Two Panther Programs Claim C-USA Academic Awards

Michael Berlfein (FIU Athletics)

DALLAS (July 14, 2020) - FIU had two programs top the Conference USA in team GPA, as men's soccer and women's swimming and diving led the league for their respective sports.

The C-USA Sport Academic Award honors one team in each conference-sponsored sport with the highest GPA for the academic year.

For the spring semester, the swimming and diving program earned the highest GPA on FIU's campus, after posting a 3.90. The men's soccer program earned the highest male GPA on campus, after posting a 3.78. In addition, FIU posted a record-high 66 student-athletes with a 4.0 or higher for the term.

Earlier this spring, FIU student-athletes posted a conference-high 282…