CHARLESTON, Ill. – Eastern Illinois student-athletes finished the fall semester with success in the class room as 16 of the Panthers 19 intercollegiate teams posted a 3.00 GPA or higher for the fall semester. As an athletic department EIU had an overall team GPA of 3.15 with 214 of its student-athletes posting a 3.00 or higher GPA for the semester. Seven of the 19 teams posted a team GPA of 3.50 or higher.
The top team in terms of GPA was the women's golf team with a 3.74 GPA. Men's tennis was the top men's squad for the semester with a 3.52 GPA. Women's swimming (3.64), women's rugby (3.62), women's tennis (3.53), volleyball (3.52) and women's basketball (3.50) all had team GPA's of 3.50 or higher.
EIU had 68 student-athletes earn a 4.00 GPA for the semester.
EIU teams will return to competition with the Ohio Valley Conference openers for women's basketball on Dec. 29 and men's basketball on Dec. 31.
2016 Fall Semester Grades
