Arlington Heights Student-Athlete Earns WIAC Academic Honor

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University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

WHITEWATER, WI — Grace Grabowy, of Arlington Heights, was named to the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Scholastic Honor Roll for the 2025-26 academic year.

Grabowy, a business major, is a member of the UW-Whitewater softball team.

She was among more than 400 Warhawk student-athletes to receive the honor.

Students must earn at least a 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale to qualify for the WIAC Scholastic Honor Roll.

UW-Whitewater also received the conference’s All-Academic Award, which recognizes institutions whose student-athletes collectively post a GPA equal to or higher than that of the overall student body. All eight WIAC schools earned the award for the fifth time.