USC Football Earns Highest GPA Ever

COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) — University of South Carolina student-athletes completed the 2014-15 academic year with another outstanding semester in the classroom, according to Maria Hickman, Associate Athletics Director for Academics and Student Development. The student-athletes ended the Spring 2015 semester with the second-highest departmental grade point average (GPA) in school history, posting a 3.256. It extended the streak to 17-consecutive semesters of a combined GPA of 3.0 or better for the students who participate in intercollegiate athletics. Three teams earned their highest GPA to date – Football (2.938), Men‘s Swimming (3.378), and Beach Volleyball (3.503). Women‘s Golf earned its third-highest GPA to date, as well as bragging rights by being the GPA leader for teams in the department (3.705). Sixteen of the eighteen teams earned a 3.0 or better GPA. The department named 71 student-athletes to the President‘s List, 158 to the Dean‘s List, and 360 to the Athletic Director‘s Honor Roll (3.0). Ninety-four student-athletes graduated with an additional 17 on track to complete their degree in August. Student-athletes also logged a record-setting 8,860 hours of community service during the academic year. “Graduation is our key focus and seeing this amount of student-athletes earn their degree is the most rewarding for myself and the Dodie Academic staff,” said Hickman. “We are proud of the success in the classroom, community and athletically from these dedicated student-athletes.” Sport GPA Baseball 3.028 Men‘s Basketball 3.008 Women‘s Basketball 3.099 Beach Volleyball 3.503 Equestrian 3.463 Football 2.938 Men‘s Golf 3.308 Women‘s Golf 3.705 Men‘s Soccer 3.231 Women‘s Soccer 3.489 Softball 3.442 Men‘s Swimming/Diving 3.378 Women‘s Swimming/Diving 3.545 Men‘s Tennis 3.419 Women‘s Tennis 3.430 Men‘s Track & Field 2.918 Women‘s Track & Field/Cross Country 3.442 Volleyball 3.416