CORVALLIS, OR – Lewis-Clark State was one of 10 Cascade Collegiate Conference institutions that earned Presidents’ Cup Academic Excellence status for the recently completed 2024-25 school year, announced by the conference office on Thursday.

2024-25 marks the fifth consecutive year that LC State has earned the honor, doing so in every year as a member of the conference.

To receive the designation, a department must achieve and overall combined GPA of 3.0 or better among their student-athletes that compete in sports that the CCC declares a champion in and have at least of 60% student-athletes who are eligible to receive Academic All-Conference (sophomore standing/3.2 GPA) recognition do so.

“Earning the President’s Academic Excellence designation represents the highest academic honor our departments can earn from the CCC,” CCC Commissioner Robert Cashell said. “It is a great accomplishment and recognizes the outstanding efforts in the classroom.”

LC State ranked third in the CCC in percentage of student-athletes to earn Academic All-Cascade Conference honors at an impressive 74%. The Warriors were fourth in GPA at 3.44.

Baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s track and field and volleyball all compete in the CCC. Dance and men’s and women’s tennis do not.