Posted: Jul 18, 2012

Westminster Women's Basketball Makes WBCA Honor Roll

Fulton, Mo. – The Westminster College women's basketball squad has placed 13th nationally in the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Academic Top 25 NCAA Division III Team Honor Roll for the 2011-12 season.

The Blue Jays, who set a single-season school record with 22 wins, captured the school's second St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SLIAC) title, won the school's first SLIAC tournament title and advanced to the NCAA Division III tournament for the first time in the 20-year history of the women's basketball program this past season, compiled a 3.503 team grade point average.

This is the second time in three seasons that the Westminster College women have placed. The team finished 24th in the 2009-10 WBCA Team Honor Roll.

2012 WBCA NCAA Division III Academic Top 25
Rank, Institution, Head Coach, Team GPA
1. Northland, Bill Wilson, 3.706
2. Case Western Reserve, Jennifer Reimer, 3.641
3. Hope, Brian Morehouse, 3.620
4. ** Messiah, Michael Miller, 3.589
5. Gustavus Adolphus, Mickey Haller, 3.577
6. ** Ithaca, Dan Raymond, 3.568
7. St. Lawrence, Dan Roiger, 3.549
8. ** Simpson, Brian Niemuth, 3.539
9. Emerson, Bill Gould, 3.531
10. Centenary (N.J.), Justin Phoenix, 3.522
11. Calvin, John Ross, 3.518
12. Virginia Wesleyan, Stephany Dunmyer, 3.513
13. ** Westminster (Mo.), Tracey Braden, 3.503
T-14. Northwestern (Minn.), Aaron Kahl, 3.487
T-14. Westminster (Pa.), Rosanne Scott, 3.487
16. Luther, Amanda Bailey, 3.485
17. Carnegie Mellon, Jacquie Hullah, 3.479
18. Grinnell, Kate Gluckman, 3.473
19. Saint Mary's (Ind.), Jennifer Henley, 3.464
20. Central (Iowa), Michael Jacobsma, 3.463
21. Gallaudet, Brendan Stern, 3.461
22. Elms, Laura Habacker, 3.452
23. ** Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Shirley Egner, 3.450
24. Immaculata, Patricia Canterino, 3.440
25. ** King's (Pa.), Brian Donoghue, 3.418
** NCAA Tournament Qualifier