The University of Toledo has been named the recipient of the 2017-18 Mid-American Conference Institutional Academic Achievement Award, the conference office announced today.
Toledo's student-athletes posted a school-record grade point average of 3.266 this year.
"Establishing the record for highest grade point average in school history and earning the MAC Institutional Academic Award is a wonderful achievement by our student-athletes," UT vice president and athletic director Mike O'Brien said in a statement. “I'm especially proud of the tradition of academic excellence that we have established at the University of Toledo. Earning the MAC Institutional Academic Award for the fifth time in the last seven years is an indication of the consistent effort and determination of our student-athletes to excel in the classroom.