Xavier University Athletics
Women's Golf Team Earns Academic Award from NGCA
07.22.11 | Women's Golf
July 22, 2011
CINCINNATI- The Xavier women's golf team has been ranked 17th in the nation for highest team GPA by the National Golf Coaches Association. This award recognizes the women's collegiate golf programs with the highest team GPA which includes all of the student-athletes for the 2010-11 season. Xavier's eight team members had an average GPA of 3.660. Lee University led the nation with a 3.864 team GPA for the 2010-11 season.
The NGCA also announced the 25 teams with the highest Team GPA. They are as follows:
1st Lee University 3.864
2nd Ohio University 3.834
3rd Bradley University 3.819
4th University of Indianapolis 3.800
5th Seton Hill University 3.743
6th Concordia University - St. Paul 3.734
7th University of Memphis 3.723
8th Otterbein University 3.721
9th Siena College 3.703
T 10th Gustavus Adolphus College 3.697
T 10th University of Akron 3.697
12th Austin Peay State University 3.691
13th University of New Mexico 3.678
14th Edgewood College 3.674
15th University of Alabama 3.670
16th Harvard University 3.664
17th Xavier University 3.660
18th East Carolina University 3.658
19th Eastern Michigan University 3.657
20th University of Tennessee Chattanooga 3.649
21st Ashland University 3.645
22nd Rollins College 3.640
23rd Drury University 3.638
T 24th Tusculum College 3.622
T 24th University of Nevada-Las Vegas 3.622
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.
