PORTLAND, Ore. – Compiling the highest cumulative academic score for the 2024-25 academic year, Northwest Nazarene University claimed the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Academic All-Sports overall trophy.
 
The Nighthawks totaled 155 points among the academic team standings, clearing second-place Western Oregon by 18 points. NNU won the men's academic title and finished third in the women's academic standings to fuel the overall victory. It is the eighth academic all-sports trophy for the Nighthawks, the most of any GNAC institution since the league was formed during the 2001-02 academic year. It is the seventh time that the NNU men's teams have combined to claim the academic all-sports title, marking the second-most men's academic titles within the league.
 
Western Washington claimed the women's academic all-sports title, compiling a score of 80 points to edge second-place Seattle Pacific by one point. It marks the first-ever women's academic title for the Vikings.
 
The trophy recognizes the conference's top-performing academic teams based on cumulative grade point average during each academic year.
 
GNAC ACADEMIC ALL-SPORTS AWARDS 2024-25 – PRESENTED BY BARNES & NOBLE COLLEGE
Overall School Scores: 1. Northwest Nazarene, 155; 2. Western Oregon, 137; 3. Western Washington, 128; 4. Seattle Pacific, 118; 5. Saint Martin's; 6. Central Washington, 110; 7. Montana State Billings, 82; 8. Alaska Anchorage, 77; 9. Alaska, 60; 10. Simon Fraser, 35.
Men's Overall Scores: 1. Northwest Nazarene, 78; T2. Saint Martin's, 66 ; T2. Western Oregon, 66; 4. Western Washington, 48; 5. Central Washington, 40; 6. Seattle Pacific, 39; 7. Montana State Billings, 27; 8. Alaska, 26; 9. Alaska Anchorage, 21; 10. Simon Fraser, 15.
Women's Overall Scores: 1. Western Washington, 80; 2. Seattle Pacific, 79; 3. Northwest Nazarene, 77; 4. Western Oregon, 71; 5. Central Washington, 70; 6. Alaska Anchorage, 56; 7. Montana State Billings, 55; 8. Saint Martin's, 46; 9. Alaska, 34; 10. Simon Fraser, 20.
 
MEN'S TOP THREE TEAMS BY SPORT
BASEBALL: 1. Western Oregon, 3.40; 2. Montana State Billings, 3.39; 3. Northwest Nazarene, 3.35.
MEN'S BASKETBALL: 1. Saint Martin's, 3.56; 2. Seattle Pacific, 3.53; 3. Northwest Nazarene, 3.35.
MEN'S CROSS COUNTRY: 1. Central Washington, 3.57; 2. Western Oregon, 3.55; 3. Alaska, 3.53.
MEN'S GOLF: 1. Northwest Nazarene, 3.42; 2. Saint Martin's, 3.33; 3. Western Washington, 3.17.
MEN'S SOCCER: 1. Northwest Nazarene, 3.54; 2. Saint Martin's, 3.44; 3. Western Washington, 3.37.
MEN'S TRACK & FIELD: 1. Northwest Nazarene, 3.42; 2. Western Oregon, 3.32; 3. Western Washington, 3.29
 
WOMEN'S TOP THREE TEAMS BY SPORT
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL: 1. Montana State Billings, 3.75; 2. Western Washington, 3.67; 3. Central Washington, 3.63.
WOMEN'S CROSS COUNTRY: 1. Seattle Pacific, 3.74; 2. Alaska Anchorage, 3.66; T3. Western Oregon, 3.63; T3. Western Washington, 3.63.
WOMEN'S GOLF: 1. Saint Martin's, 3.90; 2. Northwest Nazarene, 3.58; T3. Montana State Billings, 3.41; T3. Seattle Pacific, 3.41.
WOMEN'S ROWING: 1. Cal Poly Humboldt, 3.47; 2. Western Washington, 3.38; 3. Seattle Pacific, 3.36.
WOMEN'S SOCCER: 1. Seattle Pacific, 3.72; 2. Northwest Nazarene, 3.67; 3. Central Washington, 3.64.
SOFTBALL: 1. Western Oregon, 3.70; 2. Montana State Billings, 3.60; 3. Saint Martin's, 3.55.
WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD: 1. Alaska Anchorage, 3.67; T2. Northwest Nazarene, 3.59; T2. Western Washington, 3.59.
VOLLEYBALL: 1. Central Washington, 3.66; 2. Western Oregon, 3.59; 3. Western Washington, 3.55.