Wa-Hi girls varsity cross country team takes top state academic honors for third consecutive year

Wa-Hi girls varsity cross country team takes top state academic honors for third consecutive year
The Walla Walla High School girls varsity Cross Country team maintained a team Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.979 to take the 4A Cross Country State Academic championship. This is the third consecutive year they earned this honor.

“Three back-to-back titles is a tremendous accomplishment and tribute to some outstanding young ladies,” said Don Wilkins, district athletic director.

The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association offers two team academic awards based on the combined GPA of team members. The athletes' previous semester grades are used to figure GPA's. The WIAA Distinguished Scholastic Award is give to teams with a team GPA of 3.0 to 3.49 and the WIAA Outstanding Scholastic Award is given to teams with team GPA of 3.5 and above.

The following teams received WIAA awards:

WIAA Outstanding Scholastic Award (3.5 and above)
- Varsity Girls Cross Country
- JV Girls Cross Country
- Varsity Boys Cross Country
- Varsity Girls Swim
- JV Girls Swim
- Varsity Volleyball
- "C" Team Volleyball

WIAA Distinguished Scholastic Award (3.0 to 3.49)
- Varsity Girls Soccer
- JV Girls Soccer
- JV Boys Cross Country
- Frosh Football
- JV Volleyball
- Frosh Volleyball