Texas Tech University Athletics
Tech Student-Athletes Achieve Record GPA
June 21, 1999 | General
June 1, 1998
LUBBOCK, Texas -- Texas Tech University student-athletes exceled not only on the athletic arena but in the classroom as student-athletes combined to achieve the highest-ever grade point average for a semester during the spring 1998 semester (2.790) according to academic totals released by the athletic department Monday.
"I think you have to give the kids and coaches credit," Texas Tech associate athletic director for student services Steve Uryasz said. "In my mind the coaches play a key role in the success of student-athletes academically. Coaches are the most important variable in the equation. They control the practice, the playing time and those types of things. We have also made significant changes in the academic services department, our staff has been increased and that's a credit to Athletics Director Gerald Myers, Dr. Haragan and Chancellor John Montford. They've given us a budget that allowes us to be successful."
"Next year, our goal is to have 90.0 percent of our athletes above a 2.0 per semester and to have 50 percent of our student-athletes achieve above a 3.0 or higher."
1997-98 Texas Tech Academic Highlights
Other Texas Tech academic facts achieved by Red Raider student-athletes include:
*Texas Tech student-athletes posted a combined 2.790 grade point average last fall, the highest ever for a semester at Texas Tech University. *42 percent of all student-athletes achieved a 3.00 GPA or higher during the Spring 1998 semester.
19 student-athletes posted a 4.0 GPA, 51 were between 3.5 and 3.99 and 96 posted a GPA between 3.0 and 3.49 during the Spring 1998 semester. *Women student-athletes posted a combined GPA of 3.023 while men finished at 2.662 for the Spring 1998 semester.
*87 percent of student-athletes earned a Spring 1998 GPA at or above 2.00. *Five teams earned Spring 1998 semester cumulative GPAs of over 3.00. *Seven teams improved their team cumulative GPAs from the Fall 1997 semester during the Spring 1998 semester. *The average cumulative GPA for all student-athletes is at its highest since the fall of 1991
*The average cumulative GPA for male student-athletes is at its highest since the fall of 1991
