Center for Student Success

2003 - 2004 Highlights

Spring 2004, 65% (197/302) of student-athletes are on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll (3.0+ semester GPA), equivalent to an all-time high set in Fall 2003.

Overall, student-athletes have a mean cumulative GPA of 3.15 after the Spring semester, a new high mark.

64% (192/302) of all student-athletes have a 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA, an all-time high.

55% (64/116) of female student-athletes have a 3.5 or higher cumulative GPA at the end of Spring 2004; 86% of all female student-athletes have a 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA.

The percentage of student-athletes in poor academic standing is 3% (8/302) after Spring 2004, equivalent to the 3% of the past two semesters.

Women’s Cross Country (15/16) had 94% of team members above the 3.0 semester mark in Spring 2004, highest among all ISU athletic teams. Volleyball followed with 93% (13/14) of student-athletes on the honor roll.

Women’s Cross Country registered a team cumulative GPA of 3.73 after the Spring 2004 semester, highest among all ISU athletic teams; Women’s Basketball followed with a 3.57. Baseball achieved the highest GPA on the men’s side with a 3.12.

Showing substantial improvement in team cumulative GPA from the Spring were Men’s Tennis, jumping from 2.93 to 3.07.

Improving in the percentage of team members on the honor roll in Spring 2004 was Football with 56% above a 3.0, up from 44% in Fall 2003.

The Missouri Valley and Gateway Conferences will recognize 176 ISU student-athletes for Conference Honor Roll (MVC = 3.20 or higher semester GPA; Gateway = 3.00 or higher).

In the past year, eight ISU athletic teams have been ranked nationally due to their academic successes. These teams include: Women’s Basketball, Women’s Soccer, Softball, Women’s Cross Country, Women’s Track, Women’s Tennis, Volleyball, and Men’s Cross Country.

Softball (2000-2001, 2002-2003), Women's Basketball (2002-2003), and Women's Cross Country (2003-2004) have been ranked number one in the nation within their respective sports for team grade point average.

Seven members of the Football team were selected to the Gateway Football Conference All-Academic Team. Tom Brillhart, Marc Phillips, and Jake Shields were named to the first team; Fred Freitag, Kris Karagory, and Kyle Mitchell were selected to the second team; and honorable mention recipient was Pat Jordan. Brillhart, Phillips, and Shields were also honored by being named to the 2003 COSIDA Academic All-District Five First Team.

For Volleyball, senior Kylee Osborne and junior Brittanie Stowell received a selection to the 2003 MVC Scholar-Athlete Honorable Mention Team.

Aaron Harding and Jordan Fife, Men’s Cross Country, were named to the 2003 MVC Scholar-Athlete Team. This was the second straight year Harding was selected.

For Women’s Soccer, Natalie Contosta was selected to the MVC Scholar-Athlete Team, while Claire Hemkens and Ashlie Voerg earned a spot on the Honorable Mention Team.

Jessica Crowder, Women’s Cross Country, was named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete Team, the single honoree to have a perfect 4.0 GPA while being named to the team three years in a row.

Two members of the Women's Basketball team were named MVC Scholar-Athletes. Melanie Boeglin took first team honors while Lisa Verhoff received honorable mention.

Jerod Adler was named to the second-team MVC Scholar-Athlete team while David Moss received honorable mention, both for Men's Basketball. This is the second consecutive year Adler has been honored.

Brian Woods, Baseball, was selected to the MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team for the second straight season.

This season, Indiana State led all Valley track and field schools with 19 student-athletes on the team. The Women's Scholar-Athlete Team consisted of Jessica Crowder, Carol Linneweber, Alicia Miller, Felicia Price, Melyssa Reinhardt, Renee Schlabach, Amy Stevens, Melissa Ullenbruch, Brittany Wendell and Yolanda Wright. The Men's Scholar-Athlete Team recipients include Bill Allison, Jason Carruthers, Jordan Fife, Jake Hack, Aaron Harding, Damon Harper, Todd Lange, Charles Sparks and Chris Tredway.

Women's Tennis placed four student-athletes on the MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team. The honorees were Logan Becker, Leah Esmero, Lisa Herndon and Magda Narczewska.

Indiana State University student-athletes captured the inaugural Missouri Valley Conference Academic Excellence Award for having the highest GPA among conference schools.