Ten KU Teams Achieve 3.0 GPA's or Better In Spring 2011 Semester

July 22, 2011

LAWRENCE, Kan. –

Ten Kansas Athletics teams, led by volleyball and tennis, achieved grade-point averages of at least 3.0 during the Spring 2011 semester. Two hundred sixty-one student-athletes – 54 percent of all student-athletes on active rosters – earned spots on the Athletics Directors’ Honor Roll with grade-point averages of 3.0 or better; 32 of those achieved perfect 4.0 GPA’s.

The student-athletes combined for a 2.98 GPA, led by volleyball (3.35) and tennis (3.33). Eight other sports registered GPA’s of 3.0 or better: men’s golf (3.28), women’s golf (3.25), soccer (3.24), rowing (3.18), swimming and diving (3.15), the spirit squad (3.13), men’s track and field (3.08) and softball (3.04).

“Our congratulations go to the student-athletes, to the terrific Kansas faculty and to the academic-support staff at Kansas Athletics,” said KU Athletics Director Sheahon Zenger. “These marks are difficult to achieve when you factor in the time these student-athletes spend on their sports, in the community and their other obligations.”

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