{"id":43054,"date":"2017-01-18T03:59:14","date_gmt":"2017-01-18T07:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=43054"},"modified":"2017-01-17T17:52:49","modified_gmt":"2017-01-17T21:52:49","slug":"rockets-earn-a-3-202-grade-point-average-fifth-highest-semester-gpa-in-school-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/01_18_2017\/rockets-earn-a-3-202-grade-point-average-fifth-highest-semester-gpa-in-school-history","title":{"rendered":"Rockets earn a 3.202 grade point average; fifth-highest semester GPA in school history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>University of Toledo student-athletes earned a combined grade point average of 3.202 in the 2016 fall semester, the fifth-highest department semester GPA in school history. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/05_23_2012\/toledo-baseball-to-face-miami-in-opening-round-of-2012-mac-tournament\/thumb-rocket-color-logo-26\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18020\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/thumb-rocket-color-logo.jpg\" alt=\"thumb-rocket-color-logo\" width=\"216\" height=\"125\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-18020\" \/><\/a>It is only the fifth time UT student-athletes have had a semester GPA above 3.2, and the 16th consecutive semester in which the Rockets earned a combined GPA of 3.1 or higher.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExcellence in the classroom is what we\u2019ve come to expect from our student-athletes, and this past semester was no exception\u201d said Vice President and Athletic Director Mike O\u2019Brien. \u201cA department-wide GPA of over a 3.2 is a great accomplishment for our student-athletes, and all those behind the scenes who support their efforts \u2014 parents, coaches, faculty, tutors and our student-athlete academic services staff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?attachment_id=43057\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-43057\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2016-fall-semester-GPA.jpg\" alt=\"2016-fall-semester-gpa\" width=\"374\" height=\"258\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-43057\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2016-fall-semester-GPA.jpg 374w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2016-fall-semester-GPA-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/a>Individually, 37 student-athletes earned President\u2019s List honors with a perfect 4.0 GPA, while more than 41 percent (154 of 374) earned a spot on the Dean\u2019s List by garnering at least a 3.50 GPA, and more than 66 percent (249 of 374) achieved a 3.0 grade point average or better for the 2016 fall semester.<\/p>\n<p>Fourteen of UT\u2019s 16 varsity sports teams had combined GPAs of at least 3.0. Women\u2019s soccer set the pace with a team GPA of 3.679. Women\u2019s golf (3.672), women\u2019s volleyball (3.556), women\u2019s cross country (3.546) and men\u2019s golf (3.512) also were above 3.5 as a team this past fall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>3.202 \u2014 that&#8217;s the combined grade point average posted by UT student-athletes fall semester.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,1],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43054"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43054"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43058,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43054\/revisions\/43058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}