Binghamton University has captured the 2001-02 America East Conference Academic Cup, Commissioner Chris Monasch announced Friday. In the school’s first year of Division I and first year of membership in the America East, BU athletes maintained an average GPA of 3.05 to edge runner-up Vermont (3.04).
The Academic Cup, established by the America East Board of Directors in 1995, is presented to the institution whose student-athletes post the highest grade-point averages during that academic year. The grade-point averages of all student-athletes who compete in the league’s 21 championship sports are averaged to determine the winner.
“Binghamton’s student-athletes, coaches and administrators should take great pride in their commitment to academics,” Monasch said. “The Academic Cup is a tribute to the leadership of Dr. Joel Thirer and the hard work and dedication of all those associated with the Bearcats athletic programs.”
Binghamton fielded teams in 20 of the 21 sports sponsored by the conference during the 2001-02 academic year, and saw 14 of those teams post grade-point averages of 3.0 or better. Seven BU teams led the conference in GPA: women’s basketball (3.4), women’s cross country (3.34), men’s indoor track and field (3.08), baseball (3.06), men’s outdoor track and field (3.06), women’s lacrosse (3.01) and men’s lacrosse (2.98).
The nearly 3,000 student-athletes at the nine America East institutions compiled a grade-point average of 2.94 during the 2001-02 academic year.
University of New Hampshire, which won the Academic Cup in 1998-99 and 1999-2000, posted a grade-point average of 2.96 to finish third. Hartford (2.94), Northeastern (2.92), Stony Brook (2.92), Albany (2.87), Maine (2.87) and Boston University (2.86) followed. |
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