The Carleton College baseball team earned its third consecutive Team Academic Excellence Award from the America Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA). The Knights are one of only 23 NCAA Division III programs to take home this accolade each of the last three seasons. Additionally, Carleton is one of only three programs from the MIAC to ever receive the honor.

For the 10th consecutive year, both the Carleton College men’s and women’s track and field teams earned the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association’s (USTFCCCA) All-Academic Team Award. The Knight men ranked seventh in NCAA Division III with a 3.50 cumulative team GPA while the women were 20th with a 3.58 figure. Carleton also saw a nine student-athletes pick up individual All-Academic Awards.

Recent Carleton College graduate and three-time national runner up Donson Cook-Gallardo ’18 (Moscow, Idaho) received one of the NCAA’s top honors as he was awarded a NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. He is one of 58 scholarship winners nationwide to receive the $7,500 award, with 29 male and 29 female student-athletes from a spring sport each securing a grant for post-graduate studies.

Surpassing only its success on the court—with seven appearances in the MIAC Finals over the last eight years—the Carleton College women’s tennis program continued its strong run of top-notch performances in the classroom. The 2018 squad earned the Knights their 17th consecutive All-Academic Team award from the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA). Additionally, three members of the program garnered individual recognition as ITA Scholar-Athletes.

The Carleton College men’s tennis squad was tabbed an All-Academic Team by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) following the 2017-18 season. This marks the 15th time since 2002 that the Knights have been recognized for their excellence in the classroom. Additionally, eight Carleton men’s players also received individual recognition as ITA Scholar-Athletes.

The Carleton College men's basketball team earned the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) Team Academic Excellence Award after posting a cumulative GPA of 3.28 for the 2017-18 academic year. In addition to the team accolade, four Knights were named to the NABC Honors Court, which recognizes men's collegiate basketball student-athletes who excelled in academics during the past season.