MOSCOW, Idaho - Following the conclusion of the academic year, Idaho Athletics announced another strong performance in the classroom during the spring semester, with multiple programs setting a record GPA, while the department GPA climbed to 3.49 across all sports.

Spring 2026 Academic Highlights:

• This is the 24th consecutive semester that the Vandals earned a mark of 3.0 or higher as a whole.
• Every program turned in a team GPA of 3.20 or higher.
• Volleyball led the way for the department with a team GPA of 3.78. 13 student athletes had a 3.0 or higher and five of those turned in a perfect 4.0.
• Men's Tennis set a program record team performance, recording a team GPA of 3.82 with nine Vandals having a 3.0 or better and three of those with a 4.0. This tops the program record mark of 3.74. 
• Women's Track and Field recorded the most athletes with a 4.0 individual average for the second term this year, with 26 student-athletes posting 4.0.
• Football turned in a total of 72 student athletes with at least a 3.0.
   

Listed below are team GPAs, including student-athletes who earned a 4.0.

FOOTBALL
4.00 semester GPAs: 18

• Holden Bea, Chance Bogan, Leon Evans, Cameron Glenn, Cruz Hepburn, Trais Higgins, Tony Harste, Blitz McCarty, Brody Michael, Orion Peters, Cameron Pope, Malakai Railton-Stewart, Tyler Skinner, Ocean Taufa, Sawyer Teeney, Layton Vining, Noah West-Baranco, Zach Wusstig

3.00-3.99 semester GPAs: 54
TEAM GPA: 3.32
 

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SWIMMING AND DIVING
4.00 semester GPAs: 14

• Isabelle Borke, Madelynn Butler, Natalie Charles, Kaitlyn Hafer, Catherine Hyde, Italia Ingle, Avery Keinonen, Ginger Kiefer, McKenzie Kovalscik, Marie Mason, Rylie Moxham, Grace Ruble, Maya Salvitti, Sadie Schaffer

3.00-3.99 semester GPAs: 23
TEAM GPA: 3.54
 

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MEN'S GOLF
4.00 semester GPA's: 5

• Ben Buchanan, Dalton Dean, Henrik Koglin, Joshua McCartain, Aaron Mohun

3.00-3.99 semester GPA's: 3
TEAM GPA: 3.66
 

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WOMEN'S GOLF
4.00 semester GPA's: 2

• Diya Brar, Kaylin Johnson

3.00-3.99 semester GPA's: 5
TEAM GPA: 3.50
 

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MEN'S TENNIS
4.00 semester GPA's: 3

• Valentin Glasl, Gabriel Moroder, Sander Paradis  

3.00-3.99 semester GPA's: 6
TEAM GPA: 3.68 - Program Record
 

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WOMEN'S TENNIS
4.00 semester GPA's: 4

• Ida Johansson, Jessica Matthews, Valentina Rodas Carcamo, Naomi Schraeder

3.00-3.99 semester GPA's: 3
TEAM GPA: 3.65
 

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SOCCER
4.00 semester GPA's: 6

• Calli Chiarelli, Bella Gissendanner, Miranda Goldner, Emma James, Victoria Peters, Izzy Thoma

3.00-3.99 semester GPA's: 16
TEAM GPA: 3.61
 

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WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
4.00 semester GPA's: 6

• Sarah Brans, Catelyn Deaver, Hope Hassman, Niveya Henley, Katlin Kangur, Mary McMorris

3.00-3.99 semester GPA's: 7
TEAM GPA: 3.54
 

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MEN'S BASKETBALL
4.00 semester GPAs: 3

• Miles Klapper, Brody Rowbury, Titus Yearout

3.00-3.99 semester GPAs: 7
TEAM GPA: 3.21 
 

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VOLLEYBALL
4.00 semester GPAs: 5 

• Ava Smith, Sarah Sullivan, Kyriah Trefren, Kailee Wakatake, Natalia Wielgus

3.00-3.99 semester GPAs: 8
TEAM GPA: 3.78 - Program Record
 

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MEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
4.00 semester GPAs: 5

• Jesuye Doherty, Ralston Graves, James Hodgson, Evan Jones, Conor Thompson

3.00-3.99 semester GPAs: 21
TEAM GPA: 3.28
 

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WOMEN'S TRACK AND FIELD
4.00 semester GPAs: 26

• Simona Bartosova, Francesca Cuccu, Mara Fuerniss, Belen Garcia-Arias, Lara Holzhauer, Alexia Huettig, Pia Kircher, Beatriz Marciano, Alyssa Marsh, Jada Miller, Amanda Munoz, Mary Nakamura, Constanze Paoli, Kim Priebe, Jesse Redding, Makenna Ritter, Ivy Smith, Lillian Sullivan, Hanna Tait, Naomi Taylor, Alex Terry, Abigail Thomas, Hannah Ward, Ashley Willems, Jana Willems, Sydnie Zywina

3.00-3.99 semester GPAs: 11
TEAM GPA: 3.66
 

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Department GPA: 3.48

All in all, 256 Idaho student-athletes delivered a GPA of 3.0 or higher for the fall semester, and 92 of those earned a perfect 4.0, continuing an established trend of excellence in the classroom for the Vandals. As the only Carnegie R1 institution in the state, athletes are coming to Moscow not just to compete at a high level, but receive one of the best educations in the northwest.

Below is a consolidated chart of 3.0+ and 4.0 GPAs by sport.

TEAM	GPA	4.0	3.0-3.99
Football	3.32	18	54
Women's Swimming and Diving	3.54	14	23
Men's Golf	3.66	5	3
Women's Golf	3.50	2	5
Men's Tennis	3.82	3	6
Women's Tennis	3.65	4	3
Women's Soccer	3.61	6	16
Women's Basketball	3.54	6	7
Men's Basketball	3.21	3	7
Women's Volleyball	3.78	5	8
Men's Track and Field	3.28	5	21
Women's Track and Field	3.66	26	11
DEPARTMENT	3.44	92	164