Women's Basketball Enters WBCA Academic Top-25 in 14th
7/24/2019 9:47:00 AM | Women's Basketball
Creighton is one of two BIG EAST institutions honored in the top-25 as DePaul came in 17th with a 3.561 GPA. The Bluejays have earned the WBCA Academic Top 25 Honor eight times in head coach Jim Flanery's 17 seasons at the helm.
Years in WBCA Top-25
2002-03: T-16th - Team GPA: 3.315
2003-04: T-19th - Team GPA: 3.281
2004-05: 18th - Team GPA: 3.348
2009-10: 5th - Team GPA: 3.506
2010-11: 4th - Team GPA: 3.527
2015-16: 16th - Team GPA: 3.498
2017-18: 9th - Team GPA: 3.633
2018-19: 14th - Team GPA: 3.606
In addition to DePaul, the Bluejays saw another quartet of opponents from their 2018-19 as well as the 2019-20 season on the top-25. The four other opponents were North Dakota State (2nd - 3.756), Drake (4th - 3.695), South Dakota (5th - 3.690) and Northern Iowa (25th - 3.504).
|
Rank |
Institution |
Head Coach |
GPA |
|
1 |
Western Illinois University |
JD Gravina |
3.767 |
|
2 |
North Dakota State University |
Maren Walseth |
3.756 |
|
3 |
Robert Morris University |
Charlie Buscaglia |
3.713 |
|
4 |
Drake University |
Jennie Baranczyk |
3.695 |
|
5 |
University of South Dakota |
Dawn Plitzuweit |
3.690 |
|
6 |
University of Wyoming |
Joe Legerski |
3.688 |
|
7 |
Youngstown State University |
John Barnes |
3.668 |
|
8 |
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay |
Kevin Borseth |
3.641 |
|
9 |
Illinois State University |
Kristen Gillespie |
3.636 |
|
10 |
Lehigh University |
Susan Troyan |
3.625 |
|
11 |
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale |
Cindy Stein |
3.621 |
|
12 |
Northern Arizona University |
Loree Payne |
3.616 |
|
13 |
Loyola University-Maryland |
Joe Logan |
3.608 |
|
T14 |
Creighton University |
3.606 |
|
|
T14 |
Houston Baptist University |
Donna Finnie |
3.606 |
|
16 |
George Mason University |
Nyla Milleson |
3.583 |
|
17 |
DePaul University |
Doug Bruno |
3.561 |
|
18 |
Rice University |
Tina Langley |
3.552 |
|
19 |
Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis |
Austin Parkinson |
3.548 |
|
20 |
Kennesaw State University |
Agnus Berenato |
3.540 |
|
T21 |
Quinnipiac University |
Trish Fabbri |
3.535 |
|
T21 |
Stanford University |
Tara VanDerveer |
3.535 |
|
23 |
Northern Illinois University |
Lisa Carlsen |
3.510 |
|
24 |
University of North Carolina-Asheville |
Brenda Kirkpatrick |
3.505 |
|
25 |
University of Northern Iowa |
Tanya Warren |
3.504 |
