KANSAS CITY, Mo. – On Tuesday, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced their 2026 Awards Day winners across the nation. As part of the announcement, they revealed the NAIA Scholar Teams for the 2025-26 school year. Milligan University had all 23 of its NAIA intercollegiate athletics offerings—with women's flag football being added to the list of eligible teams this year—earn Scholar Team status.

The sports listed below, alongside their GPA's, were recognized for achieving greater than a 3.0 GPA in the classroom:

Women's Golf 3.81
Women's Basketball 3.75
Softball 3.55 
Women's Swimming & Diving 3.55
Women's Soccer 3.53
Women's Volleyball 3.53
Men's Swimming & Diving 3.52
Women's Cross Country 3.48
Women's Indoor Track & Field 3.44
Women's Outdoor Track & Field 3.44
Women's Tennis 3.4
Men's Bowling 3.38
Men's Tennis 3.38
Women's Bowling 3.37
Men's Golf 3.36
Men's Cross Country 3.32
Men's Soccer 3.28
Men's Indoor Track & Field 3.23
Men's Outdoor Track & Field 3.23
Baseball 3.22
Competitive Cheer 3.19
Women's Flag Football 3.13
Men's Basketball 3.12

Click HERE to view the full document at NAIA.org.