JOHNSON, Vt.-The Northern Vermont University-Johnson women's triathlon program was awarded the Team Scholar All-American honor earlier this week.

The Northern Vermont College Varsity Women's Triathlon team has received the 2020 Team Scholar All American award from the Collegiate Triathlon Coaches Association and USA Triathlon.  

The Team Scholar All American award is in recognition of teams who excel in the classroom by achieving a cumulative semester GPA of 3.2 or higher in each of the three NCAA divisions. The Fall 2020 award was calculated by taking the average GPA for all student athletes on a team's roster, regardless of competitions completed during that semester.

The NCAA named triathlon an Emerging Sport for Women in 2014, a designation that gives the sport a 10-year window to demonstrate sustainability at the NCAA level. Thirty-six colleges and universities across the country currently sponsor the sport at the varsity level.