BOONE, N.C. – Appalachian State Athletics continues to raise the standard in the classroom after fall grades were released. Mountaineer student-athletes posted a 3.10 semester GPA for the fall for a 3.14 cumulative GPA.
This past semester is now the 13
th consecutive semester with a GPA above 3.0 for the Mountaineers, allowing a new record cumulative GPA. Thirteen teams logged a semester GPA above 3.0 while 14 teams boast a cumulative GPA above 3.0. All women's teams claim a cumulative GPA above 3.0 as well.
Women's cross country holds the highest GPA from the fall semester with a 3.62, their third consecutive semester in the lead. Men's soccer tops the men's sports with a 3.21 semester GPA.
Three Mountaineer teams were also recognized by the NCAA last semester with APR Public Recognition Awards – women's golf, women's soccer and women's tennis – while five teams recorded perfect single-year APR scores in 2016-17 – field hockey, women's golf, men's soccer, women's soccer and men's tennis.
Since its 2014-15 transition to the Sun Belt Conference for all but two sports (wrestling and field hockey), App State has paced the league in academic performance among its student-athletes. In the 2016-17 academic year, App State won the Sun Belt Institutional Graduation Rate Award for the second time in three years. The Mountaineers totaled 95 student-athletes on the Commissioner's List (3.5+ GPA) and 115 on the Academic Honor Roll (3.0-3.49 GPA) after the 2017-18 academic year.
| TEAM |
FALL 2018 GPA |
CUMULATIVE GPA |
| Women's cross country |
3.62 |
3.60 |
| Volleyball |
3.57 |
3.43 |
| Women's tennis |
3.55 |
3.40 |
| Women's golf |
3.53 |
3.39 |
| Women's soccer |
3.47 |
3.41 |
| Field hockey |
3.36 |
3.36 |
| Women's track & field |
3.35 |
3.42 |
| Softball |
3.22 |
3.19 |
| Men's soccer |
3.21 |
3.17 |
| Men's tennis |
3.19 |
3.16 |
| Baseball |
3.07 |
2.96 |
| Wrestling |
3.06 |
2.95 |
| Men's track & field |
3.01 |
3.06 |
| Men's cross country |
2.96 |
3.11 |
| Women's basketball |
2.95 |
3.21 |
| Men's golf |
2.86 |
3.07 |
| Men's basketball |
2.81 |
2.91 |
| Football |
2.60 |
2.87 |
