VESTAL, N.Y. - During a unsettling semester split between in-person and online courses after the COVID-19 outbreak, Binghamton student-athletes produced a 3.65 grade-point average for the spring semester. The average, highest in program history, also makes it six consecutive semesters with a 3.2 or higher GPA.
The record-setting GPA also marks the 16th straight semester that the group surpassed the 3.1 mark.
Nearly 97 percent of student-athletes (388 of 402 individuals) recorded a 3.0 or higher GPA in the spring and nearly three-quarters (289, 72%) posted a 3.5 or higher.
The women's lacrosse team won its second straight Academic Cup, given to the team with the highest grade-point average. Head coach
Stephanie Allen's squad of 31 had a 3.85 team GPA. The men's cross country team, coached by
Annette Acuff, had the highest GPA for men's teams with a 3.82.
Student-Athlete Semester GPAs since 1998
Fall 1998: 2.98
Spring 1999: 3.02
Fall 1999: 3.01
Spring 2000: 3.06
Fall 2000: 3.03
Spring 2001: 3.04
Fall 2001: 3.17
Spring 2002: 3.06
Fall 2002: 3.02
Spring 2003: 3.12
Fall 2003: 2.97
Spring 2004: 3.04
Fall 2004: 2.99
Spring 2005: 3.00
Fall 2005: 2.96
Spring 2006: 3.00
Fall 2006: 3.00
Spring 2007: 3.02
Fall 2007: 3.00
Spring 2008: 3.08
Fall 2008: 3.06
Spring 2009: 3.13
Fall 2009: 3.07
Spring 2010: 3.15
Fall 2010: 3.07
Spring 2011: 3.17
Fall 2011: 3.11
Spring 2012: 3.09
Fall 2012: 3.12
Spring 2013: 3.10
Fall 2013: 3.15
Spring 2014: 3.11
Fall 2014: 3.10
Spring 2015: 3.10
Fall 2015: 3.14
Spring 2016: 3.23
Fall 2016: 3.16
Spring 2017: 3.20
Fall 2017: 3.21
Spring 2018: 3.25
Fall 2018: 3.28
Spring 2019: 3.29
Fall 2019: 3.29
Spring 2020: 3.65*
Team Academic Cup winners (established in Fall 2010)
Fall 2010: Men's Tennis (3.61)
Spring 2011: Men's Tennis (3.62)
Fall 2011: Men's Tennis (3.57)
Spring 2012: Women's Soccer (3.43)
Fall 2012: Women's Tennis (3.59)
Spring 2013: Women's Tennis (3.48)
Fall 2013: Women's Soccer (3.46)
Spring 2014: Women's Cross Country (3.69)
Fall 2014: Women's Cross Country (3.52)
Spring 2015: Women's Cross Country (3.66)
Fall 2015: Women's Cross Country (3.56)
Spring 2016: Women's Cross Country (3.71)
Fall 2016: Women's Tennis (3.54)
Spring 2017: Women's Tennis (3.76)
Fall 2017: Women's Tennis (3.63)
Spring 2018: Women's Tennis (3.69)
Fall 2018: Women's Tennis (3.65)
Spring 2019: Women's Tennis (3.85)
Fall 2019: Women's Lacrosse (3.62)
Spring 2020: Women's Lacrosse (3.85*)
* campus transitioned to online courses with grading option in mid-March due to COVID-19
