UNH Records a 3.46 GPA in Pursuit of America East's Academic Cup

BOSTON – The University of New Hampshire recorded a 3.46 GPA to finish among the top schools in the 2023-24 Walter Harrison Academic Cup as announced Friday by America East.

This is the fourth consecutive year UNH finished with a mark of 3.40 or higher in the Academic Cup. The Wildcats had a 3.44 GPA in 2022-23, captured the Cup in 2021-22 with a 3.42, and recorded a 3.47 in 2020-21.

Led by America East sport GPA champions swimming and diving (3.75) and volleyball (3.71), seven of the 12 Wildcat teams in the conference tallied a GPA of 3.45 or higher. Women's cross country (3.71), women's track & field (3.62), lacrosse (3.53), men's cross country (3.51) and women's soccer (3.45) also finished with a GPA of 3.45 or higher.

UNH received a number of academic awards through the 2023-24 academic year.

Yannick Bright (Milan, Italy) was the repeat honoree as the America East Men's Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Also of note, Max Brosmer (Roswell, Ga.) was the repeat recipient of the CAA Football Scholar-Athlete of the Year award.

A total of 31 Wildcats were named to a CSC Academic All-District Team in 2023-24 and 18 'Cats were selected to an America East All-Academic Team.

Eighty-three 'Cats earned Chi Alpha Sigma, the National College Athlete Honor Society, recognition.

New Hampshire placed third in this year's Walter Harrison Academic Cup. The University of Vermont won the award with a 3.50 and was followed by University of Maine (3.48), UNH, Binghamton University (3.44) and NJIT (3.43).

The Wildcats placed first or second in nine of the previous 12 Academic Cups, and the 'Cats did not place lower than third any of those years.

UNH has won the Academic Cup a total of seven times: back-to-back in the 1998-99 and 1999-2000 academic years, three consecutive years spanning 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17, again in both 2018-19 and 2021-22.

America East student-athletes averaged a 3.40 GPA overall in 2023-24 and that is the second-highest mark in conference history. All nine America East institutions averaged a 3.22 or higher GPA this past year to mark the 19^th consecutive year the conference's student-athletes averaged better than a 3.00 GPA.

The Walter Harrison Academic Cup, established by the America East Board of Directors in 1995, is presented to the institution whose student-athletes record the highest grade-point-average during that academic year. It was renamed in honor of the outgoing University of Hartford president in June 2017.

America East is proud to have one of most comprehensive academic awards programs in the country. In addition to the Walter Harrison Academic Cup, the conference recognizes a Scholar-Athlete of the Year in every sport as well as both a Male and Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Presidential Scholar-Athlete awards are bestowed to student-athletes who graduate with a 3.75 GPA.

The Elite 18 program recognizes elite students while All-Academic teams comprised of student-athletes that excel both academically and athletically are chosen in each of the conference's 18 sports. The conference also recognizes all student-athletes who achieve at least a 3.0 GPA on its Academic Honor Roll, with those achieving a 3.50 average or better receiving Commissioner's Honor Roll status.

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