Eastern Michigan Athletics
EMU Student-Athletes Post Highest Cumulative GPA In Department History
1/20/2025 2:00:00 PM | Baseball, Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Men's XC, Women's XC, Football, Soccer, Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field, Volleyball, Men's Golf, Women's Golf, Women's Rowing, Gymnastics, Swimming & Diving, Tennis, General, SASS, Lacrosse
Student-athletes posted a 3.438 cumulative GPA and a 3.397 semester GPA
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – Eastern Michigan University student-athletes set a school record with a 3.438 cumulative GPA following the Fall 2024 semester. It was also the 30th consecutive semester of earning higher than a 3.0 cumulative grade-point average.
With 500 student-athletes, Eastern recorded a 3.397 fall semester GPA. The department's term GPA is the third-best since records began being tracked in the fall of 1999 with the figure slightly trailing the Fall 2023 mark of 3.404. Furthermore, EMU notched the department's all-time best cumulative GPA at 3.438, 0.007 ahead of the previous best of 3.431 in Winter 2024.
"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."
Overall, there were 57 EMU student-athletes with perfect 4.0 GPAs last semester, led by soccer which had nine.
Furthermore, 78 percent (392) of EMU student-athletes earned a 3.0 GPA or higher for the semester and all 19 sports had term GPAs of 3.0 or higher.
For the semester, soccer led all sports with a term GPA of 3.772 on EMU's 4.0 scale. Lacrosse (3.732) was next, while gymnastics (3.707) was third. Volleyball (3.638) and swimming & diving (3.583) rounded out the top five programs for the fall semester.
Women's basketball (3.510) and football (3.187) surpassed their previous semester GPA standards, while baseball (3.514) notched its second-best mark.
Overall, a total of 72 percent of EMU student-athletes hold a cumulative GPA above 3.0.
Highlights for the 2024 Fall Semester
• Overall Athletic Department Fall 2024 Cumulative GPA: 3.438
• Overall Athletic Department Fall 2024 Semester GPA: 3.397
• Highest Male Team Semester GPA: Baseball (3.514)
• Highest Female Team Semester GPA: Soccer (3.772)
• Total Number of 4.0 Semester GPA's: 57
• Team with Most Number of 4.0 Semester GPA's: Soccer (9)
• Number of student-athletes above a 3.0 Semester GPA: 78% (392/500)
• Number of student-athletes above a 3.0 Cumulative GPA: 72% (237/328, at least 2 FT semesters)
• Total Number of Teams with a 3.0 GPA: 19 (100%)
• Total Number of Teams with a 3.0 Cumulative GPA: 18 (95%)
Fall 2024 Semester GPA
Women's Soccer - 3.772
Women's Lacrosse - 3.732
Women's Gymnastics - 3.707
Women's Volleyball - 3.638
Women's Swimming & Diving - 3.583
Baseball - 3.514
Women's Basketball - 3.510
Women's Tennis - 3.482
Women's Cross Country - 3.479
Men's Cross Country - 3.443
Women's Rowing - 3.343
Men's Golf - 3.321
Women's Golf - 3.278
Women's Track & Field - 3.230
Football - 3.187
Men's Track & Field - 3.156
Men's Basketball - 3.012
Cumulative GPA after Fall 2024
Women's Soccer - 3.752
Women's Gymnastics - 3.746
Women's Lacrosse - 3.734
Women's Swimming & Diving - 3.721
Women's Volleyball - 3.588
Women's Cross Country - 3.554
Baseball - 3.498
Women's Tennis - 3.496
Men's Cross Country - 3.454
Women's Basketball - 3.438
Women's Track & Field - 3.411
Women's Rowing - 3.392
Men's Golf - 3.321
Women's Golf - 3.282
Football - 3.171
Men's Track & Field - 3.139
Men's Basketball - 2.982
With 500 student-athletes, Eastern recorded a 3.397 fall semester GPA. The department's term GPA is the third-best since records began being tracked in the fall of 1999 with the figure slightly trailing the Fall 2023 mark of 3.404. Furthermore, EMU notched the department's all-time best cumulative GPA at 3.438, 0.007 ahead of the previous best of 3.431 in Winter 2024.
"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."
Overall, there were 57 EMU student-athletes with perfect 4.0 GPAs last semester, led by soccer which had nine.
Furthermore, 78 percent (392) of EMU student-athletes earned a 3.0 GPA or higher for the semester and all 19 sports had term GPAs of 3.0 or higher.
For the semester, soccer led all sports with a term GPA of 3.772 on EMU's 4.0 scale. Lacrosse (3.732) was next, while gymnastics (3.707) was third. Volleyball (3.638) and swimming & diving (3.583) rounded out the top five programs for the fall semester.
Women's basketball (3.510) and football (3.187) surpassed their previous semester GPA standards, while baseball (3.514) notched its second-best mark.
Overall, a total of 72 percent of EMU student-athletes hold a cumulative GPA above 3.0.
Highlights for the 2024 Fall Semester
• Overall Athletic Department Fall 2024 Cumulative GPA: 3.438
• Overall Athletic Department Fall 2024 Semester GPA: 3.397
• Highest Male Team Semester GPA: Baseball (3.514)
• Highest Female Team Semester GPA: Soccer (3.772)
• Total Number of 4.0 Semester GPA's: 57
• Team with Most Number of 4.0 Semester GPA's: Soccer (9)
• Number of student-athletes above a 3.0 Semester GPA: 78% (392/500)
• Number of student-athletes above a 3.0 Cumulative GPA: 72% (237/328, at least 2 FT semesters)
• Total Number of Teams with a 3.0 GPA: 19 (100%)
• Total Number of Teams with a 3.0 Cumulative GPA: 18 (95%)
Fall 2024 Semester GPA
Women's Soccer - 3.772
Women's Lacrosse - 3.732
Women's Gymnastics - 3.707
Women's Volleyball - 3.638
Women's Swimming & Diving - 3.583
Baseball - 3.514
Women's Basketball - 3.510
Women's Tennis - 3.482
Women's Cross Country - 3.479
Men's Cross Country - 3.443
Women's Rowing - 3.343
Men's Golf - 3.321
Women's Golf - 3.278
Women's Track & Field - 3.230
Football - 3.187
Men's Track & Field - 3.156
Men's Basketball - 3.012
Cumulative GPA after Fall 2024
Women's Soccer - 3.752
Women's Gymnastics - 3.746
Women's Lacrosse - 3.734
Women's Swimming & Diving - 3.721
Women's Volleyball - 3.588
Women's Cross Country - 3.554
Baseball - 3.498
Women's Tennis - 3.496
Men's Cross Country - 3.454
Women's Basketball - 3.438
Women's Track & Field - 3.411
Women's Rowing - 3.392
Men's Golf - 3.321
Women's Golf - 3.282
Football - 3.171
Men's Track & Field - 3.139
Men's Basketball - 2.982
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