The Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced its 2005-2006 Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll for NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, NAIA and Junior College/Community College. The awards recognize teams throughout the nation that have the highest grade point averages (GPA) for the 2005-2006 season based upon nominations submitted by WBCA-member coaches.
In the Division II rankings, Augustana was ranked fourth in the nation with a 3.550 team grade point average. It is the second straight year that head coach
Dave Krauth’s Vikings have been ranked in the top 5. Augie was third in the nation for the 2004-05 season. The Vikings were the highest ranked North Central Conference team. Fellow NCC member Nebraska-Omaha was 17th.
"It is my pleasure to recognize each of these distinguished women's basketball programs that have gone above and beyond excellence on the court, and have extended it to the classroom," said WBCA Chief Executive Officer Beth Bass.
GPAs are calculated by dividing the total number of quality points earned by each student-athlete on an institution's roster in the given academic terms by the total number of hours earned by the team. The GPAs are rounded to the nearest thousandth of a point.
WBCA Division II Academic Top 25 Team Honor RollSchool -- Team GPA1. Nebraska-Kearney -- 3.663
2. Drury (Mo.) -- 3.626
3. Pittsburg State (Kan.) -- 3.568
4. Augustana (S.D.) -- 3.5505. Northern Kentucky -- 3.524
6. Pace (N.Y.) -- 3.522
7. Colorado Christian -- 3.516
8. Lewis (Ill.) -- 3.515
9. Abilene Christian (Texas) -- 3.495
10. Quincy (Ill.) -- 3.462
11. Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.) -- 3.460
12. Minnesota State-Moorhead -- 3.457
13. Palm Beach Atlantic (Fla.) -- 3.440
14. North Georgia College & State -- 3.435
15. Indiana (Pa.) -- 3.422
16. Slippery Rock (Pa.) -- 3.407
17. Nebraska-Omaha -- 3.372
18. Regis (Colo.) -- 3.371
19. Upper Iowa -- 3.364
20. Ferris State (Mich.) -- 3.350
21. Gannon (Pa.) -- 3.343
22. Mars Hill (N.C.) -- 3.340
23. Minnesota-Crookston -- 3.327
24. Truman State (Mo.) -- 3.324
25. Valdosta State (Ga.) -- 3.297
