By TTU Sports Information
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Academic success is and will always serve as a top priority for Tennessee Tech Athletics. That message remains clear to the department's student-athletes, who once again showed off their hard work away from the gridiron, court, field and track with their latest academic achievements.
In the classroom, the student-athletes continue to achieve at a high standard. For the 22nd consecutive semester, the Tennessee Tech student-athletes have posted a composite grade point average higher than 3.0, concluding the Fall 2019 semester with a mark of 3.183.
"We have high expectations for our student-athletes at Tennessee Tech," said director of athletics Mark Wilson. "As active members of our campus community, our student-athletes should be a shining example not just on the playing fields and courts, but also in the classroom. Our expectations will never waver as we will continue to seek the best and brightest and help shape the men and women who will ultimately shape our future."
During the Fall semester, an impressive 12 of Tech's 14 teams finished with a grade point average above 3.0, with two other teams within striking distance of that mark.
For the fifth-consecutive semester, the Tech soccer team boasted the highest GPA in the department, earning a 3.54 mark. Women's golf compiled a 3.484 GPA as a squad to finish second among the Golden Eagle programs. It also represented the second-best mark in program history. Women's cross country rounded out the top-three with a 3.332 composite GPA.
Yet again, the volleyball team kept its streak of consecutive semesters with a team GPA of 3.0 or better rolling, which dates back to the Fall of 2000, achieving its 39th straight with a mark of 3.245. Soccer achieved its 32nd straight semester besting the 3.0 mark while softball (3.177) and women's indoor (3.258) and outdoor (3.149) track & field all increased their respective runs to 31 consecutive semesters.
Tennis completed its 23rd uninterrupted semester above 3.0 with a GPA of 3.177 while women's cross country reached its 15th consecutive semester. Women's golf has run its streak to 14 straight semesters.
"It takes a lot of people throughout the University to help our student-athletes achieve such high marks," Wilson said. "From our faculty who spend countless hours in the classroom to the efforts of (Assistant Athletics Director for Academics and Student-Athlete Welfare) Leveda Dexter and her staff who keep an eye on their success, it means so much to me, to our department and to our University to see these young men and women excel in so many ways."
Photo by Thomas Corhern, TTU Sports Information
