Maine Recognized Nationally for Academic Success
The University of Maine women's basketball program was rewarded for its excellence in the classroom as the Black Bears were selected to the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Top 25 Academic Honor Roll for the third time in the past six seasons. With a team grade-point average of 3.655, the team checked in at No. 17 on the national list, as announced by the WBCA on Tuesday, Aug. 11.
Maine represented the America East Conference in the Top-25 Academic Honor Roll and ranked higher than any Ivy League or CAA program and just below a pair of Patriot League teams. The Black Bears earned their highest-ever seeding on the honor roll after previously being ranked No. 18 in 2016 and No. 24 in 2015.
The WBCA Academic Top 25 recognizes NCAA Division I, II and III; NAIA and junior/community college women's basketball teams across the nation that carry the highest combined grade point averages inclusive of all student-athletes on their rosters for the entire season.
About the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association: Founded in 1981, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association is the professional association for coaches of women's and girls' basketball at all levels of competition. The WBCA offers educational resources that coaches need to help make themselves better leaders, teachers and mentors to their players; provides opportunities for coaches to connect with peers in the profession; serves as the unifying voice of a diverse community of coaches to those organizations that control the game; and celebrates those coaches, players and other individuals who excel each year and contribute to the advancement of the sport. Visit www.WBCA.org for more details about the Association.
About America East: The America East provides its member schools and their athletic programs a platform upon which student-athletes can achieve both collegiate and life success through the promotion and nurturing of athletic excellence, academic achievement and leadership, on and off the field.
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