Walla Walla High School student-athletes honored for academic achievements

Twelve of Walla Walla High School's 13 winter sports teams received state recognition for their academic performance. The WIAA awards were based on team's accumlative GPA's for first semester.

Teams with an accumulative GPA of 3.0 to 3.499 receive the WIAA Distinguished Academic Award and teams with an accumlative GPA of 3.5 and above receive the WIAA Outstanding Academic Award.

"Congratulations to the teams and athletes for outstanding work in the classroom and a big thank you to our coaches for providing the leadership and motivation for our student-athletes and providing excellent programs which help our student-athletes connect with our school," District Athletic Director Don Wilkins said.

The following teams won awards:

Outstanding Award
Frosh Boys Basketball - 3.614
Varsity Girls Basketball - 3.583
Frosh A Boys Basketball - 3.557
JV Girls Basketball - 3.510

Distinguished Award
Frosh A Girls Basketball - 3.486
Boys Swimming - 3.294
Dance Team - 3.284
Frosh B Boys Basketball - 3.263
Cheer - 3.208
JV Boys Basketball - 3.166
Varsity Wrestling - 3.143
"C" Girls Basketball - 3.047

"Also, our Varsity Girls Basketball team had the highest team GPA of any 4A Girls Basketball team competing in the Regional Tournament and won the Outstanding Regional Academic Award," Wilkins said. "For the record, our team that did not receive state recognition had a team GPA of 2.946."