Pair of SLIAC Teams in Top 5 of WBCA Honor Roll

A pair of SLIAC members are among the country's top academic performing programs as Greenville College and Westminster College were named to the 2013 WBCA Academic Honor Roll.

The WBCA honors the nation's top 25 academic performing teams at each level every year with Greenville and Westminster both finishing in the top 5 at the NCAA Division III level. Greenville, coached by Roy Mulholland, finished with a team grade-point average of 3.569 to finish 3rd in the honor roll while Westminster, coached by Tracey Braden, finished with a team grade-point average of 3.566 to place 4th.

The WBCA Academic Top 25 annually recognizes women’s basketball teams across the nation in NCAA Divisions I, II and III, the NAIA, and junior/community colleges that carry the highest combined grade point averages (GPAs) inclusive of all student-athletes on their rosters for the entire season. The 2012-13 season is the 18th in which the WBCA has produced the honor rolls.

"The GPAs produced this year by each of the Top 25 teams are quite remarkable," said WBCA CEO Beth Bass. "The coaches of these teams have done a terrific job encouraging their student-athletes to perform at their best both on the court and in the classroom. Congratulations to these 114 programs. I wish them each continued success."

A team's GPA is calculated by dividing the total number of quality points earned by the total number of hours attempted by all team members in the academic terms (semesters or quarters) that the season spans. Weighted grades are converted to a 4.0 scale. The GPAs are rounded to the nearest thousandth of a point. Teams are nominated for the honor by a WBCA-member head coach. A team must have a 3.000 or better GPA to be nominated.

COMPLETE 2013 WBCA ACADEMIC TOP 25 HONOR ROLL FOR NCAA DIVISION III