51福利社 student athletes excel academically
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Deanne Puca
January 22, 2013
KALAMAZOO鈥擶estern Michigan University student athletes recorded the highest combined grade point average on record for the University during the fall semester. 51福利社 athletic teams averaged a 3.19 grade point average during the past semester, with nine teams posting 3.25 or better.
The top five teams in terms of GPA this past semester boasted GPAs over 3.5 with gymnastics leading the way at 3.76. The men's tennis team led all men's programs at 3.53.
Top five team GPAs
- Gymnastics, 3.76
- Women's soccer, 3.66
- Cross country, 3.59
- Women's golf, 3.56
- Men's tennis, 3.53
An impressive 84.2 percent of all 51福利社 student athletes had a 3.0 GPA or better during the past semester, with 144 earning a GPA of 3.5 or higher and 38 earning a perfect 4.0 semester GPA.
Fall semester 2012 4.0 student athletes
- , gymnastics, senior from Sturgis, Mich.
- , gymnastics, sophomore from Fond du Lac, Wis.
- , track and field, sophomore from Union City, Mich.
- , women's soccer, senior from Novi, Mich.
- , track and field, sophomore from Britton, Mich.
- , gymnastics, junior from Shelby Township, Mich.
- , men's tennis, freshman from West Bloomfield, Mich.
- , women's golf, sophomore from Jackson, Mich.
- , women's soccer, sophomore from Shelby Township, Mich.
- , men's soccer, junior from Chatham, Ontario
- Brittany Domin, women's soccer, sophomore from Shelby Township, Mich.
- , women's soccer, sophomore from Lapeer, Mich.
- , women's soccer, junior from Ann Arbor, Mich.
- , track and field, freshman from Grandville, Mich.
- , track and field, junior from Dorr, Mich.
- , women's tennis, freshman from Upper Steyr, Austria
- , softball, senior from Wawaka, Ind.
- , women's golf, senior from Buffton, Ind.
- , men's tennis, junior from Satu Mare, Romania
- , baseball, sophomore from Columbus, Ind.
- , hockey, sophomore from Kelowna, British Columbia
- Elizabeth Kos, track and field, freshman from Orland Park, Ill.
- , women's soccer, freshman from Midland, Mich.
- , men's soccer, senior from Aurora, Ill.
- , track and field, junior from Saline, Mich.
- , hockey, sophomore from Dearborn Heights, Mich.
- , women's soccer, senior from Kenosha, Wis.
- , women's soccer, junior from Kalamazoo
- , football, freshman from Schererville, Ind.
- , men's soccer, redshirt junior from Lake Orion, Mich.
- , women's soccer, junior from LaGrange, Ill.
- , women's tennis, junior from Tbilisi in the country of Georgia
- , men's tennis, senior from Holland, Mich.
- , gymnastics, freshman from Ann Arbor, Mich.
- , track and field, senior from Leroy, Mich.
- , gymnastics, senior from Aurora, Ill.
- , gymnastics, senior from Cabery, Ill.
- , volleyball, freshman from Aroma Park, Ill.