Student-athletes have an impressive academic year

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Student-athletes may not have been able to compete on the field due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but that has not stopped them from achieving competitive grade point averages and thriving academically.ย 

The Fall 2020 semester marked an impressive achievement for student-athletes. The 523 Golden Hawk student-athletes were able to raise their combined average GPA one whole grade point higher to a GPA of 8.10 compared to the 7.11 GPA from the previous 2019 Fall semester. 

Traditionally, Laurierโ€™s student-athletes have achieved greater academic success when they are in-season competing for their teams. The COVID-19 pandemic has restricted the student-athletes, but it did not stop them from going above and beyond what was expected of them during this unprecedented time.

The impressive academic achievement was highlighted by 163 student-athletes who produced a GPA of 10.0 or higher, a 10 per cent increase from last year. 

Four teams in particular led the way in raising student-athlete GPA average. 

Both the men’s and womenโ€™s hockey teams, with a total of 51 student-athletes currently on the rosters, saw impressive jumps in the team’s GPA averages. The menโ€™s team saw a jump of almost two full points, raising their GPA from 7.20 in the Fall 2019 semester to 9.11 this past Fall semester, while the womenโ€™s team has increased from 8.0 to 9.21. 

Laurierโ€™s womenโ€™s basketball team, with 13 student-athletes on the roster, saw their GPA increase from 8.0 to 9.73. While womenโ€™s rugby, with a total of 33 student-athletes on the roster, rose their GPA average from 7.39 to 7.84. 

Laurier athletics is more than the success student-athletes find on the field; it holds them to a high academic standard that has been exceeded in the past fall semester. 


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