Eight Olivet College athletic teams receive MIAA Team GPA award

FREELAND, Mich. – Eight Olivet College athletic teams have received the 2020-21 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) Team GPA award. This award is presented annually to the conference teams who post a 3.30 or higher cumulative grade point average for the entire academic year.

Seven of Olivet's 10 women's sports earned the honor. The women's tennis team had Olivet's highest GPA at 3.73, which ranks tied for seventh of all 109 MIAA teams honored. The women's soccer team posted a 3.68 GPA, followed by women's golf at 3.67 and women's cross country at 3.56. The women's volleyball was next at 3.54. Both Comet swimming and diving teams earned the honor, with the women posting a 3.51 GPA and the men recording a 3.39 GPA. The softball team rounded out Olivet's honorees at 3.35.

OLIVET NOTES:

• The MIAA Team GPA award was presented for the first time in 1998-99. The women's golf team has received the award 17 of the 23 times, including 14 straight.
• The women's swimming & diving team has earned 16 times.
• The women's tennis team is receiving this award for an 11th straight academic year, and the 12th time out of the last 13 years.
• The women's soccer team has earned this award for nine consecutive years.
• The women's cross country team and softball teams have both received this honor 12 times.