University of Memphis Athletics
Memphis Athletics Posts 10th Consecutive Semester With 3.0 GPA
Dec 21, 2015 | General
Tigers close fall with success both in the classroom and in the community.
MEMPHIS – For the 10th consecutive semester, the student-athletes in the University of Memphis Athletic Department posted a departmental GPA of at least 3.0, finishing the Fall of 2015 with a 3.00 GPA. Fifteen of the program's 17 teams posted a team GPA of 3.0 or higher. The Tiger men's tennis team led all men's sports with a 3.50 GPA, while women's soccer led the female sport's side with a 3.74 GPA.
"This is a result of the culture here in our athletic department that we have been creating since 2012 at the University of Memphis," Director of Athletics Tom Bowen said. "Our goals are still not fully attained, but this demonstrates that our student-athletes know our standards and expectations and that they share in our desire to be the best."
First year Tigers also had a strong showing in the classroom. Sixty-six of the Tigers' 100 freshmen student-athletes posted a GPA of 3.0 or higher and 41 of them also earned a spot on the Dean's List with a GPA of 3.5 or higher. The freshman class posted a cumulative 3.14 GPA for the fall semester.
Across all sports, 207 out of the program's 366 student-athletes finished with a 3.0 or higher GPA (56 percent), while 118 (or 32 percent) finished the fall as a Dean's List member with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher. Twenty-eight Tigers posted a perfect 4.0 GPA this fall.
Academic success was not the only highlight for Memphis student-athletes that was announced on Monday. It was also announced that Memphis finished in the top 25 in the country in the NCAA Team Works Competition. Memphis finished 23rd overall in the competition and 18th against other NCAA Division I institutions. In all, Tigers' student-athletes logged over 1200 hours of community service in the past four months, including visits to the Ronald McDonald House and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, participating in events with the Special Olympics and the Down Syndrome Association of Memphis & The Mid-South, and groups like Memphis Athletic Ministries, the City of Memphis Athletic Department, Habitat for Humanities and various churches and local elementary, middle and high schools.
NCAA Team Works is a program meant to help student-athletes learn social responsibility through service and to strengthen their local communities. This fall, the Team Works Competition ran from Sept. 1st until Dec. 15th and schools were ranked from a combination of two parameters: 1) hours per student-athlete and 2) participation rate. In this semester's competition, the program recorded 71,526 hours of community service by NCAA student-athletes with an economic impact of $1.6 million in 106 days.
The University of Memphis is currently on its semester break and returns to classes on Tuesday, Jan. 19th.
"This is a result of the culture here in our athletic department that we have been creating since 2012 at the University of Memphis," Director of Athletics Tom Bowen said. "Our goals are still not fully attained, but this demonstrates that our student-athletes know our standards and expectations and that they share in our desire to be the best."
First year Tigers also had a strong showing in the classroom. Sixty-six of the Tigers' 100 freshmen student-athletes posted a GPA of 3.0 or higher and 41 of them also earned a spot on the Dean's List with a GPA of 3.5 or higher. The freshman class posted a cumulative 3.14 GPA for the fall semester.
Across all sports, 207 out of the program's 366 student-athletes finished with a 3.0 or higher GPA (56 percent), while 118 (or 32 percent) finished the fall as a Dean's List member with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher. Twenty-eight Tigers posted a perfect 4.0 GPA this fall.
Academic success was not the only highlight for Memphis student-athletes that was announced on Monday. It was also announced that Memphis finished in the top 25 in the country in the NCAA Team Works Competition. Memphis finished 23rd overall in the competition and 18th against other NCAA Division I institutions. In all, Tigers' student-athletes logged over 1200 hours of community service in the past four months, including visits to the Ronald McDonald House and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, participating in events with the Special Olympics and the Down Syndrome Association of Memphis & The Mid-South, and groups like Memphis Athletic Ministries, the City of Memphis Athletic Department, Habitat for Humanities and various churches and local elementary, middle and high schools.
NCAA Team Works is a program meant to help student-athletes learn social responsibility through service and to strengthen their local communities. This fall, the Team Works Competition ran from Sept. 1st until Dec. 15th and schools were ranked from a combination of two parameters: 1) hours per student-athlete and 2) participation rate. In this semester's competition, the program recorded 71,526 hours of community service by NCAA student-athletes with an economic impact of $1.6 million in 106 days.
The University of Memphis is currently on its semester break and returns to classes on Tuesday, Jan. 19th.
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