Olivet College women’s golf team named to WGCA All-Scholar Team
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – The Olivet College women’s golf team had the 20th-best cumulative grade point average (GPA) among all NCAA Division III programs during the 2020-221 academic year. For their accomplishment, the Comets have received the Women’s Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-Scholar Team award.
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – The Olivet College women's golf team had the 20th-best cumulative grade point average (GPA) among all NCAA Division III programs during the 2020-2021 academic year. For their accomplishment, the Comets have received the Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) All-Scholar Team award.
Under the guidance of head coach Bill Maas, Olivet posted a team GPA of 3.665 for the academic year. The Comets were one of three Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) schools to place in the top 25. Earlier this month, four Olivet golfers received the WGCA All-American Scholar Team.
The top 25 teams from Division I, II, and III in terms of cumulative GPA for the 2020-21 academic year are recognized annually by the WGCA for their academic success. This is the fourth year the association has bestowed honors upon the top 25 team from each division as the top 25 overall from all divisions combined previously vied for All-Scholar Team distinction. The Comets have been ranked in the top 25 each of the previous three years, ranking No. 4 in 2019-20, No. 12 in 2018-19 and No. 17 in 2017-18.
| Place | University | Team GPA |
| 1 | Macalester (Minn.) College | 3.944 |
| 2 | University of Texas at Dallas | 3.910 |
| 3 | Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) College | 3.862 |
| 4 | Middlebury (Vt.) College | 3.848 |
| 5 | Carnegie Mellon (Pa.) University | 3.830 |
| 6 | Benedictine (Ill.) University | 3.824 |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | 3.809 |
| 8 | Whitman (Wash.) College | 3.767 |
| 9 | Kalamazoo College | 3.764 |
| 10 | St. Catherine (Minn.) University | 3.754 |
| 11 | Augsburg (Minn.) University | 3.753 |
| 12 | Williams (Mass.) College | 3.750 |
| 13 | Washington and Lee (Va.) University | 3.749 |
| 14 | Washington University in St. Louis (Mo.) | 3.737 |
| 15 | University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (Texas) | 3.712 |
| 16 | Simpson (Iowa) College | 3.695 |
| 17 | Stevenson (Md.) University | 3.689 |
| 18 | University of Wisconsin- River Falls | 3.678 |
| 19 | Carleton (Minn.) College | 3.667 |
| 20 | OLIVET COLLEGE | 3.665 |
| 21 | Otterbein (Ohio) University | 3.632 |
| 22 | Edgewood (Wis.) College | 3.620 |
| T23 | Hope College | 3.619 |
| T23 | Luther (Iowa) College | 3.619 |
| 25 | St. Olaf (Minn.) College | 3.616 |