MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The numbers keep climbing for University of Memphis athletics – in the classroom.
For the 2016 fall semester, the Tigers athletics program recorded a school-record 3.176 department grade-point average (GPA). Memphis athletics' 2016 fall semester GPA bettered the previous record of 3.114 set in the 2016 spring semester.
It was the 12-consecutive semester the athletics department posted a GPA of 3.0 or higher, and 14 of the 17 athletics programs had GPA of 3.0 and above. Among the female athletics teams, women's soccer carried the highest GPA at 3.782. For the men's athletics squads, men's golf recorded the highest GPA at 3.