Today Aurora University announced the names of 202 Spartan student-athletes who were named 2016-2017 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) Scholar-Athletes. The award requires the student-athlete to maintain a 3.25 cumulative grade point average for the academic year at AU and compete in a NACC sponsored sport in the 2016-2017 season. As a conference, the NACC awarded over 1,400 student-athletes the designation of being a scholar-athlete.