Falcons Ranked Sixth in Nation on WBCA Academic Honor Roll

The Bowling Green State University women's basketball student-athletes have been recognized for their success in the classroom. The Falcons were named to the 2019-20 Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll, which was announced Tuesday (Aug. 11) by the WBCA office.

The Falcons are ranked sixth in the entire nation on the NCAA Division I list. BGSU has been named to the WBCA's Academic Top 25 in five of the last seven seasons and 10 times in the last 14 years. The other 11 MAC schools have combined to earn the honor just six times in that same 14-year span.

WBCA Academic Top 25 2019-20 graphic

The WBCA Academic Top 25 recognizes NCAA Division I, II and II, NAIA and junior/community college women's basketball teams across the nation that carry the highest combined grade-point averages inclusive of all student-athletes on their rosters for the entire season. The 2019-20 season is the 25th in which the WBCA has compiled the honor rolls.

The Falcons had a team GPA of 3.726 for the '19-20 campaign. 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.

"The WBCA applauds these head coaches and their teams for their commitment to academic excellence," said WBCA Executive Director Danielle Donehew. " We appreciate and value the hard work and dedication the players and coaches have put forth to thrive in the classroom and on the basketball court."

Tuesday's announcement, as mentioned, marks the 10th time in the last 14 years that the Falcons are in the top 25. BG has been ranked among the top-seven teams in the nation on five occasions, including 2008-09 (fifth), 2009-10 (sixth), 2014-15 (fifth), 2016-17 (seventh) and 2019-20.

The 2019-20 WBCA Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll for NCAA Division I is as follows...

Rank	Institution	Head Coach	GPA
1	University of South Dakota	Dawn Plitzuweit	3.793
2	Youngstown State University	John Barnes	3.782
3	Robert Morris University	Charlie Buscaglia	3.777
4	Western Illinois University	JD Gravina	3.751
5	Southern Utah University	Tracy Sanders	3.742
6	Bowling Green State University	Robyn Fralick	3.726
7	Houston Baptist University	Donna Finnie	3.723
8	Lipscomb University	Lauren Sumski	3.714
9	Belmont University	Bart Brooks	3.709
10	Marist College	Brian Giorgis	3.698
T11	Northern Illinois University	Lisa Carlsen	3.696
T11	South Dakota State University	Aaron Johnson	3.696
13	University of Wisconsin-Green Bay	Kevin Borseth	3.692
14	Drake University	Jennie Baranczyk	3.690
T15	Lehigh University	Susan Troyan	3.665
T15	Loyola University Maryland	Joe Logan	3.665
17	University of Maine	Amy Vachon	3.655
T18	Bucknell University	Trevor Woodruff	3.651
T18	Lafayette College	Kia Damon-Olson	3.651
T20	Northern Arizona University	Loree Payne	3.646
T20	University of Wyoming	Gerald Mattinson	3.646
22	University of Montana	Shannon Schweyen	3.634
23	Purdue University Fort Wayne	Niecee Nelson	3.631
24	Southern Illinois University	Cindy Stein	3.625
25	Cornell University	Dayna Smith	3.619

BGSU ON THE WBCA ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL
2000-01 (T-20th, 3.232)
2006-07 (23rd, 3.300)
2008-09 (5th, 3.470)
2009-10 (6th, 3.500)
2010-11 (11th, 3.433)
2011-12 (24th, 3.347)
2013-14 (25th, 3.384)
2014-15 (5th, 3.594)
2015-16 (25th, 3.446)
2016-17 (7th, 3.625)
2019-20 (6th, 3.726)
info in parentheses is national ranking & GPA

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