More than 400 student-athletes from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater earned spots on the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Scholastic Honor Roll for the 2025-26 academic year.

The following student-athletes garnered the award:

Brady Malkow of Whitewater, WI (53190), whose major at UW-Whitewater is Management and who is a member of the baseball team(s).

Blake Haggerty of Whitewater, WI (53190), whose major at UW-Whitewater is Finance – BBA and who is a member of the football team(s).

Taylor Koehler of Whitewater, WI (53190), whose major at UW-Whitewater is Criminology – BS and who is a member of the softball team(s).

Renee Rittmeyer of Whitewater, WI (53190), whose major at UW-Whitewater is Human Resource Management – BBA and who is a member of the women’s basketball team(s).

Lily Cooper of Whitewater, WI (53190), whose major at UW-Whitewater is Elementary Middle Education and who is a member of the women’s cross country/track and field team(s).

In addition, UW-Whitewater earned the All-Academic Award from the WIAC. To earn the All-Academic Award, the institution must have a grade point average for its student-athletes that is equal to or greater than, the grade point average of the overall student body. All eight WIAC schools earned the award for the fifth time.

Students must have earned a 3.00 grade point average or better on a 4.00 scale to be recognized.

Editor’s note: Some of the above students may not have been Whitewater residents prior to enrolling in UW-W. The university reports hometowns on the basis of the place of residence shown in a student’s registration.

GREENWOOD, Ind.–University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire’s Blake Postler and UW-Whitewater’s Sam Vargas have been named to the 2025-26 NCAA Division III Academic All-America® Men’s Cross Country/Track & Field Team. Postler was a second team selection, while Vargas claimed third team recognition.
 
Postler is majoring in social work and maintains a 3.80 grade point average. He won the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Championship, becoming the second Division III athlete to finish the race in under 50 seconds with a program record time of 49.88 seconds. He also took third in the 110-meter hurdles in 13.88 seconds – another program record. At the NCAA Division III Indoor Championship, he placed fifth in the 60-meter hurdles.
 
During the WIAC outdoor championship, Postler won the 400-meter hurdles with a conference record time of 50.87 seconds.
 
Vargas is majoring in human performance and sustains a 4.00 grade point average. He finished eighth in the 60-meter dash at the NCAA Division III Indoor Championship. At the outdoor national championship, Vargas was a member of the fifth-place 4×100-meter relay team.
 
During the WIAC indoor championship, he was second in the 200-meter dash. Vargas finished third in the 100-meter dash at the conference outdoor championship with the second-best time in program history at 10.40 seconds.

Editor’s note: This announcement is from the WIAC website.
 

D3Football.com recently released its top 25 rankings entering the 2026 season — and the Warhawks came in ranked No. 12 in the nation. The D3football.com Top 25 is voted on by a panel of 25 coaches,  Sports Information Directors and media members from across the country, and is published weekly. Points are awarded on a 25-24-23-22-etc. basis. The D3football.com Top 25 started in the 2003 season. 

UW-Platteville, which the Warhawks defeated last season 29-19, is ranked No. 6. UW-River Falls, winners of the Division III championship, lost superstar quarterback Kaleb Blaha and head coach Matt Walker, and is ranked No. 7.

UW-Oshkosh and UW-Stout are both unranked.

North Central (Ill.), runners-up to River Falls in the Stagg Bowl, is ranked atop the list.