Kent State Athletics Recognizes Academic Highlights From Fall 2011

The 241 student-athletes with a 3.0 GPA in the fall semester were honored prior to the men's basketball game on Jan. 25

241 Golden Flash student-athletes recorded a term GPA over 3.0

KENT, Ohio – The success of the athletics program’s at Kent State transcends beyond the field of competition and into the classroom.  The past fall Golden Flash student-athletes representing all 18 sports totaled the highest number of 3.0 term Grade Point Averages in recorded history with 241 earning the distinction.  

The success of the student-athletes in the fall semester has brought the athletic department’s cumulative GPA over 3.0 for the first time in recorded history.   

Other Academic Highlights from Fall 2011 include:

• Department Cumulative GPA = 3.02
• Department Term GPA = 2.97
• 13 teams with both their term and cumulative GPA over 3.0
• 4 teams with term GPA over 3.4
• 4 teams with cumulative GPA over 3.4
• 22 student-athletes with perfect 4.0 GPA
• KSU Softball achieving their highest GPA in team history with 3.54