UMaine Student-Athletes Post 3.21 Cumulative GPA
University of Maine student-athletes posted a 3.21 cumulative grade-point average during the 2014-15 academic year.
The 3.21 GPA placed the Black Bears third in the 2015 America East Academic Cup standings. The Academic Cup, established by the America East Board of Directors in 1995, is presented to the institution whose student-athletes post the highest grade-point average during the academic year. The University of Hartford and the University of New Hampshire tied for the 2015 America East Academic Cup, each posting a 3.23 GPA.
The UMaine women’s basketball team, the 2015 America East co-regular season champion, led all league women’s basketball squads with a 3.39 GPA. It was one of three squads in the America East to both win/share a championship and finish with the highest GPA in their respective sports.
All nine of UMaine’s women’s sports teams recorded a 3.00 GPA or better this season, led by the cross-country and ice hockey squads, both of which finished with 3.46 GPAs. Basketball (3.39) and swimming and diving (3.33) followed. Field hockey, indoor track and field, outdoor track and field and soccer all finished with a 3.27 grade-point average and softball earned a 3.25 GPA.
The UMaine men’s squads were led by the cross-county team with a 3.31 GPA, followed by ice hockey (3.21) and indoor track and field (3.13).
After Hartford, UNH and UMaine, the University of Vermont was fourth in the AE with a 3.16 GPA. Binghamton University and the University of Massachusetts Lowell tied for fifth, each recording a 3.10 GPA. The University of Maryland, Baltimore County and Stony Brook University tied for seventh with a 3.08 GPA, while the University at Albany compiled a 3.06 GPA.
Each of America East’s nine member institutions and 79 percent of its teams (110-of-139) compiled grade-point averages higher than 3.0 in 2014–15.
In all, America East student-athletes have averaged better than a 3.0 GPA for 10 straight years. The league’s 3,400-plus student-athletes averaged a 3.14 GPA, the highest single-year mark in league history. It’s the third consecutive year a new standard has been set.
The University of Maine is celebrating its 150th anniversary in 2015. The athletic department is noting 150 student-athlete achievements during the year.
Contact: Beth Staples, 207.581.3777