Women’s Basketball Finished with 3.326 GPA for 2022-23 Season
August 02, 2023 | Women's Basketball, Academic Services
The Cardinals were one of 95 teams to finish with a 3.25 GPA or higher last season
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The University of women's basketball had plenty of success on and off the court during the 2022-23 season. The Cardinals advanced to their fifth-straight Elite Eight, the only school in the country to make each of the last five Elite Eights. They also had strong success in the classroom as they finished with a 3.326 GPA for the 2022-23 season.
The Cardinals had the fourth highest GPA in the ACC last season and were one of only four ACC schools to have a 3.25 team GPA or higher. Louisville was one of six ACC schools to finish the season with a 3.0 GPA or higher. Across the country, Louisville was one of 95 schools that finished with a 3.25 team GPA or higher last season.
Academic success is no stranger to head coach Jeff Walz as the Cardinals have had 18-straight semesters with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher. This was the second-straight season the Cardinals have had a 3.25 team GPA or higher.
For the 2022-23 season, the Cardinals had four players make the Dean's Scholar List with a 4.0 GPA in either the fall or spring semester. Merissah Russell had a 4.0 GPA in each semester last season. Five players made the Dean's List in the fall and three made it in the spring semester with a 3.5 GPA or higher. 10 players in the fall and nine players in the spring were Red & Black Scholar-Athletes with a 3.25 GPA or higher.
The Cardinals also had a CoSIDA Academic All-American this past season for the first time since Dana Evans in the 2020-21 season. Evans was also named the ACC Kay Yow Scholar-Athlete of the Year that season and she was the third Louisville athlete to earn Scholar-Athlete of the Year during Walz's tenure.
The 2023-24 Cardinals are coming of a gold medal at the 2023 GLOBL JAM tournament held in Toronto this past July. The team will report back to campus in a few weeks as the fall semester will begin later in August.
The Cardinals had the fourth highest GPA in the ACC last season and were one of only four ACC schools to have a 3.25 team GPA or higher. Louisville was one of six ACC schools to finish the season with a 3.0 GPA or higher. Across the country, Louisville was one of 95 schools that finished with a 3.25 team GPA or higher last season.
Academic success is no stranger to head coach Jeff Walz as the Cardinals have had 18-straight semesters with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher. This was the second-straight season the Cardinals have had a 3.25 team GPA or higher.
For the 2022-23 season, the Cardinals had four players make the Dean's Scholar List with a 4.0 GPA in either the fall or spring semester. Merissah Russell had a 4.0 GPA in each semester last season. Five players made the Dean's List in the fall and three made it in the spring semester with a 3.5 GPA or higher. 10 players in the fall and nine players in the spring were Red & Black Scholar-Athletes with a 3.25 GPA or higher.
The Cardinals also had a CoSIDA Academic All-American this past season for the first time since Dana Evans in the 2020-21 season. Evans was also named the ACC Kay Yow Scholar-Athlete of the Year that season and she was the third Louisville athlete to earn Scholar-Athlete of the Year during Walz's tenure.
The 2023-24 Cardinals are coming of a gold medal at the 2023 GLOBL JAM tournament held in Toronto this past July. The team will report back to campus in a few weeks as the fall semester will begin later in August.
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