Women's Golf Honored by WGCA For Nation's Fourth-Best GPA
7/24/2015 10:53:00 AM | Women's Golf
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – The Creighton women's golf team has been recognized by the Women's Golf Coaches Association for having one of the best GPA's in the nation.
Creighton's team ranked fourth in the rankings with an average GPA of 3.778. The placing is a one spot improvement over last year's team was fifth nationally.
New Mexico took top honors with an average GPA of 3.799.
Earlier in July, Creighton's Grace Yowell, Kelsey Petersen, Sarah Eversman and Mary Cathryn Rau were among 758 collegiate golfers recognized by the Women's Golf Coaches Association as All-American Scholars.
The Bluejays, who placed sixth at the BIG EAST Championships in April, are coached by Debbie Conry.
The WGCA also announced the top 25 teams with the highest Team GPA, which included three BIG EAST teams overall. They are as follows:
Place University Team GPA
1st University of New Mexico 3.799
2nd Concordia University - St. Paul 3.783
3rd Florida Gulf Coast University 3.781
4th Creighton University 3.778
5th Concordia University, Nebraska 3.774
6th Upper Iowa University 3.773
7th St. John's University 3.771
T-8th East Tennessee State University 3.731
T-8th Houston Baptist University 3.731
10th University of Findlay 3.730
11th University of Memphis 3.729
12th University of Louisville 3.720
13th Cleveland State University 3.708
14th Keiser University 3.693
15th Vanderbilt University 3.687
16th University of Detroit Mercy 3.684
T-17th Jacksonville University 3.680
T-17th Northeastern State University 3.680
19th Eastern Michigan University 3.673
20th Wittenberg University 3.672
21st Baylor University 3.661
22nd Rockhurst University 3.657
23rd Coastal Carolina University 3.648
24th New Mexico State University 3.644
25th Butler University 3.641
About the Women's Golf Coaches Association
The Women's Golf Coaches Association, founded in 1983, is a non-profit organization representing women's collegiate golf coaches. The WGCA 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 WGCA represents over 500 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.
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