Memphis Volleyball Hauls in C-USA Sport Academic Award
July 19, 2007 IRVING, Texas - The University of Memphis volleyball squad received the Conference USA Sport Academic Award, as announced by Commissioner Britton Banowsky today. This honor comes after the team posted a 3.68 GPA in the spring semester with 12 of the 15 student-athletes finishing with a 3.5 of higher and seven turning in a perfect 4.0. The 3.68 spring GPA is the highest grade-point finish by any team in the history of Memphis athletics. Head Coach Carrie Yerty's squad posted a 3.485 mark for the 2006-07 school year to earn it second C-USA Academic Award in three years. The 2004-05 squad claimed the scholastic honor after recording a 3.45 GPA in 2005. Memphis volleyball has now logged a team GPA of 3.0 or higher in 20 consecutive semesters, and since 1996, 24 of the 26 seniors have graduated. Rice University earned the C-USA Institutional Excellence Award for the second straight year. The Owls student-athletes combined for an annual grade point average of 3.031, with seven teams representing their respective sport's top GPA. The Owl women's track and field squad also won the C-USA Indoor and Outdoor Championships. The Sport Academic Award is given to the team in each conference-sponsored sport with the highest grade point average for the current academic year. The East Carolina and Marshall women's golf teams shared the award and also posted the highest annual GPA with a 3.61. Following is a list of the Sports Academic award honorees.
Sport Recipient GPA
Baseball Tulane 3.070
Men's Basketball Tulane 2.820
Women's Basketball Rice 2.871
Men's Cross Country Marshall 3.250
Women's Cross Country Tulsa 3.590
Football Rice 2.742
Men's Golf ECU 3.339
Women's Golf ECU 3.610
Marshall 3.610
Men's Soccer Marshall 3.320
Women's Soccer Rice 3.417
Softball ECU 3.378
Women's Swimming Marshall 3.420
Men's Tennis Rice 3.445
Women's Tennis Rice 3.444
Men's Track Rice 3.099
Women's Track Rice 3.255
Volleyball Memphis 3.485
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