Men’s Basketball Posts 3.011 GPA in Spring Semester
TOLEDO, OH - The Rocket men's basketball program posted a 3.011 cumulative grade-point average in the spring semester to continue the dramatic turnaround that has occurred since Head Coach Tod Kowalczyk was hired in the spring of 2010. The men's hoops team was one of 14 sport programs at the University of Toledo to post team GPAs of 3.0 or above.
Eight of 11 Rockets posted a 3.0 GPA or higher led by junior Curtis Dennis and freshman Julius Brown, who each earned a spot on the University Dean's List (3.5 GPA or higher). Also posting a 3.0 mark or better were sophomore James Ewing, sophomore Reese Holliday, freshman AJ Mathew, freshman Zach Riddle, sophomore Matt Smith and sophomore Richard Wonnell.
The men's basketball program's performance was a part of the athletic department's successful semester which saw UT student-athletes earn a collective grade-point average of 3.266, the highest mark in school history. It is the fourth time in the last five semesters that UT student-athletes have broken the GPA record.
Individually, 26 student-athletes earned perfect 4.0 GPAs in the fall, including Harkins, while 133 individuals (nearly 41 percent) earned a spot on the Dean's List. Additionally, a record 70.9 percent of UT student-athletes achieved a 3.0 grade point average or better for the 2011 fall semester, the 17th consecutive semester in which at least half of Rocket student-athletes earned a 3.0+ GPA.
2012 Spring Semester GPAs (3.0+)
Overall Department GPA: 3.266
Team GPA 3.0 +
Women's Volleyball - 3.641
Women's Soccer - 3.622
Women's Swimming & Diving - 3.557
Women's Cross Country - 3.539
Women's Tennis - 3.458
Men's Tennis - 3.446
Softball - 3.361
Women's Track & Field - 3.296
Women's Basketball - 3.263
Baseball - 3.176
Men's Cross Country - 3.155
Women's Golf - 3.059
Men's Golf - 3.059
Men's Basketball - 3.011
