Volleyball, Men’s Golf capture highest semester GPAs for Spring 2003

June 6, 2003

Men’s Golf, Women’s Tennis have most improved marks

The Missouri Southern women’s volleyball and men’s golf team charted the highest semester grade-point averages among all MSSC athletics teams this spring.

The volleyball squad recorded a 3.419 average for the spring semester, outdistancing the runner-up, women’s track & field and cross country, by 0.201.

On the men’s side, the Lions golf team finished with a 3.079 GPA for the spring, topping their next closest competitor, men’s soccer, by 0.05.

Not only did the golf team collect the semester’s highest GPA on the men’s side, it also is the recipient of the most-improved average. The golf squad improved its mark by 0.253 over the fall semester.

The women’s most improved award will go to the tennis team, which posted a 3.204 average in the spring. That’s an improvement of 0.638 over its fall GPA.

All totalled, the women’s athletics squads at Southern finished the spring semester with a 3.189 GPA. Men’s teams ended with a 2.607 mark. For both male and female teams combined, the spring GPA was 2.794. There were 24 perfect 4.0 GPAs in the spring.

In cumulative totals, MSSC athletics teams carry a combined 2.934 GPA, including a 3.234 women’s average and a 2.783 male mark. Women’s basketball boasts the highest cumulative GPA on the women’s side, while men’s soccer can make the same claim among men’s teams.

More than 47 percent of MSSC student-athletes (134 out of 281 athletes) maintain cumulative GPAs of 3.0 or higher.


	June 6, 2003 Volleyball, Men’s Golf capture highest semester GPAs for Spring 2003 Men’s Golf, Women’s Tennis have most improved marks The Missouri Southern women’s volleyball and men’s golf team charted the highest semester grade-point averages among all MSSC athletics teams this spring. The volleyball squad recorded a 3.419 average for the spring semester, outdistancing the runner-up, women’s track & field and cross country, by 0.201. On the men’s side, the Lions golf team finished with a 3.079 GPA for the spring, topping their next closest competitor, men’s soccer, by 0.05. Not only did the golf team collect the semester’s highest GPA on the men’s side, it also is the recipient of the most-improved average. The golf squad improved its mark by 0.253 over the fall semester. The women’s most improved award will go to the tennis team, which posted a 3.204 average in the spring. That’s an improvement of 0.638 over its fall GPA. All totalled, the women’s athletics squads at Southern finished the spring semester with a 3.189 GPA. Men’s teams ended with a 2.607 mark. For both male and female teams combined, the spring GPA was 2.794. There were 24 perfect 4.0 GPAs in the spring. In cumulative totals, MSSC athletics teams carry a combined 2.934 GPA, including a 3.234 women’s average and a 2.783 male mark. Women’s basketball boasts the highest cumulative GPA on the women’s side, while men’s soccer can make the same claim among men’s teams. More than 47 percent of MSSC student-athletes (134 out of 281 athletes) maintain cumulative GPAs of 3.0 or higher.