Women’s Basketball and Women’s Tennis Earn Sun Belt Team GPA Awards
8/5/2016 4:05:00 PM | Women's Basketball, Women's Tennis, Student-Athlete Services
Women’s tennis earns award for second-straight year
NEW ORLEANS – The Georgia Southern women's basketball and women's tennis teams earned Sun Belt Conference Team GPA Awards from the 2015-16 academic year.
The awards, released at the conclusion of the academic year, honor the teams with the top cumulative team grade point average in each of the sponsored sports within the Sun Belt. For award purposes, indoor and outdoor track & field are counted as a single sport.
GS women's basketball finished the 2015-16 academic year with a 3.23 team GPA while the Eagles' women's tennis team posted a 3.82 team GPA, which is also the highest GPA for any sport in the Sun Belt for the second-straight year.
All 11 women's tennis programs in the conference posted a 3.00 GPA or better, and the Eagles edged Texas State for the team award while three of the women's basketball teams finished the year with a 3.00 team GPA or higher.
Twelve of Georgia Southern's athletics programs posted a 3.00 GPA or better last year.
In all, the Sun Belt Conference had 119 teams post at least a GPA of 3.00, including every women's golf, women's soccer, women's tennis and volleyball program in the league.
Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics, twitter.com/GSAthletics, iOS app Georgia Southern Eagles and Android app Eagles GATA. Fans can purchase tickets to Georgia Southern Athletics events by visiting GSEagles.com/Tickets.
The awards, released at the conclusion of the academic year, honor the teams with the top cumulative team grade point average in each of the sponsored sports within the Sun Belt. For award purposes, indoor and outdoor track & field are counted as a single sport.
GS women's basketball finished the 2015-16 academic year with a 3.23 team GPA while the Eagles' women's tennis team posted a 3.82 team GPA, which is also the highest GPA for any sport in the Sun Belt for the second-straight year.
All 11 women's tennis programs in the conference posted a 3.00 GPA or better, and the Eagles edged Texas State for the team award while three of the women's basketball teams finished the year with a 3.00 team GPA or higher.
Twelve of Georgia Southern's athletics programs posted a 3.00 GPA or better last year.
In all, the Sun Belt Conference had 119 teams post at least a GPA of 3.00, including every women's golf, women's soccer, women's tennis and volleyball program in the league.
Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics, twitter.com/GSAthletics, iOS app Georgia Southern Eagles and Android app Eagles GATA. Fans can purchase tickets to Georgia Southern Athletics events by visiting GSEagles.com/Tickets.
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