University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
UNC Asheville Student-Athletes Continue to Raise the Bar in the Classroom in 2018-19 Athletic Year
05.28.2019 | Athletics News
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – UNC Asheville student-athletes posted a grade-point average of 3.238 during the 2018-19 athletic year.
The 2018-19 GPA improves upon last year's impressive in its own right combined grade-point average of 3.142.
"Our student-athletes are driven to make an impact in all of their endeavors," UNC Asheville Director of Athletics Janet R. Cone said. "We continue to improve academically each and every year as a department and that is true credit to our student-athletes, our coaches and our academic support staff led by Assistant Athletics Director for Student-Athlete Success Rebecca Nelms."
On the year, UNC Asheville athletics had a total of 239 student-athletes suit up for the Bulldogs, and impressively 165 of 239 (69 percent) finished the 2018-19 athletic year with a GPA of 3.0 or higher to garner AD Honor Roll honors.
UNC Asheville had a total of 80 student-athletes finish the 2018-19 athletic year with a GPA of 3.5 or higher to earn Dean's List honors. A total of 21 Bulldogs finished the academic year with a perfect 4.0 GPA to collect Chancellor's List accolades.
The women's athletic teams at UNC Asheville all owned an annual GPA of 3.3 or higher with women's tennis leading the way (3.665). On the men's side of things, men's soccer (3.207) posted the highest GPA in the 2018-19 athletic year.
In addition, 42 Bulldogs graduated from UNC Asheville during the May 2019 Commencement exercises held at Kimmel Arena inside the Sherrill Center on Saturday, May 11, 2019.
The 2018-19 GPA improves upon last year's impressive in its own right combined grade-point average of 3.142.
"Our student-athletes are driven to make an impact in all of their endeavors," UNC Asheville Director of Athletics Janet R. Cone said. "We continue to improve academically each and every year as a department and that is true credit to our student-athletes, our coaches and our academic support staff led by Assistant Athletics Director for Student-Athlete Success Rebecca Nelms."
On the year, UNC Asheville athletics had a total of 239 student-athletes suit up for the Bulldogs, and impressively 165 of 239 (69 percent) finished the 2018-19 athletic year with a GPA of 3.0 or higher to garner AD Honor Roll honors.
UNC Asheville had a total of 80 student-athletes finish the 2018-19 athletic year with a GPA of 3.5 or higher to earn Dean's List honors. A total of 21 Bulldogs finished the academic year with a perfect 4.0 GPA to collect Chancellor's List accolades.
The women's athletic teams at UNC Asheville all owned an annual GPA of 3.3 or higher with women's tennis leading the way (3.665). On the men's side of things, men's soccer (3.207) posted the highest GPA in the 2018-19 athletic year.
In addition, 42 Bulldogs graduated from UNC Asheville during the May 2019 Commencement exercises held at Kimmel Arena inside the Sherrill Center on Saturday, May 11, 2019.
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