br \/>\nVolleyball: Idaho (3.76)<br \/>\nMen&#8217;s Cross Country: Weber State (3.57)<br \/>\nWomen&#8217;s Cross Country: Idaho State (3.88)<br \/>\nMen&#8217;s Basketball: Weber State (3.66)<br \/>\nWomen&#8217;s Basketball: Montana State (3.76)\u00a0<br \/>\nMen&#8217;s Track &amp; Field: Weber State (3.53)<br \/>\nWomen&#8217;s Track &amp; Field: Idaho State (3.70)<br \/>\nMen&#8217;s Tennis: Portland State (3.82)<br \/>\nWomen&#8217;s Tennis: Montana (3.86)<br \/>\nMen&#8217;s Golf: Idaho (3.77)<br \/>\nWomen&#8217;s Golf: Portland State (3.90)<br \/>\nSoftball: Idaho State (3.64)<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n<br \/>\n2026 EWU football season tickets are now on sale! Join Spokane County&#8217;s team for six home games at Roos Field in Cheney starting as low as $99. For more info, visit goeags.com\/fbtickets or contact the EWU Ticket Office at 509-359-6059 or tickets@ewu.edu.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Join the Eagle Athletic Fund for as low as $50 per year! Support Eagle student-athletes on and off the field while enjoying exclusive EAF perks such as season tickets and tailgating priority, invitations to special events, exclusive access, and more. Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/goeags.com\/eaf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">goeags.com\/eaf<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nEastern Washington University Athletics sponsors 14 intercollegiate sports, six for men and eight for women, both as learning opportunities for its most athletically talented students and as an enhancement to student and community life. Eastern is affiliated with Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and is a member of the Big Sky Conference, an association of 10 regional schools with comparable enrollments and academic goals.<\/p>\n<p>FOLLOW THE EAGLES<br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nSOCIAL: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EWUAthletics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EWUAthletics\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@goeags\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ewuathletics\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p>            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; Football&#13; 7\/31\/2026 9:00:00 AM&#13; &#13; &#13; Eastern Washington football posted the highest GPA among member teams&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":836125,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-836124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=836124"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836124\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/836125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}