@MizzouVB Excels Over Spring 2017 Academic Semester
5/30/2017 2:55:00 PM | Volleyball
Tigers finished with 3.50 cumulative GPA
COLUMBIA, Mo. – Mizzou Volleyball maintained its reputation as a top-tier academic program with a cumulative 3.50 grade point average over the Spring 2017 semester. The total established itself as the highest team GPA among the 18 intercollegiate athletics programs on campus.
"I'm very proud of the commitment to excellence our kids have in the classroom," head coach Wayne Kreklow said. "It not only speaks volumes about the type of student-athletes we have in our volleyball program, but also about our academic support staff. It's a pleasure to work with individuals of this caliber every day!"
The Tigers have exceeded a 3.50 team GPA in three consecutive Spring semesters at the University of Missouri. Additionally, under Wayne and Susan Kreklow, Mizzou has surpassed a 3.0 collective GPA in 13 of its past 14 Spring semesters.
Over the recent Spring 2017 semester, four Tigers recorded a perfect 4.0 GPA, four student-athletes posted a GPA between 3.50-3.99 and three individuals finished with a GPA between 3.00-3.49.
Mizzou Volleyball has regularly enjoyed high success rates in the classroom over the years. In early May, the Tigers were one of four Mizzou Athletics programs to achieve a perfect 1,000 NCAA Academic Progress Rating (APR) for the 2015-16 academic year. The APR accounts for eligibility, retention and graduation and provides a measure of a respective program's academic performance.
In February, Mizzou Volleyball was represented by 11 student-athletes on the 2016 Fall Southeastern Conference Academic Honor Roll. The incredible showing was of no surprise, as the Tigers posted a cumulative 3.55 GPA during their Fall 2016 semester.
Historically, the Tigers have exceeded a 3.0 team GPA in 23 of their past 27 combined Fall and Spring semesters at the University of Missouri.
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