CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – Barry University women's golf team posted the 17th highest cumulative grade point average in the nation in 2011-12, the National Golf Coaches Association announced.
The Buccaneers were among the NGCA Top 25 list, which includes NCAA Division I, II and III schools.
Barry, whose collective GPA consisted of seven student-athletes, posted a team GPA of 3.663 in 2011-12. Barry finished fourth at the NCAA Division II national championships in May.
Lee University, comprised of six student-athletes, had the highest GPA in the country at 3.965.
Barry was one of three Sunshine State Conference institutions who cracked the Top 25. Lynn University was tied for 10th with a 3.707, and Rollins College was 20th at 3.628.
NGCA Top 25 Women's Golf Team GPAs 2011-12
Place | School | GPA |
1st | Lee University | 3.965 |
2nd | Merrimack College | 3.787 |
3rd | Otterbein University | 3.786 |
4th | University of Akron | 3.766 |
5th | University of New Mexico | 3.735 |
6th | University of Central Oklahoma | 3.734 |
7th | Drury University | 3.717 |
8th | University of Memphis | 3.711 |
9th | Western Carolina University | 3.708 |
T 10th | Angelo State University | 3.707 |
T 10th | Lynn University | 3.707 |
12th | Xavier University | 3.704 |
13th | Hope College | 3.692 |
14th | Harvard University | 3.690 |
15th | Texas Tech University | 3.680 |
16th | Bradley University | 3.664 |
17th | Barry University | 3.663 |
18th | Tusculum College | 3.644 |
19th | University of Missouri-Kansas City | 3.630 |
20th | Rollins College | 3.628 |
21st | University of Tennessee Chattanooga | 3.621 |
22nd | Coastal Carolina University | 3.617 |
23rd | University of Notre Dame | 3.611 |
24th | West Texas A&M University | 3.606 |
25th | Brown University | 3.605 |
About the National Golf Coaches Association
The National Golf Coaches Association, founded in 1983, is a non-profit organization representing women’s collegiate golf coaches. The NGCA was formed to encourage the playing of college golf for women in correlation with a general objective of education and in accordance with the highest tradition of intercollegiate competition. Today, the NGCA represents over 550 coaches throughout the U.S. and is dedicated to educating, promoting and recognizing both its members and the student-athletes they represent.
