ATLANTA (blugolds.com) – The Women's Basketball Coaches Association has released the 2021-22 Academic Honor Rolls with the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire women's basketball team earning Special Mention recognition for the hard work on the court and in the classroom.
The Blugolds posted a team cumulative 3.55 GPA during the 2021-22 season. The team finished the year with a 22-8 record and appeared in their first NCAA Tournament since 2012. UWEC opened the tournament with a 61-46 victory over North Central (Minn.) but was upset at home by Millikin University (Ill.), 59-56, in the second round.
The WBCA Academic Top 25 recognizes NCAA Division I, II and III, NAIA and two-year college women's basketball teams across the nation that carry the highest combined GPAs inclusive of all student-athletes on their rosters for the entire season. The 2021-22 season is the 27th in which the WBCA has compiled the honor rolls.
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.
