EUGENE, Ore. – As part of NAIA National Awards Day, the NAIA Scholar Teams were announced last week. All eligible Bushnell University teams, 15 in total, have been selected for the 2022-2023 season from among over 2000 total teams across the association. NAIA Institutions earn Scholar Team recognition for having a collective team GPA, including all players on the active roster, of at least 3.0.
Bushnell continues to be among the top schools in the CCC year-after-year. Ten Beacon teams landed top-five finishes in the conference and seven were among the NAIA Top-40 for their sport.
The Beacon indoor Volleyball team and the women’s cross country teams both led Bushnell with a 3.72 GPA. The Men’s Cross Country team had Bushnell’s top male GPA at 3.46.
2022-2023 NAIA Scholar-Teams
| Team | GPA | CCC Rank | NAIA Top-40 |
| Volleyball | 3.72 | 2nd | 10th |
| Women’s Cross Country | 3.72 | 3rd | 16th |
| Beach Volleyball | 3.63 | — | 4th |
| Women’s Outdoor Track & Field |
3.53 | 3rd | 33rd |
| Women’s Indoor Track & Field |
3.49 | 2nd | 31st |
| Men’s Cross Country | 3.46 | 3rd | 23rd |
| Women’s Basketball | 3.45 | 6th | |
| Softball | 3.40 | 6th | |
| Men’s Golf | 3.39 | 4th | |
| Women’s Soccer | 3.39 | 7th | |
| Men’s Basketball | 3.33 | 2nd | 21st |
| Men’s Soccer | 3.18 | 5th | |
| Men’s Outdoor Track & Field |
3.05 | 6th | |
| Men’s Indoor Track & Field |
3.03 | 3rd | |
| Baseball | 3.01 | 5th |
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