Mizzou Student-Athletes Shine in the Classroom During Spring Semester
5/20/2024 11:53:00 AM | General
COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri student-athletes continued to excel in the classroom during the Spring 2024 semester, registering a cumulative grade-point average of 3.33, the second-highest Spring semester student-athlete GPA in the university's history.
It marks the 15th-straight semester that Mizzou student-athletes posted a GPA higher than a 3.0. Overall, the 3.33 grade point average is just 0.02 shy of the department's record for any semester, set during the Spring 2023 semester (3.35).
A total of 79 student-athletes posted a perfect 4.0 GPA during the Spring semester across 18 programs, while 248 finished with a 3.50 or higher and 368 recorded at least a 3.0. Outside of the COVID 2020 semester, the 79 student-athletes with a perfect 4.0 GPA are the most in the department's history.
Three programs posted their highest-record Spring semester GPAs in program history: men's basketball, women's basketball and women's golf.
Below are individual program highlights from Mizzou's 2024 Spring semester.
Baseball
• Spring GPA of 3.09.
• Third-highest spring GPA during the last 11 years.
• Fifth-consecutive spring GPA above 3.0
• Two student-athletes posted 4.0 GPAs with 16 at 3.50 or better.
Men's Basketball
• Program-record 3.22 grade point average during the spring semester.
• Second-straight spring semester setting the team's record.
• One student-athlete recorded 4.0 GPA, six at 3.5 or better.
Women's Basketball
• Program-record 3.62 grade point average during the spring semester.
• Second-straight spring semester setting the team's record.
• Ninth-straight Spring semester recording a GPA of 3.0 or higher.
• Six student-athletes recorded 4.0 GPAs, 12 at 3.5 or better.
Men's Cross Country
• Spring GPA of 3.24.
• Second-straight spring semester with a GPA above a 3.0.
• Four student-athletes recorded 4.0 GPAs, nine at 3.5 or better.
Women's Cross Country
• Spring semester of 3.76.
• The team's second-highest GPA in the last 11 years and highest since 2020.
• Eleventh-consecutive spring semester at 3.0 or better.
• Eight student-athletes posted GPAs of 4.0, 14 at 3.5 or better.
Football
• Spring GPA of 2.95, fourth-highest since 2004.
• Third-highest spring GPA during the last 11 years.
• Five student-athletes recorded 4.0 GPAs, 25 at 3.5 or better.
Men's Golf
• Team GPA of 3.18.
• Eleventh straight Spring semester at 3.0 or better.
• Four student-athletes with a 3.5 grade point average or better.
Women's Golf
• Program spring record with a 3.72 grade point average.
• Eleventh-consecutive spring above 3.0.
• Five student-athletes recorded 4.0 GPAs, seven at 3.5 or better.
Gymnastics
• Spring GPA of 3.61 is the second-highest since 2014 and highest overall since 2020.
• Eleventh-consecutive spring above 3.0.
• Four student-athletes recorded 4.0 GPAs, 13 at 3.5 or better.
Soccer
• Spring GPA of 3.77
• Second-highest spring GPA in school history and just 0.02 shy of program record, set in 2023.
• Eleventh-consecutive spring above 3.0.
• Nine student-athletes recorded 4.0s, 25 at 3.5 or better.
Softball
• Spring GPA of 3.53 – second-highest in the last 11 years.
• Tenth consecutive spring semester at 3.0 or better.
• Five student-athletes posted 4.0 GPAs, 16 at 3.5 or better.
Men's Swim & Dive
• Spring GPA of 3.48 – second-highest since 2014 and highest overall since 2020.
• Posted the highest GPA of any men's sport at Mizzou.
• Tenth consecutive spring GPA at 3.0 or better.
• Four student-athletes recorded 4.0 GPAs, 12 at 3.5 or better.
Women's Swim & Dive
• Spring GPA of 3.65.
• Fifth-straight semester of GPA above 3.50.
• Nine student-athletes posted GPAs of 4.0, 23 at 3.5 or better.
Tennis
• Spring GPA of 3.86 – the highest GPA of any Mizzou team this semester.
• Highest GPA in program history, topping the mark of 3.73 set in 2020.
• Fifth consecutive spring semester at 3.5 or better.
• Two student-athletes earned 4.0 GPA with all eight student-athletes on the team at 3.5 or better.
Men's Track & Field
• Spring GPA of 3.27 is team's third highest over the last 11 years.
• Second-straight spring semester at 3.0 or better.
• Seven student-athletes posted 4.0 GPAs, 24 at 3.5 or better.
Women's Track & Field
• Spring GPA of 3.66 is second-highest since 2014.
• Eleven consecutive spring semesters at 3.0 or better and second-straight over 3.50.
• Fourteen student-athletes recorded 4.0 GPAs, 34 at 3.5 or better.
Volleyball
• Spring GPA Of 3.38.
• Program's highest spring GPA since 2021.
• Eleventh consecutive spring semester with at 3.0 or better.
• Two student-athletes earned 4.0 GPAs, six at 3.5 or better.
Wrestling
• Spring GPA of 3.15 is team's third-best over the last 11 years.
• Just 0.02 shy of the program's spring record.
• Four student-athletes recorded 4.0 GPAs, 17 at 3.5 or better.
