NEW ORLEANS – The Scholar Team of the Year and All-Academic Teams for the 2021 NCAA Division II Men's Track & Field seasons were announced on Thursday (July 22) by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).

Grand Valley State was named both the NCAA Division II Men's Indoor Track & Field National Scholar Team of the Year and the NCAA Division II Men's Outdoor Track & Field National Scholar Team of the Year after posting a cumulative GPA of 3.12 and faring well at both the NCAA Division II Indoor and Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The Lakers finished runner-up indoors in Birmingham, Alabama, and won the team crown outdoors on their home turf in Allendale, Michigan.

Ten of the top-15 men's teams from the 2021 NCAA Division II Indoor Track & Field Championships and ten of the top-20 teams from the 2021 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships qualified for All-Academic distinction from the USTFCCCA

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

• The cumulative GPA (not 2020-21 academic year, not semester) 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].
• Transfer students and/or graduate students are to include only grades earned at the current nominating institution.
• 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.