Kansas Earns 2023-24 WGCA All-Scholar Team GPA Award
7/16/2024 1:00:00 PM | Women's Golf
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Kansas women's golf has been named to the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-Scholar Team GPA Awards, announced by the organization on Tuesday.
The WGCA All-Scholar Team GPA Award recognizes the women's collegiate golf programs with the highest collective team grade point average (GPA), which includes all of the team's student-athletes for the 2023-24 season. The WGCA announced the top 25 teams with the highest GPA for Division I, Division II and Division III, and the top 10 teams for NAIA.
"This is another wonderful accomplishment for the team," KU head coach Lindsay Kuhle said. "This shows our ladies' commitment to academics and the importance of giving their best effort in the classroom."
Kansas, who accumulated a 3.83 team GPA for the 2023-24 season, finished the academic year tied for the 14th-best GPA in Division I. The Jayhawks are the only Big 12 program named a recipient of the award.
The Jayhawks achieved record-breaking status in the classroom for the 2023-24 season, accumulating a 3.88 team GPA in the fall and a 3.78 team GPA in the spring. Kansas is one of four teams in the nation to be top 15 in team GPA and top 50 in Spikemark rankings.
Earlier this month, Kansas had a program-record six Jayhawks recognized by the WGCA as All-American Scholars. The honorees include Lauren Clark, Johanna Ebner, Hanna Hawks, Lily Hirst, Lyla Louderbaugh and Jordan Rothman.
It was another record-shattering year for the Jayhawks on the course as well, earning just their third NCAA Regional at-large selection in Kansas women's golf history and recording the program's lowest team stroke average in a season at 289.3. The Jayhawks also broke the previous 18, 36 and 54-hole team score records at the Wisconsin Westbrook Invitational, winning the event for the program's first team title since 2017.
"I'm extremely proud of the work these ladies put into their studies," Kuhle said. "This is truly incredible and well deserved by all members of the team."







