Thought I'd start this thread now that we can use to post any general (spans more than one CU sport) academic news throughout this academic year (through the summer 2022 semester).
1st off- sounds like another good semester overall for the Buff student-athletes
Congrats to all involved!
Article - https://cubuffs.com/news/2022/1/31/...es-continue-outstanding-academic-success.aspx
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BOULDER – University of Colorado student-athletes have continued to perform extremely well in the classroom in grade point average statistics compiled by CU's Herbst Academic Center staff, all the while at the same time dealing with the many distractions all CU students have had to concern themselves with over the past two years.
The grade point average for the recently completed fall 2021 semester for 385 CU student-athletes was 3.117, the second-best fall semester GPA on record. That help boost the cumulative grade point average to 3.110, the fourth straight semester above a 3.0. And also for the fourth straight semester, 13 of CU's 15 programs (indoor and outdoor track count as one) owned cumulative GPA's of 3.0 or higher.
The academic staff started charting these numbers in the spring of 1996.
For the fourth straight semester, all CU students continued to face challenges due to the COVID pandemic, including classes often in hybrid from between being held in-person or remotely. CU suffered minimal COVID cases during the 2020-21 academic year, but with the variants more were affected during the fall term, simultaneously with NIL (Name, Image and Likeness) coming into play. But as always, CU's Herbst Academic Center staff once again did an incredible job aiding the students in balancing their athletic and academic responsibilities.
"Our student-athletes have continued to shine in the classroom despite all the distractions they have had to encounter over the last two years," athletic director Rick George said. "I am proud that as a group that they have consistently posted impressive numbers, they have also continually improved on those as well. It is a team effort between our Herbst Academic staff, our coaches and our student-athletes, and I also should commend the university faculty members for all they have had to endure in this same period of time."
"We have worked hard to create a culture that includes expectations of academic success," said Kris Livingston, CU's executive senior associate athletic director for student success. 'Rick George expects it, our coaches expect it, and the Herbst Academic Center staff expects it. Our student-athletes are great competitors, and they compete in the classroom just as much as they compete in their sport."
It marked the 15th straight semester dating back to the fall '14 term for the grade point to exceed 2.9 (which had happened just once prior). The men's track and field team members recorded their best grade point for a semester, spring or fall, with a 3.111 mark; three other teams logged their best-ever averages for a fall term: men's cross country (3.354), men's golf (3.194) and football (2.833).
For the fall term, 29 student-athletes owned 4.00 grade point averages, with 137 owning 3.5 or higher GPA's (36 percent). Of the 385 student-athletes overall, 238 athletes came in at 3.0 or better and overall (62 percent) with 80 percent (309) logged in at 2.5 or higher. Cumulatively speaking, the second-highest percentage was recorded for those with grade points of 3.5-plus (119, or 31 percent) and the third-highest for those at the 3.0 level (236, 61 percent) and for those at 2.5 or better (324, or 84 percent).
The 3.500 term grade point recorded by the 25 members of the women's cross country team and the 17 athletes on the men's ski team topped all programs in the fall, the first time there has been a tie for the honor for the fall semester. The women's harriers have now posted a 3.5 or better number for six of the last eight semesters, while the skiers have achieved that mark or better five straight terms.
Other impressive numbers include:
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1st off- sounds like another good semester overall for the Buff student-athletes
Congrats to all involved!
Article - https://cubuffs.com/news/2022/1/31/...es-continue-outstanding-academic-success.aspx
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BOULDER – University of Colorado student-athletes have continued to perform extremely well in the classroom in grade point average statistics compiled by CU's Herbst Academic Center staff, all the while at the same time dealing with the many distractions all CU students have had to concern themselves with over the past two years.
The grade point average for the recently completed fall 2021 semester for 385 CU student-athletes was 3.117, the second-best fall semester GPA on record. That help boost the cumulative grade point average to 3.110, the fourth straight semester above a 3.0. And also for the fourth straight semester, 13 of CU's 15 programs (indoor and outdoor track count as one) owned cumulative GPA's of 3.0 or higher.
The academic staff started charting these numbers in the spring of 1996.
For the fourth straight semester, all CU students continued to face challenges due to the COVID pandemic, including classes often in hybrid from between being held in-person or remotely. CU suffered minimal COVID cases during the 2020-21 academic year, but with the variants more were affected during the fall term, simultaneously with NIL (Name, Image and Likeness) coming into play. But as always, CU's Herbst Academic Center staff once again did an incredible job aiding the students in balancing their athletic and academic responsibilities.
"Our student-athletes have continued to shine in the classroom despite all the distractions they have had to encounter over the last two years," athletic director Rick George said. "I am proud that as a group that they have consistently posted impressive numbers, they have also continually improved on those as well. It is a team effort between our Herbst Academic staff, our coaches and our student-athletes, and I also should commend the university faculty members for all they have had to endure in this same period of time."
"We have worked hard to create a culture that includes expectations of academic success," said Kris Livingston, CU's executive senior associate athletic director for student success. 'Rick George expects it, our coaches expect it, and the Herbst Academic Center staff expects it. Our student-athletes are great competitors, and they compete in the classroom just as much as they compete in their sport."
It marked the 15th straight semester dating back to the fall '14 term for the grade point to exceed 2.9 (which had happened just once prior). The men's track and field team members recorded their best grade point for a semester, spring or fall, with a 3.111 mark; three other teams logged their best-ever averages for a fall term: men's cross country (3.354), men's golf (3.194) and football (2.833).
For the fall term, 29 student-athletes owned 4.00 grade point averages, with 137 owning 3.5 or higher GPA's (36 percent). Of the 385 student-athletes overall, 238 athletes came in at 3.0 or better and overall (62 percent) with 80 percent (309) logged in at 2.5 or higher. Cumulatively speaking, the second-highest percentage was recorded for those with grade points of 3.5-plus (119, or 31 percent) and the third-highest for those at the 3.0 level (236, 61 percent) and for those at 2.5 or better (324, or 84 percent).
The 3.500 term grade point recorded by the 25 members of the women's cross country team and the 17 athletes on the men's ski team topped all programs in the fall, the first time there has been a tie for the honor for the fall semester. The women's harriers have now posted a 3.5 or better number for six of the last eight semesters, while the skiers have achieved that mark or better five straight terms.
Other impressive numbers include:
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