TicketsCINCINNATI -- The University of Cincinnati athletics department is proud to recognize its teams and individual student-athletes for their numerous academic achievements in Fall 2021.
The department posted a 3.387 overall GPA, its eighth-straight semester with a 3.3 or higher. Seventy-four student-athletes earned TopCat honors (4.0 GPA), 242 more made the Dean's List (58 percent) and 328 (78 percent) earned Honor Roll accolades for posting a 3.0.
"We are very proud of our student-athletes and their fall academic achievements," Joe Luckey, Executive Senior Associate AD for Student-Athlete Support Services, said. "As excited as everyone was to return to a 'normal' fall semester, it was an adjustment for many of our student-athletes and their daily routines. The consistency of our student-athlete success, the support from our coaches, and the work of SASS staff is amazing. Congrats to Coach Scott Googins and our new men's basketball coach Wes Miller as each of their teams set all-time semester GPA records."
All 16 teams posted a 3.0-or-higher team GPA, with men's basketball and baseball earning their highest-ever. Tennis earned the women's crown with a 3.876 mark, with cross country pacing the men's side (3.542). Eight teams had at least a 3.5, while four others were above a 3.4.
"This is a great accomplishment for our baseball program and I couldn't be more proud of the way our guys have worked in the classroom and on the field this past fall," Googins said. "I'd like to thank Bridget VanLandeghem and all of our academic support staff for all the support they provide for our student-athletes."
BEARCATS IN THE CLASSROOM: FALL 2021
COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA RECOGNITION
UC also represented itself well with in the CoSIDA ranks. The football team saw Desmond Ridder and Alec Pierce become the fifth and sixth First-Team Academic All-Americans in school history (first since 1997), while Lorenz Metz and Bryan Cook were named to the Second-Team. UC's four honorees were the most of any team nationally on top of its historic CFP trip.
Two-time AAC Defensive Player of the Year Ashley Barron made the soccer All-District list, the first Bearcat representative since 2017.
The department posted a 3.387 overall GPA, its eighth-straight semester with a 3.3 or higher. Seventy-four student-athletes earned TopCat honors (4.0 GPA), 242 more made the Dean's List (58 percent) and 328 (78 percent) earned Honor Roll accolades for posting a 3.0.
"We are very proud of our student-athletes and their fall academic achievements," Joe Luckey, Executive Senior Associate AD for Student-Athlete Support Services, said. "As excited as everyone was to return to a 'normal' fall semester, it was an adjustment for many of our student-athletes and their daily routines. The consistency of our student-athlete success, the support from our coaches, and the work of SASS staff is amazing. Congrats to Coach Scott Googins and our new men's basketball coach Wes Miller as each of their teams set all-time semester GPA records."
All 16 teams posted a 3.0-or-higher team GPA, with men's basketball and baseball earning their highest-ever. Tennis earned the women's crown with a 3.876 mark, with cross country pacing the men's side (3.542). Eight teams had at least a 3.5, while four others were above a 3.4.
"This is a great accomplishment for our baseball program and I couldn't be more proud of the way our guys have worked in the classroom and on the field this past fall," Googins said. "I'd like to thank Bridget VanLandeghem and all of our academic support staff for all the support they provide for our student-athletes."
BEARCATS IN THE CLASSROOM: FALL 2021
- 3.387 departmental GPA
- 328 student-athletes on Bearcats Honor Roll (78%)
- 242 student-athletes on Dean's List (58%)
- 74 TopCats (4.0 for the semester)
- 27 straight grading periods of a 3.0 or higher departmental GPA
- All 16 teams posted a 3.0 or higher team GPA
- 12 teams had a 3.4 or higher team GPA
- 8 teams had a 3.5 or higher team GPA
COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA RECOGNITION
UC also represented itself well with in the CoSIDA ranks. The football team saw Desmond Ridder and Alec Pierce become the fifth and sixth First-Team Academic All-Americans in school history (first since 1997), while Lorenz Metz and Bryan Cook were named to the Second-Team. UC's four honorees were the most of any team nationally on top of its historic CFP trip.
Two-time AAC Defensive Player of the Year Ashley Barron made the soccer All-District list, the first Bearcat representative since 2017.