There is more to high school sports than just winning on the field or in the gym. The Raiders’ girls wrestling team have shown that as they won the 2015 Academic State Championship for 4A girls wrestling.

The eight members of the team are Kailee Richardson, Ashley Corletto, Jasmine Pleasants, LeAnn Donoso, Megan Dougherty, Paola Mercado-Ochoa, Jamie Grall and Rachel Marsh.

The girls mintained a cumulative 3.6 GPA during the season. It is the highest GPA of any boys or girls wrestling team in the state.

“These girls are great examples of what it means to be student-athletes,” said Thomas Jefferson Athletic Director and Assistant Principal Paul Lagerstedt via email.

Lagerstedt attributes the award to their coaches, Jeff Muraki and Harvey Cole, and the girls own motivation.

This is the second straight year a Thomas Jefferson team has won a winter academic state championship. Last year, the gymnastics team took home the honor.