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NKU Men’s Soccer, Women’s Tennis earn Horizon League Raise Your Sights awards

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Northern Kentucky University Norse men's soccer and women's tennis represented NKU by earning the Horizon League's Raise Your Sights team awards for the 2025-26 academic year, presented to the top academic male and female team, based on combined GPA, at each member institution each academic year.

Northern Kentucky men's soccer finished with a team GPA of 3.468, which ranked as the best team GPA among NKU's eight men's sports competing in the Horizon League. NKU women's tennis again grabbed the top spot, ranking as Northern Kentucky's top women's sport by team GPA since 2019. The Norse women posted an outstanding team GPA of 3.83, tied for the fourth-highest of any individual sport winner. 

View the full list of winners below.

Horizon League Raise Your Sights Winners
Youngstown State Men's Tennis, 3.78
Green Bay Women's Basketball, 3.96

 
Raise Your Sights School Winners
Cleveland State
Men's Golf, 3.65
Women's Tennis, 3.83
 
Detroit Mercy
Men's Soccer, 3.57
Softball, 3.61
 
Green Bay
Men's Golf, 3.72
Women's Basketball, 3.96*
 
IU Indianapolis
Men's Tennis, 3.72
Women's Soccer, 3.70
 
Milwaukee
Men's Cross Country, 3.487
Women's Tennis, 3.796
 
Northern Kentucky
Men's Soccer, 3.468
Women's Tennis, 3.83
 
Oakland
Men's Cross Country, 3.34
Women's Cross Country, 3.66
 
Purdue Fort Wayne
Men's Golf, 3.40
Women's Soccer, 3.69
 
RMU
Men's Golf, 3.42
Women's Soccer, 3.70
 
Wright State
Men's Cross Country, 3.623
Women's Soccer, 3.599
 
Youngstown State
Men's Tennis, 3.78*
Women's Golf, 3.88
 
*Horizon League Raise Your Sights Award Winners

 
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