Virginia Tech student-athletes excel in classroom this spring

Sixty-one percent of the Hokies earned a 3.0 following the spring semester

June 6, 2018

BLACKSBURG – The 2018 spring semester was an outstanding one for Virginia Tech’s student-athletes, as 331 out of the 542 student-athletes on sport rosters earned a 3.0 grade-point average during the semester. That number represents 61 percent of Tech’s student-athletes.

In all, 211 student-athletes made the Dean’s List. Those who make the Dean’s List finished with a 3.40 GPA or better. Twenty-three student-athletes earned a 4.0 GPA this spring.

As one might expect, Tech’s individual sports performed strongly in the classroom as well. Eighteen of the 22 teams achieved a 3.0 GPA following the spring semester.

Overall, Tech’s student-athletes are continuing their gains built in previous semesters. In all, 320 student-athletes maintain a 3.0 GPA or better, including five who maintain a perfect 4.0. The average cumulative GPA for a Tech student-athlete is 3.06.

From a team perspective, 17 of the Hokies’ 22 teams maintain cumulative grade-point averages of 3.0 or better. The teams with the top GPAs are women’s swimming and women’s tennis (3.54 each), women’s soccer (3.53), women’s cross country (3.52), women’s golf (3.35) and volleyball (3.33).

In addition, several of Tech’s student-athletes and teams received recognition for their academic excellence this spring semester. The ACC named 12 Tech student-athletes to the All-Academic Team in six different sports, including women’s swimming and diving (4), men’s swimming and diving (3), wrestling (2), women’s basketball (2), and men’s basketball (1). The league has yet to named its All-Academic Teams for the sports of baseball, softball, lacrosse, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s tennis, and men’s and women’s track and field.

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