It’s good to see the Rockets are excelling in the classroom,
since scholarship limits are tied to the teams study habits. UT said that its student athletes earned a record grade-point average of 3.266 in the
2012 spring semester, shattering the previous high mark of 3.167 set in the
fall of 2011.
It is the fourth time in the last five semesters that UT’s
athletes have broken the GPA record. The 3.266 GPA also marked the seventh
consecutive semester that they earned a combined GPA of 3.1 or higher, and the
12th time in the last 14 semesters above a 3.0. Additionally, 14 of UT’s 15
sport programs had team GPAs of 3.0 or above. The football team had a team GPA
of 2.9. It is the first time in school history that 14 varsity sports
registered a team GPA of 3.0 or higher.
Individually, 26 student-athletes earned perfect 4.0 GPAs,
while nearly 41 percent (133 of 327) earned a spot on the dean's list by
garnering at least a 3.50 GPA. Additionally, a record 70.9 percent of UT
student-athletes achieved a 3.0 GPA or better for the semester. The classroom
achievements have come a long way since the days of Amstutz, Joplin and Cross,
all of whom apparently never bothered to check on what their teams were doing not only in
the classroom but away from it.
