Student-athletes achieve 3.43 GPA for fall

Continuing to shine amid challenging circumstances, Binghamton student-athletes produced a 3.43 grade-point average for the fall semester. It’s the seventh consecutive semester the group has surpassed a 3.2 GPA and another semester that the student-athletes have risen above the overall university student body in GPA (3.27).

The fall achievement also marks the 17th straight semester that the group surpassed the 3.1 mark.

More than 84 percent of student-athletes (373 of 442 individuals) recorded a 3.0 or higher GPA in the fall and more than half (240, 54%) posted a 3.5 or higher. Ten percent (45 individuals) of the student-athlete population produced a perfect 4.0 GPA for the semester.

The men’s tennis team, under head coach Nick Zieziula, captured the department’s Academic Cup with a remarkable 3.83 grade-point average. It’s the program’s fourth overall Cup and first in nine years. The women’s cross country team (3.58) was runnerup. All 19 teams had a 3.0 or higher team GPA.

Student-Athlete Semester GPAs since 1998

Fall 1998: 2.98

Spring 1999: 3.02

Fall 1999: 3.01

Spring 2000: 3.06

Fall 2000: 3.03

Spring 2001: 3.04

Fall 2001: 3.17

Spring 2002: 3.06

Fall 2002: 3.02

Spring 2003: 3.12

Fall 2003: 2.97

Spring 2004: 3.04

Fall 2004: 2.99

Spring 2005: 3.00

Fall 2005: 2.96

Spring 2006: 3.00

Fall 2006: 3.00

Spring 2007: 3.02

Fall 2007: 3.00

Spring 2008: 3.08

Fall 2008: 3.06

Spring 2009: 3.13

Fall 2009: 3.07

Spring 2010: 3.15

Fall 2010: 3.07

Spring 2011: 3.17

Fall 2011: 3.11

Spring 2012: 3.09

Fall 2012: 3.12

Spring 2013: 3.10

Fall 2013: 3.15

Spring 2014: 3.11

Fall 2014: 3.10

Spring 2015: 3.10

Fall 2015: 3.14

Spring 2016: 3.23

Fall 2016: 3.16

Spring 2017: 3.20

Fall 2017: 3.21

Spring 2018: 3.25

Fall 2018: 3.28

Spring 2019: 3.29

Fall 2019: 3.29

Spring 2020: 3.65*

Fall 2020: 3.43

Team Academic Cup winners (established in fall 2010)

Fall 2010: Men’s Tennis (3.61)

Spring 2011: Men’s Tennis (3.62)

Fall 2011: Men’s Tennis (3.57)

Spring 2012: Women’s Soccer (3.43)

Fall 2012: Women’s Tennis (3.59)

Spring 2013: Women’s Tennis (3.48)

Fall 2013: Women’s Soccer (3.46)

Spring 2014: Women’s Cross Country (3.69)

Fall 2014: Women’s Cross Country (3.52)

Spring 2015: Women’s Cross Country (3.66)

Fall 2015: Women’s Cross Country (3.56)

Spring 2016: Women’s Cross Country (3.71)

Fall 2016: Women’s Tennis (3.54)

Spring 2017: Women’s Tennis (3.76)

Fall 2017: Women’s Tennis (3.63)

Spring 2018: Women’s Tennis (3.69)

Fall 2018: Women’s Tennis (3.65)

Spring 2019: Women’s Tennis (3.85)

Fall 2019: Women’s Lacrosse (3.62)

Spring 2020: Women’s Lacrosse (3.85*)

Fall 2020: Men’s Tennis (3.83)

* campus transitioned to online courses with pass/fail grading option in mid-March due to COVID-19