Kansas University athletes tied a school record in the fall semester, posting a combined 2.99 grade-point average.
Women’s golf had the highest GPA with a 3.43. Seven other sports (women’s cross country, women’s track and field, volleyball, rowing, swimming and diving, tennis, softball) recorded GPAs of 3.0 or higher.
Football, meanwhile, reported a GPA of 2.73, the highest for that sport since the record-keeping started in 1986.
Men’s basketball posted a GPA of 2.95.
In all, 274 KU athletes — or 53 percent of active rosters — earned spots on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll by posting a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Thirty-four Jayhawks posted perfect 4.0 GPAs.
Members of the Athletics Director’s Honor Roll will be recognized at Wednesday’s men’s basketball game against Baylor.
Student-Athlete Grade Summary Fall 2009
Team GPAs
Baseball — 2.75
Men’s Basketball — 2.95
Women’s Basketball — 2.82
Football — 2.73 (Team record)
Men’s Golf — 2.95
Women’s Golf — 3.43
Rowing — 3.10
Softball — 3.22
Soccer — 2.93
Swimming & Diving — 3.03
Tennis — 3.26
Men’s Track & Field — 2.97
Men’s Cross Country — 2.92
Women’s Track & Field — 3.28
Women’s Cross Country — 3.42
Volleyball — 3.27
Spirit Squad — 2.93
All Sports Combined — 2.99 (Ties all-time record for a fall term)
Athletics Director’s Honor Roll
4.00 — 34
3.00-3.99 — 240
Total — 274 (53 percent of students on active rosters)
