Twelve Teams Post 3.0 or Better GPAs

Jan. 10, 2006

A record-tying 12 of the University of South Carolina’s 17 athletic programs posted a 3.0 grade point average (GPA) or better for the Fall 2005 semester, it was announced today. The overall mean GPA of its 473 student-athletes was 2.978, the highest on record.

“This is a tremendous accomplishment for our student-athletes,” said Carolina Athletics Director Eric Hyman. “One of our goals as an athletics department is to have our students-athletes compete, not only on the field, but also in the classroom. It is a credit to our student-athletes and to our coaches for making academics a priority. Carolina had the highest number of Southeastern Conference academic honor roll student-athletes in the spring,” Hyman noted, “and this only builds on that accomplishment.”

For the fifth consecutive year, the women’s golf team led the way with a team GPA of 3.749. The softball (3.506), women’s track & field (3.295) and baseball (3.195) teams had their highest team GPA on record. Also posting team GPAs over 3.0 were equestrian (3.254), men’s golf (3.452), men’s soccer (3.006), women’s soccer (3.356), women’s swimming & diving (3.410), men’s tennis (3.019), women’s tennis (3.064) and men’s track & field (3.156).

Thirty-six student-athletes were named to the President’s List by posting a perfect 4.0 GPA, while 121 student-athletes were named to the Dean’s List.

The overall GPA for the athletics department for the fall semester was 2.978, very close to the average GPA for the entire USC student body of 3.047. The fall GPA for the 195 female student-athletes was 3.297, while the average fall GPA for the 278 male student-athletes was 2.755.

TEAM GRADE POINT AVERAGES (FALL, 2005):

Baseball 3.195

Men’s Basketball 2.159

Women’s Basketball 2.990

Equestrian 3.254

Football 2.315

Men’s Golf 3.452

Women’s Golf 3.749

Men’s Soccer 3.006

Women’s Soccer 3.356

Softball 3.506

Men’s Swimming & Diving 2.972