{"id":232276,"date":"2026-04-14T14:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T00:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=232276"},"modified":"2026-04-14T14:59:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T00:59:00","slug":"rainbow-athletes-academic-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/14\/rainbow-athletes-academic-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"29 Rainbow athletes honored for academic excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

\"Rainbow<\/p>\n

Twenty-nine University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at M\u0101noa student-athletes were named to the 2025–26 Winter Academic All-Conference Team by the Big West Conference, recognizing excellence in both athletics and academics.<\/p>\n

The winter honors span men\u2019s and women\u2019s basketball and swimming and diving, with women\u2019s swimming and diving leading the way with 12 selections, followed by men\u2019s swimming and diving with eight. Women\u2019s basketball added five honorees, while men\u2019s basketball had four.<\/p>\n

To qualify, student-athletes must maintain at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA<\/abbr>, complete one full academic year at their institution and compete in at least half of their team\u2019s contests.<\/p>\n

The Big West awards Academic All-Conference honors across fall, winter and spring seasons, highlighting student-athletes who excel in the classroom while competing at a high level.<\/p>\n

Read more at Hawaiiathletics.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Women\u2019s swimming and diving led with a team-high 12 honorees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":232280,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,9,550],"class_list":["post-232276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t