NEW ORLEANS - The USTFCCCA announced the recipients of the All-Academic Team and Athlete honors for the 2024-25 season, with both Northwest Nazarene programs earning the team honor and four Nighthawks receiving individual honors.

The Nighthawks' men's team earned the recognition with an overall team GPA of 3.42 during the 2024-25 academic year. The women notched the honor with an impressive team GPA of 3.58. The men ranked 21st in all of Division II with their GPA, while the women were 30th in the nation.

Here is the criteria for a team be named an NCAA Division II All-Academic Team:

• The cumulative GPA for all student-athletes on the institution's NCAA Squad List for Indoor and/or Outdoor Track and Field must be 3.0 or higher on a 4.0 scale, certifiable by the institution's registrar. Institutions utilizing a different GPA scale must convert the GPA to a 4.0 scale using the standard conversion method [GPA/Scale x 4.0].
• The cumulative GPA of all student-athletes on the institution's NCAA Squad List for Indoor and/or Outdoor Track and Field must be computed by the following method:
  1. Total the cumulative number of semester hours or quarter hours earned for all student-athletes on the NCAA Squad List including the most recent grading period;
  2. Total the cumulative number of quality points (GPA multiplied by the number of credit hours) earned by all student-athletes including the most recent grading period;
  3. Divide the cumulative number of quality points earned by the cumulative number of semester or quarter hours earned.
• Transfer students and/or graduate students are to include only grades earned at the current nominating institution.

Individually, Brody Kemble and Laurenz Waldbauer earned All-Academic Athlete honors on the men's side. Two Nighthawks' women also registered the recognition: Destany Herbert and Emily Powers. Waldbauer, Herbert, and Powers all earned the honor for the second year in a row. 

Here is the criteria to be named an NCAA Division II All-Academic Athlete: 

• Minimum cumulative grade point average of a 3.25 on a 4.0 scale through the end of the semester of competition. Institutions utilizing a different GPA scale must convert the GPA to a 4.0 scale using the standard conversion method [GPA/Scale x 4.0]. Data must be certifiable by the institution's registrar.
• Must have been academically eligible at the National Championships in the respective season that his or her athletic mark was achieved in.
• Must have finished the season among the top 50 individuals as listed on the descending order lists on TFRRS. In addition, any athletes not among the top 50, but who participated at the Indoor OR Outdoor National Championships, are eligible.
• Must have competed as a member of one of the top 35 relay teams as listed on the descending order list on TFRRS. In addition, any athletes not among the top 35 relay teams, but who participated in the relay at the Indoor OR Outdoor National Championships, are eligible. Finally, any competing relay team member on an expanded descending order list to include 35 institutions (1 relay team per institution) is eligible.
• Transfer students and/or graduate students are to include only grades earned at the current nominating institution.