LONG BEACH, Calif. -- The Pacific West Conference announced the 2025-26 All-Academic honor roll today and the Lions netted 256 winners, adding 18 from 2024-25.  Each student-athlete had to earn at least a cumulative 3.0 grade-point average and be eligible for participation or practice in their sport to be qualified for the award. The PacWest set a new record for the number of student-athletes making the list, as 2,700 got the call today (an average of 208 per school).  172 of those had a perfect 4.0 GPA across the league, and Vanguard finished third in the conference with 20 4.0 GPAs.  The Lions also had three sports top the league in terms of number of winners, with women's cross country, women's basketball, and softball claiming academic crowns.

Men's soccer led all VU teams with 33 selections, and women's track and field topped the female squads with 30 victors. 
 

Number of Recipients per Sport

Baseball -- 32	Women's Basketball -- 15
Men's Basketball -- 12	Women's Cross Country -- 18
Men's Cross Country -- 6	Women's Golf -- 6
Men's Golf -- 6	Women's Soccer -- 27
Men's Soccer -- 33	Softball -- 22
Men's Track & Field -- 20	Women's Track & Field -- 30
	Women's Volleyball -- 18

 

Every Vanguard team topped a 3.00 GPA this year, with women's soccer pacing all teams with a 3.73 cumulative GPA, just a single tick ahead of women's cross country.  Men's cross country topped the male division for VU in 2025-26.  
 

Team GPA by Sport (PacWest)

Baseball -- 3.36	Women's Basketball -- 3.57
Men's Basketball -- 3.18	Women's Cross Country -- 3.72
Men's Cross Country -- 3.67	Women's Golf -- 3.50
Men's Golf -- 3.38	Women's Soccer -- 3.73
Men's Soccer -- 3.43	Softball -- 3.61
Men's Track & Field -- 3.28	Women's Track & Field -- 3.60
	Women's Volleyball -- 3.66