{"id":50990,"date":"2018-08-28T10:00:36","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T14:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utnews.utoledo.edu\/?p=50990"},"modified":"2018-08-28T08:57:51","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T12:57:51","slug":"rockets-win-mac-institutional-academic-award-with-3-266-gpa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/08_28_2018\/rockets-win-mac-institutional-academic-award-with-3-266-gpa","title":{"rendered":"Rockets win MAC Institutional Academic Award with 3.266 GPA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Toledo has been named the recipient of the 2017-18 Mid-American Conference Institutional Academic Achievement Award, the conference office announced today. For the past academic year, UT&#8217;s student-athletes posted a school-record grade point average of 3.266. <\/p>\n<p>It is the fifth time in the last seven years that the Rockets have won the award.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?attachment_id=50991\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-50991\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/MAC-Academic-Award-web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"288\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-50991\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/MAC-Academic-Award-web.jpg 540w, https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/MAC-Academic-Award-web-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Establishing the record for highest grade point average in school history and earning the MAC Institutional Academic Award is a wonderful achievement by our student-athletes,\u201d said UT Vice President and Athletic Director Mike O&#8217;Brien. \u201cI\u2019m especially proud of the tradition of academic excellence that we have established at The University of Toledo. Earning the MAC Institutional Academic Award for the fifth time in the last seven years is an indication of the consistent effort and determination of our student-athletes to excel in the classroom. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis honor is also shared by the coaches, classroom instructors and the Student Athletic Academic Services staff who all work so hard in mentoring and nurturing our student-athletes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The MAC Institutional Academic Achievement Award is presented annually to the conference institution that achieves the highest overall institutional GPA for student-athletes competing in institutionally sponsored sports for the academic year.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the Mid-American Conference recognized Toledo with the Faculty Athletics Representative  Women\u2019s Academic Achievement Award. The awards recognize the conference institution with the highest overall grade point average rank for both men\u2019s and women\u2019s student-athletes. <\/p>\n<p><strong>MAC Institutional Academic Achievement Award<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>2017-18 &#8211; University of Toledo <\/strong><br \/>\n2016-17 &#8211; Western Michigan University<br \/>\n<strong>2015-16 &#8211; University of Toledo<br \/>\n2014-15 &#8211; University of Toledo<\/strong><br \/>\n2013-14 \u2013 Miami University<br \/>\n<strong>2012-13 &#8211; University of Toledo<br \/>\n2011-12 &#8211; University of Toledo<\/strong><br \/>\n2010-11 &#8211; University of Akron<br \/>\n2009-10 &#8211; Bowling Green State University<br \/>\n2008-09 &#8211; Ball State University<br \/>\n2007-08 &#8211; Northern Illinois University<br \/>\n2006-07 &#8211; Central Michigan University<br \/>\n2005-06 &#8211; Central Michigan University<br \/>\n2004-05 &#8211; Central Michigan University<br \/>\n2003-04 &#8211; Central Michigan University<br \/>\n2002-03 &#8211; Central Michigan University<br \/>\n2001-02 &#8211; Central Michigan University<br \/>\n2000-01 &#8211; Bowling Green State University<br \/>\n1999-00 &#8211; Central Michigan University<br \/>\n1998-99 &#8211; Central Michigan University<br \/>\n1997-98 &#8211; Central Michigan University<br \/>\n1996-97 &#8211; Ball State University \/ Central Michigan University (tie)<br \/>\n1995-96 &#8211; Bowling Green State University<br \/>\n1994-95 &#8211; Bowling Green State University<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the fifth time in the last seven years, UT student-athletes have won the Mid-American Conference Institutional Academic Achievement Award.<\/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\/50990"}],"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=50990"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50994,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50990\/revisions\/50994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}