Eight Squads Earn GLVC Academic Honors

The Great Lakes Valley Conference recognized eight Bulldog teams after each accumulated better than a 3.30 squad grade-point average throughout the 2013-14 academic year.
 
The Bulldog women’s tennis (3.49), women’s cross country (3.47), men’s tennis (3.43), women’s golf (3.38), women’s swimming (3.36), women’s track & field (3.35), women’s soccer (3.34) and volleyball (3.34) squads each earned the GLVC’s top team academic honor for their work in the classroom last season. A total of 108 teams from the league’s 16 member institutions reached or surpassed the 3.30 minimum GPA requirement, placing Truman’s eight total above the league average. Of the 108, 87 women’s teams and 21 men’s squads were tabbed for the honor.
 
Overall, Truman athletes accumulated a combined grade-point average of 3.16 for the 2013-14 academic year, with 17 of the department’s 20 teams posting a 3.00 GPA or higher.