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Women's Golf GPA Recognized by WGCA
7/22/2021 2:00:00 PM | Women's Golf
Bluejays 3.828 GPA ranks 24th-best in the nation
CORAL SPRINGS, Florida – The Creighton women's golf team has been honored for having the 24th-best GPA in Division I, the fourth time in the last eight years that the Bluejays have been recognized.
The Women's Golf Coaches Association All-Scholar Team GPA Awards recognize the women's collegiate golf programs with the highest collective average team GPA which includes all of the team's student-athletes for the 2020-21 season. Creighton's 3.828 GPA just made the cut inside the top-25.
Earlier this month, Creighton had five women recognized by the WGCA as All-American Scholars. Those Bluejay honorees included freshman Katie Berrian, sophomores Claire Orcutt and Gabby Tremblay, junior Katie Allen, and senior Margaret Hickey. In addition, Creighton collected the BIG EAST Team Academic Excellence Award recognition for the second consecutive season. All nine women's golfers landed on the Dean's List in the spring semester. The Bluejays are coached by Debbie Conry.
In recent seasons, Creighton was fourth in 2014-15, fifth in 2013-14 and 21st in 2015-16 in the national race to top the WGCA All-Scholar Team GPA Award.
Leading Division I with a 3.993 GPA was New Mexico, while topping Division II was Davenport University with a 3.915 GPA. Macalester College led Division III with a 3.944 average GPA and in NAIA, Ottawa College – Arizona led the division with a GPA of 3.921.
The WGCA also announced the top 25 teams with the highest team GPA for Division I, Division II and Division III, as well as the top 10 teams for NAIA. They are as follows:
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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 650 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.  Â
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The Women's Golf Coaches Association All-Scholar Team GPA Awards recognize the women's collegiate golf programs with the highest collective average team GPA which includes all of the team's student-athletes for the 2020-21 season. Creighton's 3.828 GPA just made the cut inside the top-25.
Earlier this month, Creighton had five women recognized by the WGCA as All-American Scholars. Those Bluejay honorees included freshman Katie Berrian, sophomores Claire Orcutt and Gabby Tremblay, junior Katie Allen, and senior Margaret Hickey. In addition, Creighton collected the BIG EAST Team Academic Excellence Award recognition for the second consecutive season. All nine women's golfers landed on the Dean's List in the spring semester. The Bluejays are coached by Debbie Conry.
In recent seasons, Creighton was fourth in 2014-15, fifth in 2013-14 and 21st in 2015-16 in the national race to top the WGCA All-Scholar Team GPA Award.
Leading Division I with a 3.993 GPA was New Mexico, while topping Division II was Davenport University with a 3.915 GPA. Macalester College led Division III with a 3.944 average GPA and in NAIA, Ottawa College – Arizona led the division with a GPA of 3.921.
The WGCA also announced the top 25 teams with the highest team GPA for Division I, Division II and Division III, as well as the top 10 teams for NAIA. They are as follows:
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Division I
| Place | University | Team GPA |
| 1 | University of New Mexico | 3.993 |
| 2 | Stanford University | 3.990 |
| 3 | Arkansas State University | 3.973 |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin-Green Bay | 3.951 |
| 5 | University of Arkansas at Little Rock | 3.917 |
| 6 | Harvard University | 3.901 |
| 7 | University of Illinois | 3.896 |
| 8 | Seattle University | 3.878 |
| 9 | San Jose State University | 3.877 |
| 10 | University of Mississippi | 3.876 |
| T11 | University of Cincinnati | 3.857 |
| T11 | Michigan State University | 3.857 |
| T11 | North Dakota State University | 3.857 |
| 14 | Bowling Green State University | 3.854 |
| 15 | University of Denver | 3.853 |
| 16 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | 3.851 |
| 17 | Florida International University | 3.847 |
| 18 | California State University, Sacramento | 3.846 |
| 19 | Loyola University Chicago | 3.844 |
| 20 | Bellarmine University | 3.841 |
| T21 | St. John's University | 3.840 |
| T21 | University of Detroit Mercy | 3.840 |
| 23 | Quinnipiac University | 3.836 |
| 24 | Creighton University | 3.828 |
| T25 | Rutgers University | 3.820 |
| T25 | University of San Francisco | 3.820 |
Division II
| Place | University | Team GPA |
| 1 | Davenport University | 3.915 |
| 2 | University of Missouri-St. Louis | 3.906 |
| 3 | Lander University | 3.897 |
| 4 | St. Mary's University | 3.873 |
| 5 | Ohio Dominican University | 3.868 |
| 6 | Wayne State University | 3.841 |
| T7 | Lynn University | 3.810 |
| T7 | Rollins College | 3.810 |
| 9 | Colorado Christian University | 3.804 |
| 10 | University of Indianapolis | 3.802 |
| 11 | Nova Southeastern University | 3.800 |
| 12 | William Jewell College | 3.766 |
| 13 | University of West Georgia | 3.760 |
| 14 | Concordia University, St. Paul | 3.750 |
| 15 | Rogers State University | 3.740 |
| 16 | University of Central Oklahoma | 3.736 |
| 17 | Lindenwood University | 3.717 |
| 18 | Chadron State College | 3.713 |
| 19 | Rockhurst University | 3.707 |
| 20 | Sonoma State University | 3.691 |
| 21 | Oklahoma Baptist University | 3.681 |
| 22 | Barton College | 3.677 |
| 23 | University of Central Missouri | 3.669 |
| 24 | Lenoir-Rhyne University | 3.668 |
| 25 | Augustana University | 3.643 |
Division III
| Place | University | Team GPA |
| 1 | Macalester College | 3.944 |
| 2 | The University of Texas at Dallas | 3.910 |
| 3 | Gustavus Adolphus College | 3.862 |
| 4 | Middlebury College | 3.848 |
| 5 | Carnegie Mellon University | 3.830 |
| 6 | Benedictine University | 3.824 |
| 7 | University Of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 3.809 |
| 8 | Whitman College | 3.767 |
| 9 | Kalamazoo College | 3.764 |
| 10 | St. Catherine University | 3.754 |
| 11 | Augsburg University | 3.753 |
| 12 | Williams College | 3.750 |
| 13 | Washington and Lee University | 3.749 |
| 14 | Washington University in St. Louis | 3.737 |
| 15 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor | 3.712 |
| 16 | Simpson College | 3.695 |
| 17 | Stevenson University | 3.689 |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin- River Falls | 3.678 |
| 19 | Carleton College | 3.667 |
| 20 | Olivet College | 3.665 |
| 21 | Otterbein University | 3.632 |
| 22 | Edgewood College | 3.620 |
| T23 | Hope College | 3.619 |
| T23 | Luther College | 3.619 |
| 25 | St. Olaf College | 3.616 |
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NAIA
| Place | University | Team GPA |
| 1 | Ottawa University-Arizona | 3.921 |
| 2 | Briar Cliff University | 3.918 |
| 3 | Montana Technological University | 3.764 |
| 4 | Indiana Wesleyan University | 3.737 |
| 5 | University of South Carolina Beaufort | 3.680 |
| 6 | Menlo College | 3.651 |
| 7 | Keiser University | 3.630 |
| 8 | Sterling College | 3.593 |
| 9 | University of Jamestown | 3.580 |
| 10 | Cumberland University | 3.575 |
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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 650 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.  Â
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