For the ninth semester in a row, Arizona Wildcats athletes posted an average GPA of 3.0 or higher.
The 3.082 average is the second-highest spring-semester GPA in department history, the UA said Thursday. So is the athletes’ cumulative career GPA of 3.224.
More than 65% of all UA athletes carry GPAs of 3.0 or higher, and 41.4% have GPAs of 3.5 or higher.
The UA’s spring GPA comes after athletes set a record with a 3.157 average GPA in the fall.
“Our athletics department’s ‘Wildcat Way’ mission to develop academic, athletic and life champions continues to be fulfilled at the highest level as our student-athletes are a point of pride for the University of Arizona and our Southern Arizona community,” athletic director Dave Heeke.
Arizona’s women’s golfers carried a record team GPA of 3.821 for the spring semester, the best among all Wildcats teams. The men’s cross country team posted a 3.484 GPA, tops among men’s teams. The UA baseball and men’s basketball teams also set single-semester GPA records.
Arizona said it was the second straight semester the men’s basketball team set a record for GPA, with 3.14 this time. Of the 16 players on its roster, including walk-ons, UA said 12 had at least a 3.0, with eight of those over 3.5, including one with a 4.0.
In the fall semester, Arizona first broke the men’s basketball GPA record set in fall 2003 with a 3.04 mark. It said four players had 4.0 GPAs, while four others had between a 3.5 and a 3.99.
