Eastern Illinois Swimming Wins Summit League Academic Award

The Eastern Illinois University (EIU) men’s and women’s swimming teams earned the Summit League Academic Achievement Award for the 2025-2026 season, according to an announcement released August 5, 2026. The award recognizes the collective academic performance of the student-athletes within both programs.

Summit League Academic Standards for Swimming

The Summit League grants the Academic Achievement Award to teams that maintain a minimum cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 across all student-athletes on the roster. This benchmark serves as a metric for institutional academic success within the conference’s athletic programs.

By meeting this threshold, both the men’s and women’s swimming squads at Eastern Illinois demonstrated consistent academic standing for the 2025-2026 period. The designation applies to the team as a whole, reflecting the combined GPA of the active roster.