Liberty Athletics Earns 2023-24 CUSA Institutional Excellence Award
6/27/2024 1:10:00 PM | General, Men's Basketball, Cross Country, Track and Field, Women's Volleyball
LYNCHBURG, Va. – Liberty Athletics earned the 2023-24 Conference USA Institutional Excellence Award in its first year in the new league. The award is given to the institution with the highest GPA during each academic year for all student-athletes in conference-sponsored sports.
Liberty Athletics concluded the 2023-24 academic year with a 3.36 cumulative GPA, the highest mark among all CUSA institutions and best year-end mark in athletics department history. Additionally, Liberty led the league with four Sport Academic Awards, recognizing the highest team cumulative GPAs for their respective sports.
The four Liberty teams to earn Sport Academic Awards are volleyball (3.77 GPA), women's cross country (3.76 GPA), men's track & field (3.33 GPA) and men's basketball (3.21 GPA). The men's track & field squad captured both the CUSA indoor and outdoor titles during the 2023-24 academic year. Liberty claimed 10 total conference titles (eight championship crowns, two regular season titles) in its first year in Conference USA.
All 20 of Liberty's teams earned a 3.0 or higher GPA during the spring 2024 semester, the first time in school history that every team has achieved this feat. Additionally, all 20 teams achieved a 3.0 or greater GPA for the 2023-24 academic year for the first time ever.
Overall, the cumulative GPA for Liberty's 590-plus student-athletes has risen in 13 out of the last 15 semesters. Following the end of the 2023-24 school year, Liberty Athletics continues to have 19 of its 20 NCAA Division I athletics programs maintain a 3.0 or higher team cumulative GPA.
Individually, a total of 110 student-athletes achieved a perfect 4.0 GPA during the spring 2024 semester, while 75 finished the 2023-24 academic year with an unblemished 4.0 GPA.
At the conclusion of the spring 2024 semester, 443 student-athletes are maintaining a 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA (74.1 percent).
Paving the way for the Flames' student-athletes to succeed in the classroom is Liberty's Academic Affairs for Athletics staff.
This group of dedicated individuals spends countless hours each week working alongside Liberty's 590-plus student-athletes. Their staff continues to help Liberty student-athletes thrive in their pursuit of academic, athletic, social and spiritual development.
Liberty Athletics concluded the 2023-24 academic year with a 3.36 cumulative GPA, the highest mark among all CUSA institutions and best year-end mark in athletics department history. Additionally, Liberty led the league with four Sport Academic Awards, recognizing the highest team cumulative GPAs for their respective sports.
The four Liberty teams to earn Sport Academic Awards are volleyball (3.77 GPA), women's cross country (3.76 GPA), men's track & field (3.33 GPA) and men's basketball (3.21 GPA). The men's track & field squad captured both the CUSA indoor and outdoor titles during the 2023-24 academic year. Liberty claimed 10 total conference titles (eight championship crowns, two regular season titles) in its first year in Conference USA.
All 20 of Liberty's teams earned a 3.0 or higher GPA during the spring 2024 semester, the first time in school history that every team has achieved this feat. Additionally, all 20 teams achieved a 3.0 or greater GPA for the 2023-24 academic year for the first time ever.
Overall, the cumulative GPA for Liberty's 590-plus student-athletes has risen in 13 out of the last 15 semesters. Following the end of the 2023-24 school year, Liberty Athletics continues to have 19 of its 20 NCAA Division I athletics programs maintain a 3.0 or higher team cumulative GPA.
Individually, a total of 110 student-athletes achieved a perfect 4.0 GPA during the spring 2024 semester, while 75 finished the 2023-24 academic year with an unblemished 4.0 GPA.
At the conclusion of the spring 2024 semester, 443 student-athletes are maintaining a 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA (74.1 percent).
Paving the way for the Flames' student-athletes to succeed in the classroom is Liberty's Academic Affairs for Athletics staff.
This group of dedicated individuals spends countless hours each week working alongside Liberty's 590-plus student-athletes. Their staff continues to help Liberty student-athletes thrive in their pursuit of academic, athletic, social and spiritual development.
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