UNH Records 3.50 GPA in Pursuit of 2024-25 America East Academic Cup

BOSTON – The University of New Hampshire recorded a 3.50 GPA to finish among the top three schools in the 2024-25 Walter Harrison Academic Cup as announced Wednesday by America East.

This is the fifth consecutive year UNH finished with a mark of 3.40 or higher in the Academic Cup. The Wildcats had a 3.46 GPA in 2023-24, 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.

Women's cross country recorded UNH's highest team GPA with a 3.74, which ranked third best in the conference. Volleyball also ranked in the top 10 overall in the conference at No. 10 with a 3.71 GPA.

UNH also boasted two sport GPA champions -- women's track & field with a 3.69 team GPA and men's track & field at 3.48 -- as nine of UNH's 12 teams recorded a 3.45 or higher GPA. The others were men's cross country (3.60), swimming and diving (3.55), field hockey (3.52), lacrosse (3.49) and women's soccer (3.45)

UNH received a number of academic awards through the 2024-25 academic year as the Wildcats led America East with 19 Presidential Scholar-Athletes.

Audrey Mahoney (Downers Grove, Ill.) was honored as the America East Women's Swimming and Diving Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Erik Lauta (Aptos, Calif.) was named to the CSC 2024 Academic All-America Men's Soccer Third Team.

A total of 24 Wildcats were named to a CSC Academic All-District Team in 2024-25 and 17 'Cats were selected to an America East All-Academic Team.

Ninety-one 'Cats earned Chi Alpha Sigma, the National College Athlete Honor Society, recognition; these honorees are juniors or seniors who have a 3.50 and higher cumulative GPA..

New Hampshire placed third in the Walter Harrison Academic Cup for the second consecutive year. The University of Vermont won the award with a 3.54 and was followed by University of Maine (3.51), UNH, UAlbany (3.49) and Bryant University (3.44).

The Wildcats placed first or second in nine of the previous 13 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 3.46 GPA overall in 2024-25 to break the previous record of 3.42 in the 2020-21 academic year. All nine America East institutions averaged a 3.35 or higher GPA for the first time in league history and to mark the 20^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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