Raise Your Sights Award Winners Announced

INDIANAPOLIS – The Raise Your Sights award winners have been announced for the 2016-17 season. The honor is given annually to the best sport teams academically and is based on combined grade point average (GPA) from the current academic year. The award recognizes the top academic male and female team from each Horizon League institution.

Eight different sport programs were represented with men’s golf receiving the most representation on the list with five programs with the top GPA at their university. Women’s tennis and golf both had three teams that were the best academically at their respective schools. The full list of teams receiving the award is below:

Cleveland State
Men’s Swimming – 3.24
Women’s Golf – 3.76

Detroit Mercy
Men’s Golf – 3.38 GPA
Women’s Golf – 3.60 GPA

Green Bay
Men’s Tennis – 3.61 GPA
Women’s Cross Country – 3.92 GPA

Milwaukee
Men’s Cross Country – 3.42 GPA
Women’s Tennis – 3.80 GPA

Northern Kentucky
Men’s Tennis – 3.46 GPA
Volleyball – 3.70 GPA

Oakland
Men’s Golf – 3.61 GPA
Volleyball – 3.61 GPA

UIC
Men’s Tennis – 3.60 GPA
Women’s Cross Country – 3.49 GPA

Valparaiso
Men’s Golf – 3.63 GPA
Women’s Tennis – 3.71 GPA

Wright State
Men’s Golf – 3.47 GPA
Women’s Tennis – 3.68 GPA

Youngstown State
Men’s Golf – 3.37 GPA
Women’s Golf – 3.62 GPA