263 student-athletes earn Athletics Honor Roll Recognition;
15 of 17 programs earned a cumulative GPA over 3.0;
274 student-athletes, over 67 percent, earn over a 3.0 cumulative GPA
TAMPA, MAY 31, 2023 – University of South Florida student-athletes extended USF Athletics’ record streak of department grade-point averages over 3.0 to 17 consecutive semesters and more than eight years (since the spring of 2015) after the recently completed 2023 spring term.
USF saw 263 student-athletes earn Athletics Honor Roll recognition following the spring semester and 15 of 17 programs post a semester GPA over 3.0, as USF Athletics’ overall GPA for nearly 500 student-athletes for the spring term checked in at 3.13.
USF also saw 15 of 17 programs maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better and the cumulative GPA for Athletics held firm at 3.18.
Over 67 percent of USF student-athletes earned a 3.0 cumulative GPA or higher following the 2023 spring term, while 148 had over a 3.5 and 11 maintained a 4.0.
USF’s men’s programs averaged a 3.03 cumulative GPA, while the women’s programs posted a 3.39 cumulative GPA. USF celebrated 44 student-athletes that earned their degree in the spring (joining 19 from the fall), making more than 600 to have done so since 2016-17.
“At the core of our mission remains graduating student-athletes and supporting their achievement in the classroom.” Vice President of Athletics Michael Kelly said. “I am very proud of our student-athletes continued strong performance and commitment to academics, which is strongly supported by our talented academics staff.”
The football program contributed to the Honor Roll recipients with 47 in the spring after logging 41 in the fall semester. Close behind in the spring were women’s track and field/cross country (33), softball (25), baseball (22), women’s soccer (22), men’s soccer (21), sailing (19), men’s track and field/cross country (18), and volleyball (11) among the teams with 10 or more honorees.
The men’s golf program, led by head coach Steve Bradley, led all programs with a 3.71 spring term GPA and boasted five Honor Roll members while also posting the highest men’s cumulative GPA with a 3.54. The women’s tennis program, led by head coach Cristina Moros, led all women’s teams with a 3.69 spring term GPA while boasting nine members of the Honor Roll. Women’s tennis also led all programs with a 3.61 cumulative GPA.
About USF Athletics
USF Athletics currently sponsors 19 varsity men’s and women’s teams that compete in 11 different sports, 18 at the NCAA Division I level in the American Athletic Conference, which will expand to 21 teams with the recently announced additions of women’s lacrosse (2024-25) and women’s beach volleyball. The Bulls’ athletic program began in 1965 and is in its 57th season in 2022-23. Nearly 450 student-athletes train and compete in the athletic district located on the east end of the campus in Tampa, Fla. The Bulls have claimed 26 American Athletic Conference team titles since joining the conference in 2013, including seven trophies in the 2021 calendar year, and own 140 conference titles claimed in 15 sports in department history, led by 20 each for men’s tennis and men’s soccer. USF has claimed 74 men’s conference championships and 64 women’s titles, led by 14 in women’s tennis and 12 in volleyball. The Bulls have posted a combined annual grade-point average over 3.0 for more than eight straight years and have posted a program record of 17 straight semesters with a combined GPA over 3.0 as of the spring of 2023. USF has had over 600 student-athletes earn their degree since 2016-17.
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