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 |
