NCAA Division I

Rank Institution Head Coach GPA 1 University of Wisconsin - Green Bay Kevin Borseth 3.819 2 Robert Morris University Charlie Buscaglia 3.726 3 University of South Dakota Dawn Plitzuweit 3.704 4 St. Francis College Brooklyn John Thurston 3.689 5 Arizona State University Charli Turner Thorne 3.672 6 Miami University (Ohio) Megan Duffy 3.662 7 Bowling Green State University Jennifer Roos 3.625 8 University of Northern Iowa Tanya Warren 3.609 9 Drake University Jennie Baranczyk 3.600 10 Belmont University Cameron Newbauer 3.575 T11 Eastern Washington University Wendy Schuller 3.562 T11 Loyola University Maryland Joe Logan 3.562 13 DePaul University Doug Bruno 3.561 T14 High Point University DeUnna Hendrix 3.560 T14 Gardner-Webb University Rick Reeves 3.560 16 Presbyterian College Todd Steelman 3.530 17 St. Bonaventure University Jesse Fleming 3.527 18 University of North Carolina-Asheville Brenda Kirkpatrick 3.525 19 University of Missouri-Kansas City Marsha Frese 3.523 20 University of Wyoming Joe Legerski 3.521 21 Eastern Illinois University Debbie Black 3.512 T22 Fairfield University Joe Frager 3.510 T22 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Cindy Stein 3.510 T24 University of Kentucky Matthew Mitchell 3.492 T24 Youngstown State University John Barnes 3.492

After another successful year in the classroom, the Green Bay women's basketball program made its third-consecutive appearance on the WBCA Honor Roll and 13th overall, coming in at the top spot in the nation with a program-best 3.819 team grade-point average for the 2017-18 season."We are very proud of our team, our staff and the university for working closely together to help achieve our high goals on the court and in the classroom," head coachsaid."This is the third time since 2000 when academic rankings began that Green Bay has finished No. 1 in the classroom... National Champions. The success of our program has been built from day one on high standards, and to be able to achieve and get recognized in this capacity is very rewarding and special. We are Green Bay."Green Bay is one of eight top-25 teams on the Division I honor roll who played in the 2017 NCAA Tournament. This marks the third time in program history the Phoenix received the top honor from the WBCA. Green Bay was one of two Horizon League women's basketball programs represented in the top 25 with Youngstown State finishing in a tie for 24th overall."The WBCA family is committed to the student-athlete experience and celebrates these teams that have demonstrated excellence in the classroom," said WBCA Executive Director Danielle Donehew. "This year's WBCA Academic Top 25 is a powerful list of teams and their head coaches who have winning cultures that prepare their student-athletes for success in life."The WBCA Academic Top 25 recognizes NCAA Division I, II and III; NAIA and junior/community college women's basketball teams across the nation that carry the highest combined GPAs inclusive of all student-athletes on their rosters for the entire season. The 2015-16 season is the 21st in which the WBCA as compiled the honor rolls.A team's GPA is calculated by dividing the total number of quality points earned by the total number of hours attempted by all team members in the academic terms (semesters or quarters) that the season spans. Weighted grades are converted to a 4.0 scale. The GPA's are rounded to the nearest thousandth of a point. Teams are nominated for the honor by a WBCA-member head coach. A team must have a 3.000 or better GPA to be nominated.Below is a complete list of all NCAA DI teams inside the WBCA's top 25:###For the latest and most up-to-date information on Green Bay Athletics and Green Bay Women's Basketball, please visit GreenBayPhoenix.com Follow us on Twitter: @GBPhoenix and @ gbphoenix wbb.Like Green Bay Phoenix Athletics and Green Bay Phoenix Women's Basketball on Facebook.---GreenBayPhoenix.com---