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BUFFALO, NY - Eleven of UB's athletic teams had team grade point averages over a 3.0 and the overall GPA of Buffalo's student-athletes was a 3.016 for the 2005 spring semester, according to UB's Office of Athlete Academic Services, under the direction of Dr. Stephen Wallace.

The UB women's soccer team, under head coach Jean-A. Tassy, had the top team grade point average (3.379) for the second straight semester, followed closely by men's cross country (3.318), women's swimming and diving (3.299) and volleyball (3.263). The other seven teams with a team GPA over a 3.0 for the 2005 spring semester were:
Women's track and field (3.189)
Women's tennis (3.157)
Women's cross country (3.117)
Men's tennis (3.087)
Men's swimming and diving (3.067)
Women's basketball (3.063)
Men's soccer (3.004)

Nine of Buffalo's 18 teams (with indoor and outdoor track counting as one) improved their team grade point average from the 2004 fall semester. The UB wrestling team had the most improved team GPA, followed by men's track and field and men's soccer.

Individually, 213 student-athletes (46.2 percent) were named UB Scholar Athletes for the spring semester by virtue of posting a GPA of 3.0 or better. Over 40 percent of UB's student-athletes have been named UB Scholar Athletes consistently each semester over the past 10 years. Fourteen student-athletes posted a perfect 4.0 grade point average in the spring 2005.