Ferris State Ranks Among League Leaders With 73 Student-Athletes On GLIAC Fall All-Academic Teams
Big Rapids, Mich. - Six Ferris State University fall athletic
programs combined to place 73 student-athletes on the Great Lakes
Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) All-Academic teams for
the fall semester as the conference recently unveiled its
all-academic and all-academic excellence teams.
The Bulldogs, who won conference championships in the fall in both
football and volleyball, ranked among the league's best with a
total of 73 honorees, including 35 all-academic picks and 38 who
achieved all-academic excellence recognition.
Overall, a total of 1,129 student-athletes from the conference's
16-member schools achieved all-academic recognition with 589 on the
All-Academic team and 540 on the All-Excellence list.
Criteria states the student-athlete must be an active member on the
roster at the end of the season, not a freshman or a first year
transfer student. All-Academic Teams are comprised of those
student-athletes that meet criteria and carry a cumulative grade
point average (GPA) of 3.0-3.49. Academic Excellence Teams are
comprised of student athletes that have a cumulative GPA of
3.50-4.0.
During the recently-completed fall semester, a total of 16 of FSU's
17 varsity programs achieved a cumulative team grade point average
of 3.0 or higher. In addition, nine FSU teams had at least one
student achieve a perfect 4.0 GPA for the fall term while 16
different teams had at least one student-athlete at 3.9 or
higher.
Among Ferris State's six fall sports programs eligible for
all-academic laurels, the Bulldogs had a total of 31 honorees from
the football team along with 15 from women's soccer, 10 in women's
cross country, eight in volleyball, six in men's cross country and
three in women's tennis.
The Bulldog football team led the way with 23 all-academic picks
while the women's soccer squad had a FSU-best 12 individuals named
to the academic all-excellence team.
Please visit this link below for a complete listing of GLIAC
All-Academic honorees by sport:
http://www.gliac.org/general_news/2014-15/GLIAC_Fall_Academic_Teams