ITHACA, N.Y. – For the second straight season, the Big Red women's basketball team has been named to the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll. Cornell is the only Ivy League institutions on the list, ranking 25th overall with a team GPA of 3.308.  

 

This award, given in NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, NAIA and Junior College/Community College, honors teams throughout the nation that carry the highest grade point averages (GPA) for the entire season based on the nomination submitted by WBCA-member head coaches.

“Congratulations to these teams who have excelled academically during the 2009-10 school year," WBCA CEO Beth Bass said. “Each of these coaches set an extraordinary example for their peers to follow by holding academics in such high esteem with their student-athletes."

“I'm extremely proud of our team for achieving this goal,” said Dayna Smith, The Rebecca Quinn Morgan '60 Head Coach of Women's Basketball. “Academics are something that my staff and I stress, so I'm very pleased that we made the list for the second straight year.” 

 

Rank	School	Team GPA
1	Utah Valley University	3.630
2	South Dakota State University	3.622
3	Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County	3.578
4	Indiana State University	3.508
5	Creighton University	3.506
6	Bowling Green State University	3.500
7	University of Northern Iowa	3.464
8	DePaul University	3.455
9	Lipscomb University	3.452
10	University of North Dakota	3.442
11	University of New Mexico	3.433
12	North Dakota State University	3.427
13	Northern Arizona University	3.425
14	Bucknell University	3.422
15	Monmouth University	3.412
16	University of South Dakota	3.368
17	Saint Bonaventure University	3.354
18	University of Northern Colorado	3.351
19	University of Denver	3.342
20	Seattle University	3.341
21	University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee	3.340
22	Eastern Washington University	3.328
23	University of Hartford	3.321
24	Oakland University	3.318
25	Cornell University	3.308