EMU athletes achieve record cumulative GPA for Winter semester

Dan McLean Senior Associate AD for Development | Eastern Michigan Athletics Website

By East Michigan News

May 23, 2024

Eastern Michigan University (EMU) student-athletes have achieved a new record with a cumulative GPA of 3.430 following the Winter 2024 semester. This marks the 29th consecutive semester that EMU athletes have maintained a GPA above 3.0.

The university's athletic department, which comprises 486 student-athletes, recorded a winter semester GPA of 3.399. This figure is the second-highest since records began in fall 1999, slightly below the fall 2023 mark of 3.404. The all-time best cumulative GPA at EMU now stands at 3.430, surpassing the previous high of 3.405 from fall 2023.

Vice President and Director of Athletics Scott Wetherbee expressed pride in the students' academic achievements: "I'm incredibly proud of the academic performance of our student-athletes," he said. "This success is a reflection of highly committed and hard-working student-athletes and our department's dedication to academic excellence."

Eighty-two EMU student-athletes achieved perfect GPAs last semester, with lacrosse and swimming & diving each having 15 students reaching this milestone.

Additionally, seventy-eight percent (377) of EMU student-athletes earned a GPA of 3.0 or higher for the semester, and all nineteen sports teams had term GPAs exceeding this threshold.

Swimming & diving led all sports with a term GPA of 3.780 on EMU's scale, followed by soccer at 3.730 and lacrosse at 3.675.

In terms of team performance improvements, men's basketball (3.162), football (3.073), and swimming & diving exceeded their previous semester GPA standards, while women's basketball (3.380) and rowing (3.480) achieved their second-best results.

Overall, eighty-one percent of EMU student-athletes maintain a cumulative GPA above 3.0.

Highlights from the Winter Semester include:

- Overall Athletic Department Cumulative GPA: 3.430

- Overall Athletic Department Semester GPA: 3.399

- Highest Male Team Semester GPA: Golf (3.631)

- Highest Female Team Semester GPA: Swimming & Diving (3.780)

- Total Number of Perfect GPAs: 82

- Teams with Most Perfect GPAs: Lacrosse/Swimming & Diving (15)

- Student-Athletes Above a Semester GPA of 3.0: 377 (78%)

- Student-Athletes Above a Cumulative GPA of 3.0: 396 (81%)

- Total Teams with a Semester GPA over 3.0: 19

- Total Teams with a Cumulative GPA over 3.0: 18