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BUFFALO, NY - Nine of UB's athletic teams posted a team grade point average over a 3.0 for the 2004 spring semester, and the overall grade point average for UB's 466 student-athletes was 3.01, according to UB's Office of Athlete Academic Services, under the direction of Dr. Stephen Wallace.

The UB volleyball team, under head coach Sally Kus, had the most improved team GPA from the fall semester to jump from the 12th spot all the way to the top of the list with a 3.452 team GPA. The women's cross country team was second with a 3.399 team GPA, followed by women's tennis (3.333), women's soccer (3.259), women's swimming (3.231) and men's cross country (3.237). Thirteen of Buffalo's 18 teams (with indoor and outdoor track counting as one) had a team grade point average above a 2.8 for the spring semester, and 12 of the 18 teams improved their team grade point average from the fall semester to the spring semester, with wrestling and women's basketball trailing volleyball with the most improved team GPA.

The UB women's swimming team had the highest team grade point average during the fall (3.338), and it has topped the team listing in eight of the last 10 semesters. Women's cross country has posted the second-highest team GPA in each of the past three semesters.

On an individual level, 214 student-athletes (46.0 percent) were named UB Scholar Athletes for the spring semester by virtue of posting a GPA of 3.0 or better. Fifteen student-athletes posted a perfect 4.0 grade point average in the spring. The semester GPA for all of Buffalo's 466 student-athletes was 3.01.

In the fall, 220 student-athletes (41.0 percent) were UB Scholar Athletes with 12 earning 4.0 grade point averages for the semester. The semester GPA for all student-athletes was 2.8.