GCU Softball No. 1 in nation academically again

Softball

10-1-08

Grand Canyon University's softball team had the highest grade point average in the nation for the third straight year as announced by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.

The 2008 team had a cumulative GPA of 3.68, which led all four-year schools in the country, including NCAA Division I, II and III schools. It also was higher than the top NAIA schools and junior colleges.

Tennessee Tech University turned in the top GPA in Division I and Macalester College holds the top team GPA in Division III. Wallace-Hanceville, the NJCAA Division I National Champions for 2008, also led the way with the top GPA for all member junior college programs.

The NFCA honors high school and collegiate softball teams for their success in the classroom for this program.

This year’s top academic performers in six membership categories (NCAA Divisions I, II, III; NAIA; junior college; and high school weighted and non-weighted) are:

NCAA Division I

1. Tennessee Tech University, 3.540; 2. Gardner-Webb University, 3.478; 3. Seton Hall University, 3.450; 4. Southern Illinois University, 3.447; 5. DePaul University, 3.429; 6. Saint Louis University, 3.428; 7. University of Evansville, 3.420; 8. Mississippi State University, 3.414; 8. University of South Carolina, 3.414; 10. Bucknell University, 3.402.

NCAA Division II

1. Grand Canyon University, 3.680; 2. Grand Valley State University, 3.575; 3. Southeastern Oklahoma State University, 3.482; 4. Lewis University, 3.428; 5. Emporia State University, 3.416; 6. Tiffin University, 3.412; 7. Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 3.409; 8. Rockhurst University, 3.406; 9. Quincy University, 3.388; 10. Chowan University, 3.380; 10. Barry University, 3.380.

NCAA Division III

1. Macalester College, 3.549; 2. Wartburg College, 3.540; 3. Kalamazoo College, 3.531; 4. Emerson College, 3.523; 5. Skidmore College, 3.522; 6. Elmhurst College, 3.493; 7. Gettysburg College, 3.488; 8. Piedmont College, 3.450; 8. Springfield College, 3.450; 10. University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, 3.445.

NAIA

1. Evangel University, 3.636; 2. McKendree College, 3.540; 3. Mount Vernon Nazarene University, 3.498; 4. Missouri Valley College, 3.459; 5. Saint Xavier University, 3.450; 6. Peru State College, 3.449; 7. Olivet Nazarene University, 3.406; 8. Central Methodist University, 3.389; 9. Oklahoma City University, 3.367; 10. Spring Arbor University, 3.356.

Junior College

1. Wallace State Community College-Hanceville, 3.642; 2. Cleveland State Community College, 3.400; 2. Sierra College, 3.400; 4. Iowa Western Community College, 3.392; 5. Phoenix College, 3.370; 6. College of Southern Idaho, 3.337; 7. Walla Walla Community College, 3.329; 8. Shawnee Community College, 3.326; 9. Kirkwood Community College, 3.277; 10. Triton College, 3.246.

HIGH SCHOOL (weighted)

1. Newsome HS (FL), 4.095; 2. Washburn Rural HS (KS), 4.084; 3. Splendora HS (TX), 4.062; 4. West Chester East HS (PA), 4.009; 5. Adlai E. Stevenson HS (IL), 3.981; 6. Yorktown HS (VA), 3.960; 7. Rowland Hall - St. Mark’s HS (UT), 3.950; 8. Ennis HS (TX), 3.880; 9. Oliver Ames HS (MA), 3.820; 10. Elyria HS (OH), 3.811.

HIGH SCHOOL (non-weighted)

1. Minnesota Valley Lutheran HS (MN), 3.75; 2. Saint Thomas Aquinas HS (KS), 3.747; 3. Madison County HS (GA), 3.734; 4. Milford HS (OH), 3.720; 5. Benjamin Russell HS (AL), 3.716; 6. Hopkins HS (MN), 3.715; 7. Southaven HS (MS), 3.713; 8. Hubbard HS (TX), 3.710; 9. Plainedge HS (NY), 3.700; 10. Milwaukee Lutheran HS (WI), 3.699.

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