LOGAN, Utah – Utah State’s student-athletes combined to earn a school-record 481 total academic awards during the 2024-25 academic year, which rank as the second-most in the Mountain West. In all, Utah State student-athletes finished second in the MW with 254 academic honors and was second in the conference with a school-record 227 scholar-athletes during the past academic year. New Mexico finished first in the MW with 504 total academic honors, followed by Utah State (481), Fresno State (395), Boise State (356), Colorado State (348), UNLV (345), San José State (291), Nevada (278), Wyoming (272), San Diego State (260) and Air Force (223). To qualify for the all-conference academic teams, student-athletes must have completed at least one academic term at the member institution while maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better and competed in 50 percent of the team’s completed varsity contests. Some latitude was permitted to accommodate injured student-athletes. The MW Scholar-Athlete Award is one of the highest academic honors bestowed by the Conference. To be eligible for selection, student-athletes must have completed at least two academic terms at the member institution, while maintaining a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or better. The women’s track