Mizzou Athletics Has Record-Breaking Semester in Classroom
1/19/2022 2:00:00 PM | General
COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri student-athletes recorded a record-breaking 2021 fall semester in the classroom with a program best 3.22 overall GPA. The result marks the fourth-straight fall semester the Tigers' have set a department best and the 10th-consecutive semester with a 3.0 overall or higher GPA.
Forty-eight student-athletes achieved a 4.0 GPA with an additional 168 registering a 3.5 or above. Sixty-seven percent of Mizzou's 518 student-athletes recorded a 3.0 or higher with a record-high 222 student-athletes named to the University's Dean's List for a GPA of 3.0 or above, depending on the school/college.
Below are individual program highlights from Mizzou's successful 2021 fall semester.
Baseball
- 17 student-athletes on Dean's List
- Four 4.0 GPA's
- Six-straight semesters as a team above 3.0
Men's Basketball
- Highest Semester GPA since 2012
Women's Basketball
- Eight student-athletes on Dean's List
- Highest fall semester in four years
Football
- 21 student-athletes on Dean's List
- Two 4.0 GPA's
Men's Golf
- Two student-athletes on Dean's List
Women's Golf
- Eighth-consecutive fall semester with team GPA of 3.3 or higher
- Six student-athletes on Dean's List
- Second-straight semester above a 3.5 and 30th-consecutive above a 3.0
Gymnastics
- 13 student-athletes on Dean's List
- Three 4.0 GPA's
- 11th-straight semester above a 3.0
Soccer
- Tied for highest fall semester on record – 3.44 GPA
- 15 student-athletes on Dean's List
- Six 4.0 GPA's
- Fourth-straight semester above a 3.4 and 12th above a 3.0
Softball
- Highest Fall Semester GPA on Record – 3.41 GPA
- 17 student-athletes on Dean's List
- 15th-straight semester above a 3.0
Men's Swim & Dive
- 13 student-athletes on Dean's List
- Two 4.0 GPA's
- 14th-straight semester above a 3.0
Women's Swim & Dive
- 26 student-athletes on Dean's List
- Seven 4.0 GPA's
- Fifth-straight semester above a 3.5 and has recorded above a 3.0 for every semester on record.
Tennis
- Eight student-athletes on Dean's List
- Sixth-straight semester above a 3.5 and 25-straight above a 3.0
Men's Track & Field
- 21 student-athletes on Dean's List
- Second-highest fall semester GPA on record
- Fourth-straight above 3.0 GPA
- Two 4.0 GPA's
Women's Track & Field
- Highest Fall Semester GPA on Record – 3.64 GPA
- 29 student-athletes on Dean's List
- 14 4.0 GPA's
- Fourth-straight semester above a 3.5 GPA
Women's Cross Country
- Highest Fall Semester GPA on Record – 3.71 GPA
Volleyball
- Seven student-athletes on Dean's List
- 21st-straight semester above a 3.0
Wrestling
- 14 student-athletes on Dean's List
- Three 4.0 GPA's
- Second-straight semester above a 3.0
