Eastern Michigan Athletics
EMU Student-Athletes Earn Highest GPA In Department History
1/16/2024 1:00:00 PM | General, SASS
Student-athletes posted a 3.404 semester GPA and 3.404 cumulative GPA
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – Eastern Michigan University student-athletes set a school record with a 3.404 cumulative GPA for the Fall 2023 semester. It was also the 28th consecutive semester of earning higher than a 3.0 cumulative grade-point average.
With 497 student-athletes, Eastern recorded a 3.404 fall semester GPA. The department's term GPA is the best since records began being tracked in the fall of 1999 with the figure bettering the winter semester of 2020 (3.404) when students were able to exercise the pass/fail option. Furthermore, EMU also notched the department's all-time best cumulative GPA at 3.404, 0.022 ahead of the previous best of 3.382 in Winter 2023.
"I'm incredibly proud of the academic performance of our student-athletes," said Vice President/Director of Athletics Scott Wetherbee. "This success is a reflection of highly committed and hard-working student-athletes and our department's dedication to academic excellence. I'm especially appreciative of our coaching staff who recruit strong students and create team cultures that value academic success, as well as our outstanding professors and student-athlete support services staff members who are on the front lines in providing a first-class education."
Overall, 79.6 percent (396) of EMU student-athletes earned a 3.0 GPA or higher for the semester and all 19 sports had term GPAs of 3.0 or higher.
Furthermore, there were 69 EMU student-athletes with perfect 4.0 GPAs last semester, led by lacrosse which had 13.
For the semester, gymnastics led all sports with a term GPA of 3.796 on EMU's 4.0 scale. Soccer (3.776) was next, while swimming & diving (3.741) was third. Lacrosse (3.658) and women's cross country (3.617) rounded out the top five programs for the winter semester.
Football (3.029), women's basketball (3.474), women's cross country (3.523), women's gymnastics (3.796), women's rowing (3.523), and women's swimming & diving (3.741) each surpassed their previous semester GPA standards, while men's basketball (3.032) and men's track & field (3.230) notched their second-best marks.
Overall, a total of 76 percent of EMU student-athletes hold a cumulative GPA above 3.0.
Highlights for the 2023 Fall Semester
• Overall Athletic Department Fall 2023 Cumulative GPA: 3.404
• Overall Athletic Department Fall2023 Semester GPA: 3.404
• Highest Male Team Semester GPA: Cross Country (3.421)
• Highest Female Team Semester GPA: Gymnastics (3.796)
• Total Number of 4.0 Semester GPA's: 69
• Team with Most Number of 4.0 Semester GPA's: Lacrosse (13)
• Number of student-athletes above a 3.0 Semester GPA: 396 (79%)
• Number of student-athletes above a 3.0 Cumulative GPA: 246 (76%)
• Total Number of Teams with a 3.0 GPA: 17 (100%)
• Total Number of Teams with a 3.0 Cumulative GPA: 16 (94%)
Fall 2023 Semester GPA
Gymnastics - 3.796
Soccer - 3.776
Swimming & Diving - 3.741
Lacrosse - 3.658
Women's Cross Country - 3.617
Volleyball - 3.555
Rowing - 3.523
Women's Basketball - 3.474
Women's Track & Field - 3.463
Men's Cross Country - 3.421
Women's Golf - 3.414
Women's Tennis - 3.402
Men's Golf - 3.380
Men's Baseball - 3.291
Men's Track & Field - 3.230
Men's Basketball - 3.032
Football - 3.029
Cumulative GPA after Fall 2023
Women's Swimming & Diving - 3.810
Gymnastics - 3.776
Soccer - 3.734
Lacrosse - 3.711
Volleyball - 3.634
Women's Cross Country - 3.563
Men's Cross Country - 3.538
Women's Tennis - 3.533
Women's Track & Field - 3.450
Baseball - 3.426
Women's Golf - 3.401
Women's Rowing - 3.388
Men's Golf - 3.357
Women's Basketball - 3.334
Men's Track & Field - 3.269
Football - 3.054
Men's Basketball - 2.911
With 497 student-athletes, Eastern recorded a 3.404 fall semester GPA. The department's term GPA is the best since records began being tracked in the fall of 1999 with the figure bettering the winter semester of 2020 (3.404) when students were able to exercise the pass/fail option. Furthermore, EMU also notched the department's all-time best cumulative GPA at 3.404, 0.022 ahead of the previous best of 3.382 in Winter 2023.
"I'm incredibly proud of the academic performance of our student-athletes," said Vice President/Director of Athletics Scott Wetherbee. "This success is a reflection of highly committed and hard-working student-athletes and our department's dedication to academic excellence. I'm especially appreciative of our coaching staff who recruit strong students and create team cultures that value academic success, as well as our outstanding professors and student-athlete support services staff members who are on the front lines in providing a first-class education."
Overall, 79.6 percent (396) of EMU student-athletes earned a 3.0 GPA or higher for the semester and all 19 sports had term GPAs of 3.0 or higher.
Furthermore, there were 69 EMU student-athletes with perfect 4.0 GPAs last semester, led by lacrosse which had 13.
For the semester, gymnastics led all sports with a term GPA of 3.796 on EMU's 4.0 scale. Soccer (3.776) was next, while swimming & diving (3.741) was third. Lacrosse (3.658) and women's cross country (3.617) rounded out the top five programs for the winter semester.
Football (3.029), women's basketball (3.474), women's cross country (3.523), women's gymnastics (3.796), women's rowing (3.523), and women's swimming & diving (3.741) each surpassed their previous semester GPA standards, while men's basketball (3.032) and men's track & field (3.230) notched their second-best marks.
Overall, a total of 76 percent of EMU student-athletes hold a cumulative GPA above 3.0.
Highlights for the 2023 Fall Semester
• Overall Athletic Department Fall 2023 Cumulative GPA: 3.404
• Overall Athletic Department Fall2023 Semester GPA: 3.404
• Highest Male Team Semester GPA: Cross Country (3.421)
• Highest Female Team Semester GPA: Gymnastics (3.796)
• Total Number of 4.0 Semester GPA's: 69
• Team with Most Number of 4.0 Semester GPA's: Lacrosse (13)
• Number of student-athletes above a 3.0 Semester GPA: 396 (79%)
• Number of student-athletes above a 3.0 Cumulative GPA: 246 (76%)
• Total Number of Teams with a 3.0 GPA: 17 (100%)
• Total Number of Teams with a 3.0 Cumulative GPA: 16 (94%)
Fall 2023 Semester GPA
Gymnastics - 3.796
Soccer - 3.776
Swimming & Diving - 3.741
Lacrosse - 3.658
Women's Cross Country - 3.617
Volleyball - 3.555
Rowing - 3.523
Women's Basketball - 3.474
Women's Track & Field - 3.463
Men's Cross Country - 3.421
Women's Golf - 3.414
Women's Tennis - 3.402
Men's Golf - 3.380
Men's Baseball - 3.291
Men's Track & Field - 3.230
Men's Basketball - 3.032
Football - 3.029
Cumulative GPA after Fall 2023
Women's Swimming & Diving - 3.810
Gymnastics - 3.776
Soccer - 3.734
Lacrosse - 3.711
Volleyball - 3.634
Women's Cross Country - 3.563
Men's Cross Country - 3.538
Women's Tennis - 3.533
Women's Track & Field - 3.450
Baseball - 3.426
Women's Golf - 3.401
Women's Rowing - 3.388
Men's Golf - 3.357
Women's Basketball - 3.334
Men's Track & Field - 3.269
Football - 3.054
Men's Basketball - 2.911
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