CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-- The Women's Basketball Coaches' Association (WBCA) announced its Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll late Monday and the University of Maine women's basketball team landed 16th on the list with an overall team grade point average of 3.345.
Eleven Black Bears from the women's hoops program recently were named to the America East Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll, and six earned the highest distinction of Commissioner's Honor Roll status.
"I would like to say congratulations to each and every one of these
teams for producing some impressive cumulative grade point averages," said
WBCA CEO Beth Bass. "These numbers would be notable for one
student-athlete alone, but for an entire team to compile overall GPAs such as
this is truly remarkable. I tip my hat to these programs and wish continued
success both on and off the court."
GPAs are calculated by dividing the total number of quality points earned by
each student-athlete on an institution's roster in the given academic terms by
the total number of hours earned by the team. The GPAs are rounded to the
nearest thousandth of a point. Per a motion passed by the WBCA Board of
Directors in 2007, teams making the list of Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll
must obtain at least a 3.000 overall GPA.
South Dakota earned the highest GPA at the Division I level for the third straight year with a 3.669.
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|
School
|
2007-08
Head Coach
|
Team
GPA
|
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1
|
South
Dakota State University
|
Aaron
Johnston
|
3.669
|
|
2
|
Kansas
State University
|
Debbie
Patterson
|
3.652
|
|
3
|
Indiana
State University
|
Jim
Wiedie
|
3.591
|
|
4
|
Eastern
Washington University
|
Wendy
Schuller
|
3.584
|
|
5
|
Western
Carolina University
|
Kellie
J. Harper
|
3.543
|
|
6
|
University
of Northern Iowa
|
Tanya
E. Warren
|
3.535
|
|
7
|
Eastern
Illinois University
|
Brady
Sallee
|
3.475
|
|
8
|
Manhattan
College
|
Myndi
Hill
|
3.430
|
|
9
|
Utah
Valley State College
|
Cathy
Nixon
|
3.419
|
|
10
|
University
of Northern Colorado
|
Jaime
White
|
3.414
|
|
11
|
Montana
State University - Bozeman
|
Tricia
L. Binford
|
3.392
|
|
12
|
Southern
Illinois University at Carbondale
|
Dana
Eikenberg
|
3.371
|
|
13
|
Niagara
University
|
Kendra
Faustin
|
3.361
|
|
14
|
Liberty
University
|
Carey
Green
|
3.354
|
|
15
|
Saint
Bonaventure University
|
Jim
Crowley
|
3.352
|
|
16
|
University
of Maine
|
Cindy
Blodgett
|
3.345
|
|
17
|
American
University
|
Melissa
McFerrin
|
3.342
|
|
T18
|
Canisius
College
|
Terrence
E. Zeh
|
3.326
|
|
T18
|
North
Dakota State University
|
Amy
Ruley
|
3.326
|
|
20
|
Oakland
University
|
Beckie
Francis
|
3.312
|
|
21
|
Dartmouth
College
|
Christina
Wielgus
|
3.311
|
|
22
|
University
of New Mexico
|
Don
Flanagan
|
3.308
|
|
23
|
Wichita
State University
|
Jane
Albright
|
3.289
|
|
24
|
Valparaiso
University
|
Keith
Freeman
|
3.286
|
|
25
|
Columbia
University
|
Paul
E. Nixon
|
3.278
|