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Sarah Twidwell

A Year of Academic Excellence

The 2018-19 season featured the first and second highest term GPAs in departmental history.

MACOMB, Ill. – There are a few sports still in session, but Western Illinois Athletics can close the book on its spring semester with the second highest grade point average in departmental history. Forty-seven student-athletes crowned the spring slate with a 4.0 GPA,129 with a 3.6 or higher, and 237 at 3.0 or better; collectively, the department laid claim to a 3.197. 

The semester marked the 24th consecutive where the athletic department finished with a higher term GPA than the Macomb campus' general student body (3.086). Leatherneck student-athletes truly made the 2018-19 season their best yet, as the fall captured the highest term mark to date at 3.199.

"We are so proud of our student-athletes and their academic success this past semester and school year," said Holly Van Vlymen, the Assistant Athletic Director for Academics and Student-Athlete Development. "Our student-athletes put in countless hours to be the best they can in the classroom, adhering to our University's core value of Academic Excellence. Our coaches do a great job recruiting quality student-athletes, and along with our academic support staff, work hard with their teams to achieve and exceed their academic goals."

On the women's side, the combined GPA for all women's teams was 3.486, and the top 3 GPAs were:
Women's Basketball - 3.807 (highest in program history)
Women's Golf - 3.637 
Women's Cross Country - 3.651 

On the men's side, the combined GPA for all men's teams was 3.006, and the top 3 GPAs were:
Men's Golf - 3.352
Men's Soccer - 3.147
Men's Cross Country - 3.144
 
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