Team-by-team GPA’s
University of Georgia athletes in all men’s and women’s sports had a cumulative grade point average of 3.01 for spring semester, the highest ever by the school’s athletes, the UGA Athletic Association announced Thursday.
Of 508 student-athletes, 258 had GPA’s of 3.0 or higher for the semester.
Thursday’s news release didn’t include a sport-by-sport breakdown, but that information was provided recently to the Athletic Association board of directors. Here, if you’re interested, are those details:
MEN’S SPORTS
Sport No. of students Spring semester 2009 GPA
Golf 11 3.28
Swimming 25 3.13
Cross country 11 3.05
Track 52 2.92
Football 122 2.876
Baseball 43 2.873
Tennis 8 2.69
Basketball 15 2.45
MEN’S TOTAL 276* 2.89
WOMEN’S SPORTS
Sport No. of students Spring semester 2009 GPA
Golf 6 3.41
Swimming 26 3.35
Soccer 27 3.32
Gymnastics 15 3.28
Cross Country 20 3.26
Equestrian 62 3.18
Track 46 3.13
Softball 20 3.06
Volleyball 11 3.00
Tennis 7 2.90
Basketball 12 2.44
WOMEN’S TOTAL 232* 3.15
* – Cross country athletes are also counted in track but not counted twice in the total number or GPA.
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weston
June 5th, 2009
3:12 pm
25 point bonus question: How many TERRORISTS went to Tech?
I'veGotSomeKool-Aid4u
June 5th, 2009
3:18 pm
That’s all well and good, GeorgiaGirl, but I’m no more inclined to believe that the team as a whole has a 2.87 average, unless most of their classes are what we used to call “crip” courses. I know many colleges graduate kids that still aren’t proficient with language, reading or math. It’s a disgrace.
Fan of weston
June 5th, 2009
3:28 pm
Lemme see, weston. You’re a “Sarah Palin for Prez” guy, right ?
AltamahaDawg
June 5th, 2009
3:39 pm
Well one thing is for sure, posting under a fake name and dropping drive-by kiddie insults does not fit into the category of “takes a lot of self confidence”.
Reality Check...
June 5th, 2009
3:55 pm
To hell with the Haters!!! Not worth the time…GO DAWGS!!! Focus OSU!!
Syed Ahmed
June 5th, 2009
3:59 pm
“Tech grads build airports……UGAY grads shut them down.”
I take much offense to this, I have shut down more airports than ANY UGA grad.
Internet Tough Guy
June 5th, 2009
4:02 pm
LOL, the only thing missing from Pi$$onadawg’s posts is his 8.5 inch crank, and his 400 pound bench press.
I hope for the sake of our future that he’s also lying about having kids.
Go Dawgs
June 5th, 2009
4:12 pm
2009 Football National Champs!
Calling it right now….MARK IT DOWN!
The Grinch
June 5th, 2009
4:40 pm
To Internet Tough Guy
Hilarious post!! My thoughts exactly. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
A Tribe Called Quest
June 5th, 2009
4:54 pm
I agree with PI$$onADawg…
There is no way these GPAs represent tough majors.
I can tell you that if their schedules consisted of Accounting, Econ, Business Law, and Biology (4 classes = 12 hours), the average GPA would be around a 2.3 or even lower.
African Studies degree! LOL
JoeFann
June 5th, 2009
5:09 pm
Thanks, Grinch! I needed a good laugh and you provided several. Have a great week at the beach.
Reminder to interlopers: “‘Tis better to remain silent and be thought a tool, than to speak and remove all doubt.” Or was that “fool?” Whatever.
Congrats Dawgs! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!
...HaHa
June 5th, 2009
5:16 pm
Alt-ie, I asked you to get a retort from your wife, not Bill O-Reilly. “Drive-by kiddie insults” ??!?
Devildog
June 5th, 2009
5:22 pm
I didn’t realize tennis players could be that dumb
Bulldawg
June 5th, 2009
6:05 pm
And, Georgia Tech’s student-athletes…
all FLUNKED-OUT.
Jason
June 5th, 2009
6:07 pm
As long as the majority of the football team majors in “Leisure Studies” then these numbers mean squat.
Perspective
June 5th, 2009
6:27 pm
Military academy graduate, played division 1-aa football. Student athlete. 99% of those who post never had the experience of a student-athlete, probably 65-75% didn’t even attend a major university for a 4 year degree. It does not matter whether you attend Notre Dame, UGA, tech or any university. They do not hand out degrees. 90% of athletes pursue a degree to begin their careers after college, including marquee football players. Also, if I am a gifted athlete, I don’t care about National Championships as much as personal development. Ask Kobe Bryant, he stated the emptiest night of his life was the night he won his first championship. He achieved his ultimate goal and it did not make him happy. Winning does not make happiness, I can attest to that. Personal development does. Ultimately that is why Orson Charles came to UGA, he was posed a question by Tony Dungy: Q. take football out of the equation, where would you want to attend 4 years of college and what institution would help you grow personally. He said UGA. Not to say UGA is the right place for everyone, but winning will only get you so far and it only satisfies on a surface level. I am sure every major university attracts athletes for different reasons and they all have great academics and most have great intercollegiate programs. As for the rest of us naysayers, our experiences in life shape our opinions and thoughts. Therefor, I can tell very few here have experiences as collegiate athletes or coaches.
Greg Leathers
June 5th, 2009
7:01 pm
Why do we even bother with the charade of the student-athlete? No one really believes or buys it. At least in Europe they are honest and allow 15 year olds to play professionally. Speaking of that, tennis players, golfers, baseball players, basketball players (stupid one year rule David Stern) can turn pro and no one cares. We want to feel good about helping the African American kids, even though they couldn’t get in to any of these schools based on academics. Its a frickin joke and we won’t let them make money. Stupid. I guess that’s why they get someone else to take their SAT or their classes or have techers fix grades. Who cares if they learn anything anyway, they wouldn’t get in based on academics any way.
BS Patrol
June 5th, 2009
8:07 pm
The Grinch was well on on his way to making his first intelligent post but alas, he fell right back into it! I have noticed that he tries to use my terminology, vocabulary & phraseology but again alas, to no avail. You just can’t make a silk purse of a sow’s ear!
DawginLex
June 5th, 2009
8:31 pm
All the nerd engineers design the buildings. all the UGA CPA’s tell them how stupid the cost estimates are and explain to them how much they need to cut. Then, once the building is built, the UGA lawyers close the deal so that the UGA physicians can go to work treating patients and pay for the building.
The nerds go home and play video games and with themselves while the UGA grads go home to their families.
BS Patrol
June 5th, 2009
8:41 pm
Actually LexDawg, I personally know two MD’s who were RB’s when I was in school. I’m sure they are not the only ones. No bean counter ever told an engineer squat.
GT Dog
June 5th, 2009
9:33 pm
Whew! Let me apologize for some of my “fellow” alumni…lmao.
Hey, I promise guys, PI$$ never went to college, at Tech or anywhere else. I do some volunteer work at a shelter, and he sounds JUST like some of those guys. Half one of them USED to be MILLIONAIRES, some of them TWICE!
It makes my day every time I run across some anonymous jerk on here who claims to own the world. Nice retorts Grinch…love it
Mark Richt is a Hypocrite
June 5th, 2009
10:56 pm
Blah noway.
Pi$$onaDAWG
June 5th, 2009
11:18 pm
WESTON how many rapes happen in the Frat houses every weekend of football season at UGA? Fewer than our Terrorists I bet.
Pi$$onaDAWG
June 5th, 2009
11:31 pm
GT dawg you don’t think I am telling the truth? Do you know me? I never said I own the world. My Uncle owned (past) Jets that we used to goto Notre Dame abd Va. Tech. My parents do still own a home on Sea Island. I do own a farm and run a Business and go back through the posts and your can find my seat. Se you on Thursday nights and Saturdays. Say Hie if you are at the game.
GT Dog
June 6th, 2009
1:06 am
Yeah, I’m afraid that I do know you PI$$, and you still drink too much…it shows in your comments
Bulldawg
June 6th, 2009
2:02 am
Florida State (ACC) beat by Arkansas. Virginia (ACC) beat by Ole Miss. LSU won too. All that is left is for Southern Miss who beat Tech, to lose to Florida.
ACC bwwaaah.
UGA easier classes, hey Tech fans, the ISSUE is not that, but that Tech’s “student-ATHLETES” are totally incapable of taking classes at Georgia Tech.
Thus, Georgia Tech’s APR is the worst in the nation.
Southside Drug Rep
June 6th, 2009
7:18 am
Every year when I watch the NCAA baseketball tournament I am reminded that the real thugs play basketball. To Hell With Tech!
Cuz
June 6th, 2009
10:26 am
Just watched the Normandy remembrence on my computer. I was more impressed by the veterans than the politicians. If any of you have a WWII veteran still alive in your family, give him or her, my thanks. Mine are gone. They were truly the greatest generation.
That missing man flyover right over the thousands of US graves was a fitting way to end the ceremony.
John Fulton
June 6th, 2009
11:03 am
The real information should be what is the overall GPA of the students at UGA and Tech, and what is the overall GPA of the athletes at UGA and Tech. Let’s compare that. Then compare GPA of other students taking the same classes as the athletes at both institutions.
I graduated from UGA in 80. My brother went to Tech, and he said every degree required at least one year of integral calculus. That was 30 years ago, and I don’t know if it still the same.
We all know that these schools have atheletic-oriented academic programs that are less challenging than the most rigorous curriculum at both institutions. The question is, does UGA provide more “favorable” courses than Tech for its athletes.
People used to point to Duke as an example of a progam with excellent academics that graduated its athletes. Once you look beneath the data, however, you find that the athletes primarily – - though not exclusively – - majored in studies that were not very challenging.
It may very well be that UGA provides greater academic support to its athletes than Tech does. But unless you compare the GPA’s of the atheletes to the student bodies as a whole at each insitution – - as well as to other students taking the classes – - you aren’t doing a real comparison.
BigMike
June 6th, 2009
1:22 pm
Grinch love your passion! Tech is a place you send those who are second tier in this state.3 years from now Tech will be battling GSU for players. GSU! This is going to be the dawg pound lock down!
hgsmith
June 6th, 2009
2:32 pm
so all athletes at uga are certified idiots. shocker!
jdawg
June 6th, 2009
2:46 pm
Stafford and Moreno…will have money…so compare your assets with their’s. No one has checked my grades ever…and these look pretty good…jdawg
jdawg
June 6th, 2009
2:48 pm
John Fulton…might want to check the new degress offered at GT, and then we can talk about years ago..jdawg
BE#3
June 6th, 2009
3:06 pm
Give the kids, the academic counselors and the faculty the credit they deserve! It’s great to be a Georgia Bulldawg!
BUZZ
June 6th, 2009
10:54 pm
Nice cover up Tim. Next Time why don’t you list what their athletes are majoring in. LOL. You don’t have the balls!
Here’s Tech’s GPA in Athens last year
8.21 (yards per carry)
Denver Dog
June 7th, 2009
11:07 am
Hey Saint Simons, you are a techie, I saw your class ring when you were picking your nose.
Aside from all of the ballyhooing from everyone, congratulations to all of the students, They are that way on both sides of the ball. Tech or UGA. If you want to pick on a school, go after FSU or Memphis, that is where you can get some traction.
Denver Dog
June 7th, 2009
11:10 am
Hey Buzz, it is amazing that you can type with your thumb stuck in your mouth. You must have your mother doing the rest of it. Bring it on, we will give you 1 year every 8. Bring it on
Denver Dog
June 7th, 2009
11:12 am
The question again : Why are the techies on a UGA blog? Answer. No body cares about the blogs for men with little yellow stingers.
BUZZ
June 7th, 2009
4:55 pm
Hey denver dawg,
You have been up thar in them thar hills too long. And thanks again for “giving” us last years game. LOL. Ahole.
PTC DAWG
June 8th, 2009
9:53 am
Seriously, it’s such a good feeling to know the GT fans care. I thank the both of you.
BurningRedBleedingBlack
June 8th, 2009
10:33 am
Don’t hate! you people attack us and say we’re dumb, then you say UGA players are stupid. We’ll this speaks for it’s self DON’T HATE GO DAWGS