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.

The Carleton College women’s volleyball team secured recognition for its achievements in the classroom during the 2017/18 academic year, earning a Team Academic Award from the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA). This is the 16th time over the last 17 seasons that the AVCA bestowed this honor upon the Knights, the most among MIAC squads over that span.

The Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) announced its Winter/Spring 2018 Academic All-Conference honorees, with Carleton College student-athletes earning distinction 59 times. That figure is a 48 percent increase over the previous year. With 94 total Academic All-Conference awards during the 2017-18 academic year, Carleton student-athletes posted their second-highest overall figure since the program adopted new academic and athletic standards prior to the 2005-06 season.

The Carleton College men’s and women’s swimming and diving programs were once again both designated as Scholar All-America squads by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA). The award is presented biannually, once for the fall term and again for the winter term/spring semester

For the third time in the last five seasons, the Carleton College women’s tennis program will bring in a national top-25 recruiting class, as ranked by TennisRecruiting.Net. This list is based on commitments reported on or before May 28, 2018.

In conjunction with Carleton College’s Alumni Reunion Weekend activities, five new members are to be welcomed into the 'C' Club Hall of Fame: football player Mark Williams ’73, three-sport star Madeleine McAfee ’78, track and field All-American Jeff Brown ’88, Olympian Philip Dunn ’93, and former men’s tennis coach Bob Bonner.