CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Tennessee coach Butch Jones announced Wednesday night that the Vols recorded “the highest GPA we’ve had yet to date” during the recently completed spring semester.

Jones said during Tennessee’s Big Orange Caravan stop in downtown Chattanooga that nine of the 10 early enrollees from Tennessee’s 2015 recruiting class posted at least 3.0 GPAs this spring, and the Vols finished with “the most 3-point or above GPAs that we’ve ever had.”

“We’re compiling the academics, and you talk about a team that’s starting to win on the field. We’re winning off the field, and this will be the highest GPA we’ve had yet to date,” Jones told the capacity crowd inside The Chattanoogan Hotel.

“We had 10 mid-year enrollees that still should be in high school going to prom, and nine out of 10 of them had a 3.0 or above. And we’ll the most 3-point or above GPAs that we’ve ever had. You look at Jack Jones. He had a 3.93, Kyle Phillips a 3.93, Quinten Dormady a 3.66.

“I’m really excited about that, because we challenged our players this spring.”

Jones told reporters before the event that it was “remarkable” that nine of the Vols’ 10 newcomers finished the semester with GPAs of 3.0 or better.

“I think that would challenge anybody in the country,” he said. “We take great pride in graduating our players and having those mid-year scholarships (available), and it’s proving to pay big dividends for us.”

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