2023-24 Academic Team Champions Announced
High School Teams with Highest GPA in the State Honored
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) today announced 39 State Academic Team Champions for the 2023-24 school year. The CIF State Academic Team Champions program was initiated in 1996 to reward teams with the highest collective grade point averages, based on an unweighted 4.0 scale, in their respective sport.
CIF State Academic Team Champions will receive a banner, suitable for display in their school gym, to recognize this accomplishment. All nominees were their respective CIF Section Academic Team Champions. Section offices forwarded their winners to the state office for consideration.
The San Diego Section had 14 teams represented, followed by 12 teams from the Southern Section. The North Coast Section had seven teams, followed by the Central Section with three teams. Central Coast, Sac-Joaquin, and San Francisco Sections had one team each.
In total, nine teams achieved a 4.00 GPA, while Del Norte (SDS) had six teams accomplish a state-high team GPA, the most of any school.
Below is a list of the top team GPAs in each CIF-approved sport (listed by GPA):
Sport/School/Section/GPA
Girls Basketball/Apple Valley Christian/Southern/4.00
Girls Cross Country/Benicia/North Coast/4.00
Girls Cross Country/Del Norte/San Deigo/4.00
Girls Cross Country/Santa Monica/Southern/4.00
Boys Cross Country/Del Norte/San Diego/4.00
Field Hockey/Del Norte/San Diego/4.00
Girls Golf/Del Norte/San Diego/4.00
Girls Golf/Farmersville/Central/4.00
Girls Tennis/Del Norte/San Diego/4.00
Girls Volleyball/Wonderful College Prep - Lost Hills/Central/3.99
Girls Swim & Dive/Sage Hill/Southern/3.98
Boys Tennis/ Liberty, Bakersfield/Central/3.98
Boys Swim & Dive/California Academy of Math & Science/Southern/3.97
Girls Track & Field/Harker/Central Coast/3.97
Girls Track & Field/High Tech High Mesa/San Diego/3.97
Girls Soccer/Coronado/San Diego/3.95
Boys Golf/El Capitan/Sac-Joaquin/3.94
Gymnastics/Del Norte/San Diego/3.93
Boys Volleyball/High Tech High Mesa/San Diego/3.93
Girls Water Polo/Santa Barbara/Southern/3.93
Softball/San Francisco University/North Coast/3.92
Softball/Santa Fe Christian/San Diego/3.92
Girls Wrestling/Granada/North Coast/3.92
Badminton/Wallenberg/San Francisco/3.91
Boys Basketball/Tarbut V Torah/Southern/3.91
Girls Beach Volleyball/Santa Barbara/Southern/3.91
Girls Flag Football/Classical Academy/San Diego/3.90
Girls Lacrosse/Sonoma/North Coast/3.90
Boys Track & Field/California Academy of Math & Science/Southern/3.90
Boys Track & Field/Pacific Ridge/San Diego/3.90
Boys Water Polo/Helix/San Diego/3.89
Boys Water Polo/San Dieguito/San Diego/3.89
Baseball/Flintridge Prep/Southern/3.88
Boys Soccer/Flintridge Prep/Southern/3.88
Boys Wrestling/College Park/North Coast/3.82
Competitive Sport Cheer/Berean Christian/North Coast/3.80
Boys Lacrosse/Sonoma/North Coast/3.80
Football/Flintridge Prep/Southern/3.78
Traditional Competitive Cheer/Aquinas/Southern/3.74