Gardner-Webb Women's Golf Receives Recognition for Work in the Classroom
July 20, 2009 | Women's Golf
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla.- The Gardner-Webb Women's Golf Team was
recognized nationally by the National Golf Coaches Association
(NGCA) for its work in the classroom during the 2008-09 academic
year, posting a team grade point average (GPA) of 3.743, which was
fourth in the nation.
The University of Idaho Women's Golf Team was honored as the
recipient of the 2008-2009 NGCA All-Scholar Team GPA Award. This
award recognizes the women's collegiate golf program with the
highest collective average team GPA, which includes all of the
team's student-athletes for the 08-09 season. Idaho's seven team
members had an average GPA of 3.780.
Rounding out the top-three was Southwestern University in second
with a team GPA of 3.756 and the University of South Alabama in
third with a team GPA of 3.748.
The NGCA also announced the 25 teams with the highest team GPA.
They are as follows:
1st University of Idaho
3.780
2nd Southwestern University 3.756
3rd University of South Alabama 3.748
4th Gardner-Webb University
3.743
5th Ohio University
3.740
6th Concordia University - St. Paul 3.730
7th University of Denver
3.708
8th Bradley University
3.685
9th Gustavus Adolphus College 3.679
10th Stanford University
3.679
11th Wheeling Jesuit University 3.672
12th Longwood University 3.658
13th Wichita State University
3.648
14th Oklahoma State University 3.646
15th Hope College
3.618
16th University of Indianapolis
3.610
17th Middle Tennessee State University 3.602
18th University of Cincinnati
3.588
19th Eastern Michigan University 3.582
20th Indiana State University 3.576
21st Weber State University 3.570
22nd Illinois State University
3.538
23rd Georgetown University 3.535
24th Missouri State University 3.532
25th Dartmouth College
3.530
About the National Golf Coaches Association
The National Golf Coaches Association, founded in 1983, is a
non-profit organization representing women's collegiate golf
coaches. The NGCA was formed to encourage the playing of college
golf for women in correlation with a general objective of education
and in accordance with the highest tradition of intercollegiate
competition. Today, the NGCA represents nearly 500 coaches
throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and
recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they
represent.
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