Monday, July 18, 2011

Number 11 in the Nation!

Few things get Coach Miller as excited as his team being nationally ranked for their academic success!

Recently I talked about how proud we were of our academic accomplishments, and we can add one more to the list – while the staff and I were on the road recruiting, the WBCA came out with the Top 25 GPA’s in Women’s Basketball, and for the 3rd consecutive year, we were in the Top 25! This year, with our team GPA of 3.433 we came in ranked #11 nationally – an honor that I am so, so proud of! These young women epitomize the best of what it means to be a “student-athlete”. They not only balance workouts, practice, games, and road trips with their education, but they excel at it! What a way to cap off a tremendous year for our program – a 7th straight championship, another trip to the NCAA Tournament, and a GPA ranked 11th in the nation – doesn’t get much better than that!

I would be remiss, too, if I didn’t give a shout out to our Director of Academic Services, Ashley Baker, and Kerry Jones, who works directly with our team. Thank you for all your help!

Below is the final list of the Top 25 GPA’s in Women’s Basketball:

The 2011 WBCA Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll for NCAA Division I is as follows:

Institution

2010-11 Head Coach

Team GPA

1

South Dakota State University

Aaron Johnston

3.666

2

Bucknell University

Kathy Fedorjaka

3.632

3

DePaul University

Douglas Bruno

3.582

4

Creighton University

Jim Flanery

3.527

5

Utah Valley University

Cathy Nixon

3.524

6

Indiana State University

Teri Moren

3.518

7

University of Hartford

Jennifer Rizzoti

3.456

8

University of New Mexico

Yvonne Sanchez

3.454

9

University of Dayton

James Jabir

3.445

10

Canisius College

Terrence Zeh

3.441

11

Bowling Green State University

Curt Miller

3.433

12

Montana State University-Bozeman

Tricia Binford

3.419

13

University of Montana

Robin Selvig

3.411

14

University of Akron

Jodi Kest

3.405

15

University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Sandy Botham

3.402

16

Oakland University

Beckie Francis

3.399

17

Youngstown State University

Robert Boldon

3.395

18

University of South Dakota

Ryun Williams

3.390

19

University of Wisconsin, Green Bay

Matthew Bollant

3.378

20

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Phil Stern

3.374

21

Lipscomb University

Frank Bennett

3.373

T22

University of North Dakota

Gene Roebuck

3.358

T22

University of Northern Colorado

Jaime White

3.358

24

University of Evansville

Oties Epps

3.340

25

University of Denver

Erik Johnson

3.335

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