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Women's Basketball
UNI Earns Spot on WBCA Team Honor RollJuly 21, 2008
ATLANTA – The University of Northern Iowa women’s basketball team has earned a place on the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Academic Top 25 Honor Roll, finishing with the sixth-highest team GPA among NCAA Division I teams. The Panthers compiled a team GPA of 3.535 in 2007-08, and it is the fourth consecutive year that UNI has finished in the top 10 of the Team Honor Roll. UNI has finished in the top 15 in six of the last seven years. “I’m very proud of what our team achieved last year in the classroom,” head coach Tanya Warren said. “With such a young group you’re always anxious to see how they manage being student-athletes, but they exceeded our expectations. When you see what they have accomplished in the classroom, you understand that these players are the true definition of student-athletes. We talk to our team about becoming champions for life, and they are certainly on track to do just that.” This award, given in NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, NAIA and Junior College/Community College, awards teams throughout the nation that carry the highest grade point averages (GPA) for the entire season based on the nomination submitted by WBCA-member head coaches.
The WBCA Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll for NCAA Division I is as follows: School 2007-08 Head Coach Team GPA 1 South Dakota State University Aaron Johnston 3.669 2 Kansas State University Debbie Patterson 3.652 3 Indiana State University Jim Wiedie 3.591 4 Eastern Washington University Wendy Schuller 3.584 5 Western Carolina University Kellie J. Harper 3.543 6 University of Northern Iowa Tanya E. Warren 3.535 7 Eastern Illinois University Brady Sallee 3.475 8 Manhattan College Myndi Hill 3.430 9 Utah Valley State College Cathy Nixon 3.419 10 University of Northern Colorado Jaime White 3.414 11 Montana State University - Bozeman Tricia L. Binford 3.392 12 Southern Illinois University Dana Eikenberg 3.371 13 Niagara University Kendra Faustin 3.361 14 Liberty University Carey Green 3.354 15 Saint Bonaventure University Jim Crowley 3.352 16 University of Maine Cindy Blodgett 3.345 17 American University Melissa McFerrin 3.342 T18 Canisius College Terrence E. Zeh 3.326 T18 North Dakota State University Amy Ruley 3.326 20 Oakland University Beckie Francis 3.312 21 Dartmouth College Christina Wielgus 3.311 22 University of New Mexico Don Flanagan 3.308 23 Wichita State University Jane Albright 3.289 24 Valparaiso University Keith Freeman 3.286 25 Columbia University Paul E. Nixon 3.278
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