The Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Academic Top 25 recognizes college women's basketball teams across the nation in their respective divisions that carry the highest combined GPAs inclusive of all student-athletes on their rosters for the entire season. A team must have a combined GPA of 3.0 or better and be nominated by its head coach who must be a member of the WBCA to be recognized. The 2025-26 season is the 31st in which the WBCA has compiled the honor rolls.

The Northwest Missouri State University women's basketball program, under the direction of head coach Austin Meyer, has earned WBCA Special Mention status with a 3.680 cumulative team grade point average. The Northwest GPA ranks No. 31 in the nation among NCAA Division II schools. Northwest is the third-highest ranked MIAA school on the chart.

"The WBCA is pleased to recognize those women's basketball programs that have committed themselves to excellence on the court and in the classroom," WBCA Executive Director Danielle Donehew said. "The 119 ranked teams we honor this year across all five collegiate membership divisions strive to achieve all-around success and we commend their efforts. Congratulations!"

NCAA Division II
 

	Rank	Institution	Head Coach	GPA
1		Mercy	Scott Lagas	3.853
2		Fla. Southern	Megan Dzikas	3.849
3		Embry-Riddle (FL)	Lisa Wilson	3.841
4		Northwestern Okla.	Tasha Diesselhorst	3.826
5		East Stroudsburg	Liz Flooks	3.825
6		Southwest Minn. St.	Tom Webb	3.811
7		Colorado Mesa	Taylor Wagner	3.797
8		Goldey-Beacom	Bethann Burke	3.790
9		Fort Hays St.	Talia Kahrs	3.787
10		Harding	Tim Kirby	3.776
11		Lubbock Christian	Steve Gomez	3.775
12		Northwood	Autumn Hunter	3.772
13		Maryville	Brita Hand	3.770
14		Southern N.H.	Karen Pinkos	3.759
15		MSU Moorhead	Karla Nelson	3.757
16		Gannon	Cleve Wright	3.755
T17		Northern Mich.	Casey Thousand	3.752
T17		Point Loma	Charity Elliott	3.752
19		Upper Iowa	Justin Maass	3.740
20		Sioux Falls	Travis Traphagen	3.732
21		Northern St.	Paula Krueger	3.730
22		Ouachita Baptist	Nick Long	3.729
23		St. Cloud St.	Lori Fish	3.726
24		McKendree	Kari Kerkhoff	3.724
25		Malone	Selana Ickes	3.716

 
Special Mention: Central Mo., Dave Slifer, 3.710; Post, Courtney Burns, 3.705; Texas Woman's, Beth Jillson, 3.703; Lee, Marty Rowe, 3.686; Mont. St. Billings, Kevin Woodin, 3.683; Northwest Mo. St., Austin Meyer, 3.680; Tampa, Tom Jessee, 3.678; Barry, Allison Bustamante, 3.674; Kutztown, Janet Malouf, 3.673; Cal Poly Pomona, Danelle Bishop, 3.669; Georgian Court, Jazz Perazic, 3.667; Ferris St., Kurt Westendorp, 3.661; Eckerd, Paul Honsinger, 3.661; Rockhurst, Larry Park, 3.655; Chaminade, J. Travis Brewster, 3.653; Ill. Springfield, Olivia Birt, 3.651; Carson-Newman, Mike Mincey, 3.643; Ashland, Kari Pickens, 3.640; UVA Wise, Jamie Cluesman, 3.638; Davenport, Shonda Sanders, 3.628; Winona St., Ana Wurtz, 3.628; Menlo, Shannon Spataro, 3.617; Truman St., Theo Dean, 3.616; Tex. A&M-Kingsville, Michael Madrid, 3.615; Black Hills St., Kelly Kruger, 3.597; Wis.-Parkside, Jen Conely, 3.596; West Liberty, Kyle Cooper, 3.591; Fairmont St., Stephanie Anderson, 3.587; Chestnut Hill, Megan Fox, 3.585; Pace, Carrie Seymour, 3.579; Saginaw Valley, Jenny Pruett, 3.577; D'Youville, Kelly Broderick, 3.572; Drury, Kaci Bailey, 3.568; St. Mary's (TX), Valerie Huizar, 3.551; Edinboro, Callie Wheeler, 3.549; USC Aiken, Brittany Batts, 3.546; Bentley, Carolyn White, 3.532; Wayne St. (MI), Carrie Lohr, 3.528; Bridgeport, James Howard, 3.521; Minnesota St., Emilee Thiesse, 3.513; Mary, Rick Neumann, 3.510; Shepherd, Julie Kaufman, 3.506; Cal St. East Bay, Jenny Thigpin, 3.482; Okla. Baptist, Bo Overton, 3.461; Kentucky St., Amani Williams, 3.460; Wingate, Ann Hancock, 3.422; Newman, Amy Briggs, 3.408; Mount Olive, Joey Higginbotham, 3.407; UC Merced, Kellie Bernard, 3.404; Assumption, Kerry Phayre, 3.403; Cal St. Monterey Bay, Sarah Hopkins-Chery, 3.363; Hillsdale, Brianna Brennan, 3.329; Cal State LA, Torino Johnson, 3.308; Union, Mark Campbell, 3.269; Emory & Henry, Jaclyn Dickens, 3.255; Cal St. San Marcos, Jana Pearson, 3.191; Valdosta St., Chandler Merkerson, 3.189; Augusta, Celeste Stewart, 3.039.