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Lacrosse Leads All Temple Teams in Fall Semester Grade-Point Average
1.12.15 | Women's Lacrosse
PHILADELPHIA - With a team grade-point average of 3.51 for the 2014 fall semester, lacrosse led all Temple teams in the classroom. The Owls also have a team cumulative GPA of 3.44 to lead all 19 teams currently. As a whole, it was the second consecutive semester in which Temple student-athletes recorded their highest combined GPA on record, announced Justin Miller, Senior Director at the Nancy & Donald Resnick Academic Support Center for Student-Athletes.
Temple student-athletes earned a combined 3.09 cumulative grade- point average, which was 0.01 better than the previous record set in the spring of 2014. Â It also marked the sixth consecutive semester that Temple student-athletes earned a combined 3.00 cumulative grade-point average.
"This was truly a great year for Temple student-athletes," said Vice President/Director of Athletics Kevin Clark. "Nothing makes an athletic director prouder than seeing success in the classroom and 2014 was an exceptional year.  I congratulate our student-athletes for their hard work, and also  our coaching staffs as well as Justin Miller and his exceptional staff who continue to emphasize the importance of academic success."
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Individually, 58.6 percent of the student-athletes (289) earned a 3.0+ GPA during the fall semester, making it the highest fall percentage on record. Â
Sixty percent of Temple student-athletes currently own a cumulative grade-point average above a 3.00, including 22.4 percent above a 3.50 cumulative grade-point average.
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Lacrosse (3.51) and men's cross country (3.19) led 16 (out of 19) programs with a 3.0+ combined GPA for the fall.
Overall, 15 programs have a cumulative GPA of better than 3.0, led by lacrosse (3.44) and men's tennis (3.37). Â
Temple student-athletes earned a combined 3.09 cumulative grade- point average, which was 0.01 better than the previous record set in the spring of 2014. Â It also marked the sixth consecutive semester that Temple student-athletes earned a combined 3.00 cumulative grade-point average.
"This was truly a great year for Temple student-athletes," said Vice President/Director of Athletics Kevin Clark. "Nothing makes an athletic director prouder than seeing success in the classroom and 2014 was an exceptional year.  I congratulate our student-athletes for their hard work, and also  our coaching staffs as well as Justin Miller and his exceptional staff who continue to emphasize the importance of academic success."
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Individually, 58.6 percent of the student-athletes (289) earned a 3.0+ GPA during the fall semester, making it the highest fall percentage on record. Â
Sixty percent of Temple student-athletes currently own a cumulative grade-point average above a 3.00, including 22.4 percent above a 3.50 cumulative grade-point average.
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Lacrosse (3.51) and men's cross country (3.19) led 16 (out of 19) programs with a 3.0+ combined GPA for the fall.
Overall, 15 programs have a cumulative GPA of better than 3.0, led by lacrosse (3.44) and men's tennis (3.37). Â
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