Congrats to all the student-athletes that contributed, along with all the general and academic staff and coaches that helped out, for a nice academic accomplishment -
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By: Andy Schlichting, Digital Media Manager
Release: June 07, 2019
BOULDER – For the first time in University of Colorado athletics history, the department achieved a semester GPA over 3.0, finishing at 3.004 for the Spring 2019 term.
It was the 10th consecutive semester and 11th ever above 2.9 as the department has inched closer to the 3.0 threshold over the past five years.
"Kris (Livingston) and her team do a great job of working with our student-athletes on their academic performance and obviously with the GPAs that we have just announced, it's pretty significant on where we are in our athletic program," CU's Director of Athletics Rick George said. "I credit Kris and her team, but I also am really proud of our student-athletes. As we all know, student-athletes are under a lot of pressure, there's a lot of time commitment, and our student-athletes are achieving in the classroom at a very high level.
"I think [this achievement] speaks to the student-athletes' commitment, the commitment our staff has, but also to the culture we've created in our athletic department. I'm proud of our student-athletes and I'm not surprised because they're always excelling at everything they do and I'm excited about where we can take this in the future."
Kris Livingston is CU's Senior Associate Athletic Director for Student Success and leads the Herbst Academic Center, which has a full-time staff of 15. While her staff has certainly assisted the success of CU's student-athletes academically, she is quick to credit the student-athletes themselves.
"I am really proud of our student-athletes," Livingston said. "They worked really hard to hit a 3.0 GPA. If it was easy, we would reach this peak every semester. We have amazing academic success stories.
"In the Herbst Academic Center, we've been working through our strategic plan for five years now, pushing ourselves and pushing the student-athletes while increasing our GPA target. Our staff is very passionate about helping our students every single day reach their potential academically.
"The coaches also deserve credit for supporting the student-athletes in their academic endeavors and helping us hold the students accountable when needed."
CU's women's track and field team recorded its highest GPA ever this spring, hitting the 3.527 mark. CU's lacrosse team, in the sixth year the program has existed, had a 3.376 GPA, its best-ever spring GPA. The volleyball team's 3.301 GPA was its best semester in 18 years. CU's men's basketball team recorded its best team GPA in six years, culminating in a 2.628 this past term.
Ten of CU's 15 teams achieved a GPA over 3.0. Here are the highlights, broken down by team:
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By: Andy Schlichting, Digital Media Manager
Release: June 07, 2019
BOULDER – For the first time in University of Colorado athletics history, the department achieved a semester GPA over 3.0, finishing at 3.004 for the Spring 2019 term.
It was the 10th consecutive semester and 11th ever above 2.9 as the department has inched closer to the 3.0 threshold over the past five years.
"Kris (Livingston) and her team do a great job of working with our student-athletes on their academic performance and obviously with the GPAs that we have just announced, it's pretty significant on where we are in our athletic program," CU's Director of Athletics Rick George said. "I credit Kris and her team, but I also am really proud of our student-athletes. As we all know, student-athletes are under a lot of pressure, there's a lot of time commitment, and our student-athletes are achieving in the classroom at a very high level.
"I think [this achievement] speaks to the student-athletes' commitment, the commitment our staff has, but also to the culture we've created in our athletic department. I'm proud of our student-athletes and I'm not surprised because they're always excelling at everything they do and I'm excited about where we can take this in the future."
Kris Livingston is CU's Senior Associate Athletic Director for Student Success and leads the Herbst Academic Center, which has a full-time staff of 15. While her staff has certainly assisted the success of CU's student-athletes academically, she is quick to credit the student-athletes themselves.
"I am really proud of our student-athletes," Livingston said. "They worked really hard to hit a 3.0 GPA. If it was easy, we would reach this peak every semester. We have amazing academic success stories.
"In the Herbst Academic Center, we've been working through our strategic plan for five years now, pushing ourselves and pushing the student-athletes while increasing our GPA target. Our staff is very passionate about helping our students every single day reach their potential academically.
"The coaches also deserve credit for supporting the student-athletes in their academic endeavors and helping us hold the students accountable when needed."
CU's women's track and field team recorded its highest GPA ever this spring, hitting the 3.527 mark. CU's lacrosse team, in the sixth year the program has existed, had a 3.376 GPA, its best-ever spring GPA. The volleyball team's 3.301 GPA was its best semester in 18 years. CU's men's basketball team recorded its best team GPA in six years, culminating in a 2.628 this past term.
Ten of CU's 15 teams achieved a GPA over 3.0. Here are the highlights, broken down by team:
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