ATLANTA (Blugolds.com) – The Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) has released the 2019-20 Academic Top 25 Team Honor Rolls. After a stellar season on the court, the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire women's basketball team mirrored those results in the classroom by ranking in the Top 10 of all Division III teams.
The Blugolds soared high with a team cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.738 and finished 9th overall amongst the 443 active Division III women's basketball teams to compete in the NCAA this year. This marks the third time (2016-17, 2017-18, 2019-20) in the past five years that the team has finished in the Top 10 in all of Division III. The Blugolds also ranked in the Top 25 of all Division I, II, and III teams this year and were the only Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) team listed this year.
Eau Claire finished the season with a record of 18-10 (10-4 WIAC) and finished tied for 2nd place in the WIAC. The Blugolds won their opening and semifinal final rounds of the WIAC Championship Tournament, but fell to UW-Oshkosh in the finals.
About the Women's Basketball Coaches Association
Founded in 1981, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association is the professional association for coaches of women's and girls' basketball at all levels of competition. The WBCA offers educational resources that coaches need to help make themselves better leaders, teachers and mentors to their players; provides opportunities for coaches to connect with peers in the profession; serves as the unifying voice of a diverse community of coaches to those organizations that control the game; and celebrates those coaches, players and other individuals who excel each year and contribute to the advancement of the sport. Visit www.WBCA.org for more details about the Association.
