OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City University student-athletes achieved an overall grade-point average of 3.211 with 14 teams eclipsing the 3.0 mark during the fall semester of 2009. It is the second consecutive semester OCU teams have combined for a 3.2 GPA.
OCU’s new competitive pom squad made a 3.493 cumulative GPA. The OCU women’s rowing team compiled a 3.438 GPA, while the baseball team had a 3.410 and the women’s wrestling team posted a 3.395. Seventy percent of OCU student-athletes made a 3.0 or higher GPA this past semester.
Sixteen student-athletes posted a 4.0 GPA. Six teams had 80 percent of their members make a 3.0 or higher GPA.
OCU athletes have combined for a 3.0 or better GPA each semester over at least the past seven years.
“We take pride in the academic accomplishments of our student-athletes while also recognizing the commitment of our coaches and faculty,” OCU athletic director Jim Abbott said. “Oklahoma City University is an academically rigorous institution. Our student-athletes balance the challenges of practice and competition with the requirements of coursework and academia very well.”
Other academic highlights for OCU in the 2009 fall semester:
Nine OCU student-athletes became NAIA scholar-athlete award winners. Each were upperclassmen who have put together a 3.5 or better cumulative grade-point average. Men’s soccer players Brandon Hull and Tyler Morrissey became three-time winners.
Alex Gang became a third-team college-division CoSIDA ESPN the Magazine academic all-American. Gang, a junior from Seoul, South Korea, has a 3.95 GPA. CoSIDA academic all-Americans are selected from all-district teams by sports information directors from across the country.
Five soccer players became CoSIDA academic all-district selections. Gang and Sarah Burnett earned the all-district selection for the second year in a row. All-district picks have a 3.30 or better GPA and are chosen by vote of sports information directors within the district.
The Stars excel in competition also. OCU has won 36 national crowns in all sports.
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