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Four Tulsa Teams Earned Conference USA Sport Academic Awards
7/20/2010 12:00:00 AM | Tulsa Hurricane
July 20, 2010
Irving, Texas - Conference USA Commissioner Britton Banowsky announced today the Sport Academic Awards, which are given to the team in each conference-sponsored sport with the highest GPA for the academic year. The University of Tulsa had four teams among the award winners.
Golden Hurricane teams honored were men's cross country (3.54 GPA), women's cross country (3.57 GPA), women's rowing (3.28 GPA) and women's track and field (3.44 GPA).
Rice produced six different teams with the highest GPA for their respective sport, including women's tennis, which posted the highest annual GPA of any sport with a 3.67 GPA. Tulsa was second with four teams honored, while East Carolina and Memphis each had two teams earn awards. South Carolina, UAB, UCF and UTEP each had one team honored.
The Owls also garnered the Institutional Excellence Award, which is given to the C-USA institution with the highest grade point average during the current academic year for all student-athletes in conference-sponsored sports. Rice student-athletes combined for an annual GPA of 3.167. All Tulane, Tulsa and UCF student-athletes also combined for a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better.
2009-10 Sport Academic Awards Sport - Recipient - GPA Baseball - Memphis - 3.180 Men's Basketball - UCF - 2.865 Women's Basketball - UAB - 3.034 Men's Cross Country - Tulsa - 3.540 Women's Cross Country - Tulsa - 3.570 Football - Rice - 2.906 Men's Golf - East Carolina - 3.261 Women's Golf - Memphis - 3.643 Women's Rowing - Tulsa - 3.280 Men's Soccer - *South Carolina - 3.497 Women's Soccer - Rice - 3.643 Softball - UTEP - 3.317 Women's Swimming - Rice - 3.527 Men's Tennis - East Carolina - 3.533 Women's Tennis - Rice - 3.666 Men's Track and Field - Rice - 3.283 Women's Track and Field - Tulsa - 3.440 Volleyball - Rice - 3.549 * Affiliate member for men's soccer
