WWU Athletics honored as part of NCAA President’s Award for academic excellence

The academic success of Western Washington University student-athletes has earned national acclaim.

The Vikings were one of 32 NCAA Division II schools to earn the Presidents’ Award for Academic Excellence, awarded to schools having an Academic Success Rate of 90 percent or higher in the latest NCAA Graduation Rate report released in October. Western student-athletes entering college from 2007 to 2010 had an ASR of 90 percent, the school’s best mark in the 12 years of reporting ASR data.