The Aurora University athletics program had a highly successful season and one of the best ever in Spartan athletics history throughout the 2022-2023 academic year. AU won 10 conference championships and 14 teams or individuals from teams make NCAA Championship appearances.

The AU athletic programs finished the year 55th out of the over 450 Division III athletic programs in the Learfield Sports Directors' Cup Division III standings. The Learfield Sports Directors' Cup is a comprehensive ranking of intercollegiate athletic departments based on their participation in NCAA Championship events.
 
Aurora University was the recipient of both Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) All-Sports Awards for the 2022-2023 academic year. The awards are indicative of a program's overall excellence across all league sports.
 
The Spartans captured the women's title for the eighth time while taking home the men's title for the 10th time in the NACC's 16 seasons of awarding the All-Sports Trophy. It is the eighth time a single institution has swept both All-Sports Awards with six of the times being done by the Spartans. In the history of the NACC, AU has won 18 total All-Sports Awards (out of 32 awarded).

In the classroom the Spartans once again were successful with 392 student-athletes earning Spartan Scholar designation. A Spartan Scholar is a student-athlete from any of the 24 NCAA sports who earned a 3.25 gpa or above for the 2022-2023 academic year. As a department, the student-athletes that make of the 24 programs had a 3.41 grade point average with 23 programs achieving above a 3.0. 336 Spartans had above a 3.5 gpa with 97 Spartans carrying a 4.0 for the entire year.

NCAA Division III Championship Appearances
Baseball
Women's Cross Country (one individual)
Football
Men's Golf
Women's Golf
Men's Lacrosse
Women's Lacrosse
Men's Soccer
Men's Outdoor Track and Field (two individuals)
Women's Indoor Track and Field (one individual)
Women's Volleyball
Men's Wrestling

Conference Championships
Women's Cross Country
Women's Golf
Football
Men's Soccer
Women's Volleyball
Baseball
Men's Golf 
Men's Lacrosse
Women's Lacrosse
Men's Volleyball

Individually, AU student-athletes also had a tremendous year garnering athletic awards with one National Player of the Year, one NCAA Elite 90 winner, one region freshman of the year, one region coach of the year, 11 All-Americans, three Academic All-Americans, 34 All-Region players, 15 Conference Players of the Year, two Freshman of the Year and six Conference Coaches of the Year. Additionally, 115 Spartans earned all-conference recognition.
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All-Americans
Chris Toth (football): D3football.com, AP and AFCA
Trey Madsen (football): D3football.com and AP
Jhe'Quay Chretin (football): D3football.com and AP
Marcellus Romious (football): D3football.com
Sydnei Avery (women's volleyball): American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA)
Darci Matson (women's hockey): American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA)
Jack Jaunich (men's hockey): American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA)
Jack Vercautren (men's golf): Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA) and PING All-American honors
Justin Sartori (baseball): American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and Rawlings.
Jack Fisher (baseball): American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) and Rawlings.
Phillip Gianelle (men's lacrosse): United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association
 
Academic All-Americans
Sydnei Avery (Women's volleyball), CoSIDA First-Team
Justin Sartori (baseball) CoSIDA First-Team
Jacob Ambuel (baseball): CoSIDA Second-Team
 
All-Region Players
Sydnei Avery (women's volleyball): American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA)
Kaitlyn Beebe (women's volleyball): American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA)
Chris Toth (football): D3football.com
Trey Madsen (football): D3football.com
Marcellus Romious (football): D3football.com
Jhe'Quay Chretin (football): D3football.com
Josh Swanson (football): D3football.com
James Mautino (football): D3football.com
Ben Slatcoff (football): D3football.com
Matthew Kickel (football): D3football.com
Jaylen Jordan (football): D3football.com
Ernesto Ramirez (football): D3football.com
Deyanneira Colon Maldonado (women's cross country) - USTFCCCA
Monique Gibson (women's lacrosse): Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association
Bailey Simpson (women's lacrosse): Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association
Jalyn Yaukovitz (women's lacrosse): Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association
Phillip Gianelle (men's lacrosse): Intercollegiate Men's Lacrosse Coaches Association
Zach Bernstein (men's lacrosse): Intercollegiate Men's Lacrosse Coaches Association
Ethan Dosen (men's lacrosse): Intercollegiate Men's Lacrosse Coaches Association
Connor Hoeft (men's lacrosse): Intercollegiate Men's Lacrosse Coaches Association
Ben Strub (men's lacrosse): Intercollegiate Men's Lacrosse Coaches Association
Kyle Bosshart (men's lacrosse): Intercollegiate Men's Lacrosse Coaches Association
Justin Sartori (baseball): D3baseball.com and American Baseball Coaches Association
Jett Wedekind (baseball): D3baseball.com
Justin Zimmerman (baseball): D3baseball.com and American Baseball Coaches Association
Jacob Ambuel (baseball): D3baseball.com and American Baseball Coaches Association
Jack Fisher (baseball): D3baseball.com and American Baseball Coaches Association
Braeden Duncan (men's golf): Golf Coaches Association of America
Jack Vercautren (men's golf): Golf Coaches Association of America
Scott Boyajian (men's golf): Golf Coaches Association of America
Christian Wakeford (men's golf): Golf Coaches Association of America
Eli Grundman (men's indoor and outdoor track and field): USTFCCCA
Steven Tinsley (men's outdoor track and field): USTFCCCA
James Karwin (men's volleyball): American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA)

Conference Players of the Year
Sydnei Avery (women's volleyball): Player of the Year
Kallie Sakamoto (women's golf): Player of the Year
Marcellus Romious (football): Defensive Player of the Year
Josh Swanson (football): Offensive Player of the Year
Steven Tinsley (men's outdoor track and field): Field Athlete of the Year
Darci Matson (women's hockey): Player of the Year
Jack Vercautren (men's golf): Player of the Year
Bailey Simpson (women's lacrosse): Offensive Player of the Year
Monique Gibson (women's lacrosse): Midfielder of the Year
Jalyn Yaukovitz (women's lacrosse): Defensive Player of the Year
Justin Zimmerman (baseball): Pitcher of the Year
James Karwin (men's volleyball): Player of the Year
Phillip Gianelle (men's lacrosse): Defensive Player of the Year
Alexis Janiak (women's wrestling): Most Outstanding Wrestler
Cam Johnson (men's wrestling): Most Outstanding Wrestler

Freshman of the Year
Eli Etzler (men's lacrosse)
Annemarie Ruzevich (women's bowling)
 
National Player of the Year
Darci Matson (women's hockey): American Hockey Coaches Association (AHCA)
 
NCAA Elite 90
Braeden Duncan – men's golf
 
Region Freshman of the Year
Christian Wakeford (men's golf) - Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA)
 
Conference Coach of the Year
Don Beebe (football)
Adam Stevens (baseball)
Christina Fried (women's lacrosse)
Alex Lowe (women's cross country)
Justin Wyeth (men's and women's golf)
 
Region Coach of the Year
Adam Stevens (baseball) – D3baseball.com and ABCA
 
AU Awards
Spartan Woman of the Year – Sydnei Avery (volleyball)
Spartan Man of the Year – Justin Sartori (baseball)
Female Athlete of the Year – Darci Matson (hockey)
Male Athlete of the Year – Justin Sartori (baseball)
Richard Rickey Senior Award – Collin Meinert (baseball)
Chris Thompson Senior Award – Bailey Simpson (women's lacrosse)