Featuring one of the most innovative and comprehensive academic support systems in the nation, Nebraska Athletics is dedicated to helping student-athletes achieve excellence in academics, athletics and life career preparation.

Nebraska leads the Big Ten Conference and ranks second in NCAA Division I with 381 (and counting) College Sports Communicators Academic All-Americans, an honor that recognizes student-athletes for their achievements in athletics, academics and the community, reflecting a longstanding history of providing excellent academic services and support.

So far in 2025-26, eight Huskers have earned CSC Academic All-America awards, marking the 56th consecutive year that Nebraska has produced at least one Academic All-American. Bergan Reilly (volleyball) was named the sport's Academic All-American of the Year while capturing first-team honors for the second straight season. Gena Jorgenson added first-team All-America honors of her own on her way to becomin the first two-time Academic All-America swimmer in Husker history. NCAA still rings champion Asher Cohen also claimed first-team Academic All-America honors and was the CSC Academic All-American of the Year in the Men's At-Large division, while joining Axelina Johansson as Nebraska's Outstanding Student-Athletes across all sports for 2025-26. Sam Hoiberg added first-team CSC Academic All-America honors for the Husker men's basketball team, while four Nebraska softball players (Jordyn (Bahl) Frahm, Hannah Camenzind, Kacie Hoffmann and Jesse Farrell) all claimed Academic All-America accolades in 2025-26.

The Huskers claimed 11 CSC Academic All-America awards in 2024-25. Reilly and Lexi Rodriguez (volleyball), Bahl (softball), Johansson (women's track and field) and Micaylon Moore and Tyus Wilson (men's track and field) earned first-team CSC Academic All-America honors for the Huskers, while Merritt Beason (volleyball), Cohen (men's gymnastics) and Till Steinforth (men's track and field) added second-team honors. Jorgenson (swimming and diving) and Taylor Christopulos (men's gymnastics) contributed third-team Academic All-America honors for the Huskers in 2024-25.

Men's track and field athlete Micaylon Moore also captured Nebraska's nation-leading 19th NCAA Impact Award in 2026 (formerly known as the Today's Top Ten Award), the most prestigious award presented to the best and brightest student-athletes annually. Women's track and field student-athlete Angela Mercurio was named the NCAA Woman of the Year in 2020, while former Husker men's gymnast Anton Stephenson added an NCAA Impact Award of his own in 2019.

Led by Deputy Athletic Director for Student Services Dennis LeBlanc, Nebraska's 14 full-time academic staff members are committed to supporting student-athletes to succeed in the degree major of their choosing. 

Academic Services is housed in the new Osborne Legacy Complex, which is open 122 hours each week and is dedicated to academic support. The complex includes state-of-the-art technology, ample space for independent study, mentoring and tutorial assistance. 

The Athletic Department offers athletic scholarships that will neither be reduced nor canceled for injury or performance provided the student-athlete remains a member in good standing with the community, the University, and the Athletics Department.

The Athletic Department encourages and continues to provide support for scholarship student-athletes' return to Nebraska at any time to complete their undergraduate degree, as long as the student-athlete did not transfer from Nebraska and left in good academic standing.

Husker student-athletes across all sports posted a cumulative GPA of 3.464 in the spring of 2025 - the highest GPA in Nebraska history.

Nebraska leads the Big Ten Conference and ranks second in NCAA Division I with 381 CSC Academic All-Americans, including 11 honorees - Merritt Beason, Bergen Reilly and Lexi Rodriguez (volleyball), Gena Jorgenson (swimming and diving), Jordyn Bahl (softball), Asher Cohen and Taylor Christopulos (men's gymnastics), Axelina Johansson (women's track and field) and Micaylon Moore, Till Steinforth and Tyus Wilson (men's track and field) in 2024-25.

Nebraska leads the nation with 19 NCAA Impact Award recipients (formerly known as Today's Top Ten), while the Husker football team's nine honorees is the most by any single program in the nation. Micaylon Moore (men's track and field) was Nebraska's most recent honoree in January of 2026.

Nebraska posted an NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR) of 93 percent in 2024, which continues to be one of the nation's top GSR percentages among FBS institutions.

For the 2025-26 academic year, the men's (3.858) and women's cross country teams (3.826) posted the highest GPA among Nebraska's programs to earn the prestigious Herman Team GPA Awards. 

An impressive group of 21 Husker student-athletes earned the 1A Far Academic Excellence Award in 2025, awarded to student-athletes that graduated with a 3.80 cumulative GPA or higher.

A strong class of 137 Husker student-athletes earned their degrees in either December of 2024, May of 2025 or August of 2025. A total of 7,146 Husker varsity athletic letter winners have earned degrees from Nebraska in school history.

Nebraska had 326 student-athletes earn Academic All-Big Ten recognition during the 2024-25 academic year.

A total of 122 Huskers earned Big Ten Conference Distinguished Scholar recognition during the 2024-25 academic year.

A total of 868 student-athletes were honored on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll in the fall of 2024 or spring of 2025 semesters for earning a 3.0 or better term GPA.

Husker student-athletes combined for 140 perfect 4.00 GPA semesters in 2024-25.