Western Michigan Wins Institutional Academic Achievement Award
WESTERN MICHIGAN WINS INSTITUTIONAL ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
CLEVELAND, OHIO – Western Michigan University has been named the winner of the 2016-17 Mid-American Conference Institutional Academic Achievement Award. Western Michigan posted an overall athletic grade point average (GPA) of 3.253 for the 2016-17 academic year based on 398 students in 15 sports. This marks the first time for the Western Michigan athletic program to earn this prestigious honor.
The honor is presented annually to the MAC institution which achieves the highest overall institutional GPA for student-athletes competing in institutionally sponsored sports for the academic year. A list of each top-three school’s 2016-17 GPA follows:
Institution; Sports; Student-Athletes; GPA
Western Michigan; 15 sports; 398 students; 3.253 GPA
Bowling Green; 17 sports; 399 students; 3.243 GPA
Toledo; 16 sports; 363 students; 3.234 GPA
Institutional Academic Achievement Award
2016-17 Western Michigan University
2015-16 University of Toledo
2014-15 University of Toledo
2013-14 Miami University
2012-13 University of Toledo
2011-12 University of Toledo
2010-11 University of Akron
2009-10 Bowling Green State University
2008-09 Ball State University
2007-08 Northern Illinois University
2006-07 Central Michigan University
2005-06 Central Michigan University
2004-05 Central Michigan University
2003-04 Central Michigan University
2002-03 Central Michigan University
2001-02 Central Michigan University
2000-01 Bowling Green State University
1999-00 Central Michigan University
1998-99 Central Michigan University
1997-98 Central Michigan University
1996-97 Ball State University and Central Michigan University (tie)
1995-96 Bowling Green State University
1994-95 Bowling Green State University
