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Pirates Have Another Record Breaking Academic Semester
May 18, 2018 | General
GREENVILLE, N.C. --- ECU student-athletes combined to post a record 3.11 annual grade point average (GPA) for the 2017-18 academic year, an improvement from last year's average of 3.02, announced athletics department officials Friday.
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ECU student-athletes fashioned a cumulative 3.16 GPA and spring semester GPA of 3.14, both of which were the highest marks in 16 years of recorded averages.
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Fourteen teams posted above a 3.0 GPA for the 2018 spring semester as more than 67 percent of ECU student-athletes earned a 3.0 or above semester GPA. Thirteen squads finished with over a 3.0 GPA for the 2017-18 academic year, while 14 own above a 3.0 cumulative GPA.
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Over 260 student-athletes posted a 3.0 or higher GPA in the semester with 27 achieving Chancellor's List status with a perfect 4.0. An additional 136 student-athletes made the Dean's List, while 81 were named to the Honor Roll.
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Five members of the women's swimming and diving program earned distinction on the Chancellor's List with four student-athletes from the women's cross country team meriting recognition along with three each from the women's golf and soccer squads.
The women's golf team produced a 3.77 semester team GPA, tops among all ECU athletics programs. The Pirates' women's tennis team generated a 3.75 semester GPA to stand second.
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ECU student-athletes fashioned a cumulative 3.16 GPA and spring semester GPA of 3.14, both of which were the highest marks in 16 years of recorded averages.
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Fourteen teams posted above a 3.0 GPA for the 2018 spring semester as more than 67 percent of ECU student-athletes earned a 3.0 or above semester GPA. Thirteen squads finished with over a 3.0 GPA for the 2017-18 academic year, while 14 own above a 3.0 cumulative GPA.
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Over 260 student-athletes posted a 3.0 or higher GPA in the semester with 27 achieving Chancellor's List status with a perfect 4.0. An additional 136 student-athletes made the Dean's List, while 81 were named to the Honor Roll.
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Five members of the women's swimming and diving program earned distinction on the Chancellor's List with four student-athletes from the women's cross country team meriting recognition along with three each from the women's golf and soccer squads.
The women's golf team produced a 3.77 semester team GPA, tops among all ECU athletics programs. The Pirates' women's tennis team generated a 3.75 semester GPA to stand second.
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