UK athletes reach goal of cumulative 3.0 GPA for fall semester

The University of Kentucky’s athletics teams posted a cumulative 3.149 grade-point average for the fall semester, the school announced Monday.

That marked the seventh consecutive semester the teams reached the athletics department’s goal of 3.0.

“I continue to be pleased by the way our students, coaches and staff have embraced the importance of academics to our overall mission,” Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart said in a news release. “The grades of our students reflect that commitment and I want to congratulate them for another semester of hard work.”

Eighteen of UK’s 20 teams reached the 3.0 threshold. Women’s tennis led the way at 3.741, closely followed by women’s golf (3.639) and women’s swimming and diving (3.564) teams. The men’s tennis team paced UK’s men’s teams with a 3.513 GPA.

Only the men’s basketball (2.851) and football teams came in below 3.0.

UK announced GPAs for scholarship athletes only and for full teams including non-scholarship athletes. Team-by-team GPAs are listed in the chart below.

“Our CATS (Center for Academic and Tutorial Services) counselors and tutors deserve special praise for the way they support our students as they pursue excellence in the classroom,” Barnhart said. “Our ultimate goal is to develop young people and put them in position to pursue their dreams. Academics are an unmistakably important part of that.”

This story was originally published December 28, 2015 at 3:44 PM with the headline "UK athletes reach goal of cumulative 3.0 GPA for fall semester."