EMU student-athletes have best academic semester in school history

The grade reports have been released for the 2005-06 fall semester and Eastern Michigan University's student-athletes have turned in the best academic semester in school history.

CLASSROOM ACES: The women's tennis team had an overall 3.684 GPA for the fall semester, the highest of any women's team at Eastern Michigan University. The overall academic performance for student- athletes for the fall semester was the best ever for a single term at 3.059.

The overall academic performance for student-athletes for the fall semester was the best ever for a single term at 3.059. The cumulative GPA for the entire department is 3.065. During the 2005 fall semester, a total of 273 student-athletes (58%) earned a 3.0 GPA or higher.

The information was shared publicly at the Board of Regents' Athletic Advisory Committee meeting Jan. 17.

"The student-athlete academic report for the 2005 fall semester is an extremely positive one for our department," said EMU Interim Athletics Director Bob England. "Our student-athletes, as well as student-athlete support services (SASS), devote a lot of time and effort to improving academic performance and they should all be congratulated on this success for the entire University."

"Obviously, our staff and student-athletes work closely to make sure that a major emphasis is put on the academic success for our teams and this 2005 fall report is the proof that all of that hard work is paying off," said Erin Burdis, EMU's assistant director of SASS. "We are very happy with the results from this past semester and we expect that success to continue into the future."

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