Eastern Michigan Athletics
EMU Student-Athletes Post High Marks in the Classroom
5/15/2019 10:30:00 AM | General, SASS
Student-athletes at EMU scored a 3.226 GPA in the latest term
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – Eastern Michigan University student-athletes had another outstanding semester in the classroom last winter, finishing with the third-highest term GPA in school history at a 3.226. Overall, it was the 19th semester in-a-row EMU student-athletes have earned over a 3.0 GPA, the EMU Student-Athlete Support Services office announced today, May 15.
Additionally, the cumulative GPA for all student-athletes was the department's all-time best tally at 3.270.
"I'm incredibly proud of the academic performance of our student-athletes," said Vice President/Director of Athletics Scott Wetherbee. "This success is a reflection of highly committed and hard-working student-athletes and our department's dedication to academic excellence. I'm especially appreciative of our coaching staff who recruit strong students and create team cultures that value academic success, as well as our outstanding professors and student-athlete support services staff members who are on the front lines in providing a first-class education."
Of the 435 student-athletes enrolled at EMU in the fall, 299 (69 percent) posted a 3.0-or-higher grade point average for the term. Furthermore, a total of 309 student-athletes (71 percent) hold a cumulative GPA above 3.0.
For the semester, women's golf led all sports with a team GPA of 3.770 on EMU's 4.0 scale. Women's gymnastics (3.612) was next, while women's soccer (3.518) and women's swimming & diving (3.518) tied for third. Baseball (3.487) and women's track & field (3.405) rounded out the top six programs for the fall semester.
Women's golf posted the second-best semester GPA in EMU Athletics history, bettered only by a 3.792 GPA by the women's tennis team in Winter 2006. Football also set program records for both semester and cumulative GPAs, having raised its overall cume GPA in 19 of its last 23 terms. Furthermore, a total of 16 EMU athletics programs finished the semester with cumulative GPAs better than 3.0.
Additionally, there were 31 EMU student-athletes with perfect 4.0 GPAs last semester, led by gymnastics which had five.
Highlights for the 2019 Winter Semester
• Overall Athletic Department Winter 2019 Cumulative GPA: 3.270
• Overall Athletic Department Winter 2019 Term GPA: 3.226
• Highest Male Team Semester GPA: Baseball (3.487)
• Highest Female Team Semester GPA: Women's Golf (3.770)
• Total Number of 4.0 Semester GPA's: 31
• Team with Most Number of 4.0 Semester GPA's: Gymnastics (5)
• Number of student-athletes above a 3.0 Semester GPA: 299 (69%)
• Number of student-athletes above a 3.0 Cumulative GPA: 309 (71%)
• Total Number of Teams with a 3.0 GPA: 16 (88%)
• Total Number of Teams with a 3.0 Cumulative GPA: 16 (88%)
Winter 2019 Semester GPA
Women's Golf - 3.770*
Women's Gymnastics - 3.612
Women's Soccer - 3.518
Women's Swimming & Diving - 3.518
Men's Baseball - 3.487
Women's Track & Field - 3.405
Men's Golf - 3.372
Women's Tennis - 3.332
Women's Volleyball - 3.322
Men's Cross Country - 3.278
Women's Cross Country - 3.119
Women's Rowing - 3.094
Men's Track & Field - 3.075
Men's Football - 3.023*
Women's Basketball - 2.799
Men's Basketball - 2.693
Cumulative GPA after Winter 2019
Women's Golf - 3.611
Women's Soccer - 3.588
Women's Gymnastics - 3.567
Women's Swimming & Diving - 3.537
Men's Cross Country - 3.499
Men's Baseball - 3.484
Women's Cross Country - 3.445
Women's Track & Field - 3.436
Men's Golf - 3.412
Women's Volleyball - 3.359
Women's Rowing - 3.258
Women's Tennis - 3.257
Men's Track & Field - 3.102
Men's Football - 3.036*
Men's Basketball - 2.803
Women's Basketball - 2.786
* Highest in Team's History
Additionally, the cumulative GPA for all student-athletes was the department's all-time best tally at 3.270.
"I'm incredibly proud of the academic performance of our student-athletes," said Vice President/Director of Athletics Scott Wetherbee. "This success is a reflection of highly committed and hard-working student-athletes and our department's dedication to academic excellence. I'm especially appreciative of our coaching staff who recruit strong students and create team cultures that value academic success, as well as our outstanding professors and student-athlete support services staff members who are on the front lines in providing a first-class education."
Of the 435 student-athletes enrolled at EMU in the fall, 299 (69 percent) posted a 3.0-or-higher grade point average for the term. Furthermore, a total of 309 student-athletes (71 percent) hold a cumulative GPA above 3.0.
For the semester, women's golf led all sports with a team GPA of 3.770 on EMU's 4.0 scale. Women's gymnastics (3.612) was next, while women's soccer (3.518) and women's swimming & diving (3.518) tied for third. Baseball (3.487) and women's track & field (3.405) rounded out the top six programs for the fall semester.
Women's golf posted the second-best semester GPA in EMU Athletics history, bettered only by a 3.792 GPA by the women's tennis team in Winter 2006. Football also set program records for both semester and cumulative GPAs, having raised its overall cume GPA in 19 of its last 23 terms. Furthermore, a total of 16 EMU athletics programs finished the semester with cumulative GPAs better than 3.0.
Additionally, there were 31 EMU student-athletes with perfect 4.0 GPAs last semester, led by gymnastics which had five.
Highlights for the 2019 Winter Semester
• Overall Athletic Department Winter 2019 Cumulative GPA: 3.270
• Overall Athletic Department Winter 2019 Term GPA: 3.226
• Highest Male Team Semester GPA: Baseball (3.487)
• Highest Female Team Semester GPA: Women's Golf (3.770)
• Total Number of 4.0 Semester GPA's: 31
• Team with Most Number of 4.0 Semester GPA's: Gymnastics (5)
• Number of student-athletes above a 3.0 Semester GPA: 299 (69%)
• Number of student-athletes above a 3.0 Cumulative GPA: 309 (71%)
• Total Number of Teams with a 3.0 GPA: 16 (88%)
• Total Number of Teams with a 3.0 Cumulative GPA: 16 (88%)
Winter 2019 Semester GPA
Women's Golf - 3.770*
Women's Gymnastics - 3.612
Women's Soccer - 3.518
Women's Swimming & Diving - 3.518
Men's Baseball - 3.487
Women's Track & Field - 3.405
Men's Golf - 3.372
Women's Tennis - 3.332
Women's Volleyball - 3.322
Men's Cross Country - 3.278
Women's Cross Country - 3.119
Women's Rowing - 3.094
Men's Track & Field - 3.075
Men's Football - 3.023*
Women's Basketball - 2.799
Men's Basketball - 2.693
Cumulative GPA after Winter 2019
Women's Golf - 3.611
Women's Soccer - 3.588
Women's Gymnastics - 3.567
Women's Swimming & Diving - 3.537
Men's Cross Country - 3.499
Men's Baseball - 3.484
Women's Cross Country - 3.445
Women's Track & Field - 3.436
Men's Golf - 3.412
Women's Volleyball - 3.359
Women's Rowing - 3.258
Women's Tennis - 3.257
Men's Track & Field - 3.102
Men's Football - 3.036*
Men's Basketball - 2.803
Women's Basketball - 2.786
* Highest in Team's History
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