Success at California Baptist University has never been limited to athletics, with academics playing just as big a role for the Lancers. CBU’s 436 student-athletes continue to succeed in the classroom in 2015-16, evidenced by the 92-percent academic success rate, highest department grade point average at 3.241 and slew of individual all-academic awards that came in this year.<\/p>\n
“I’m so proud of our student-athlete success in the classroom,” said director of athletics, Dr. Micah Parker. “Our student-athletes are competing in all aspects of their opportunities at CBU.\u00a0 I also think this is a result of the good work Rachel Keys is doing as the Athletic Academic Counselor.”<\/p>\n
The Academic Success Rate is supplemental to the Federal Graduation Rate and accounts for all student-athletes who were on an official squad list, participating as of the first date of competition in the championship segment of their sport.<\/p>\n
“This is an outstanding accomplishment and a great improvement from our first ASR of 76-percent in 2010-11,” said Keys, who is also the Senior Woman Administrator.<\/p>\n
A total of 221 Lancers brought home all-academic awards across five conferences, as well. CBU also led the PacWest in all-academic selections for the third year in a row with 169 in all.<\/p>\n
Baseball (Dylan Stowell), women\u2019s volleyball (Jenna Perry) and women\u2019s swim\/dive (Christie Halverson) produced the academic athletes of the year in their sports. There were more standout academic awards given, as Stowell was named a CoSIDA Academic All-American. Wrestling\u2019s Nolan Kistler nabbed the RMAC Summit and CoSIDA Elite 90 awards for being the individual with the highest GPA to compete at the RMAC and Division II Championships.<\/p>\n
CBU’s women’s volleyball team boasted the highest GPA with a 3.809 over the year (3.864 in the spring). Men’s golf had the highest GPA out of the men\u2019s teams, with a 3.276. Women\u2019s water polo posted the third-highest team GPA in the NCAA (Divisions I-III) with a 3.47, and wrestling won the Brechler Award for recording the top GPA in the RMAC.<\/p>\n
“I am so incredibly proud of the efforts of our student-athletes and the CBU faculty and staff who support them,” said faculty athletic representative, Dr. David Pearson. “Participation in athletics assists in developing many needed skills, but without a degree and the education it represents, professional opportunities are limited.\u00a0 I am thrilled that our student-athletes are maximizing their potential for success by performing at such a high level in both athletics and academics.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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