The Iowa High School Athletic Association recently announced the top academic member school teams for the 2022-23 school year. AC/GC was represented well, as 7 teams were named either Distinguished in Academic Achievement or Excellence in Academic Achievement. Those teams in the excellence category had a combined Grade Point Average of 3.0-3.25, and those in the distinguished category had a combined GPA of 3.26-4.0.

Three teams were named to the distinguished category, with Collin Shawgo’s cross country team earning a 3.43 GPA, Lance Kading’s boys basketball team earning a 3.38 GPA, and Cody Matthewson’s track and field team earning a 3.26. Panorama’s cross country team led by Gregg Thompson was also named to the distinguished category with a 3.74 GPA. AC/GC also had four teams make the excellence category, with Jennifer Betterton’s football cheerleading squad earning a 3.15 GPA, Lane Rumelhart’s wrestling squad earning a 3.08 GPA, Becky Wahl’s basketball cheerleading squad earning a 3.06 GPA, and Matthewson’s football team earning a 3.04 GPA.