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WBCA Recognizes Two KCAC Programs Among 2010 Academic Top 25

Tue, Jul 20, 2010 - [Women's Basketball] - Viewed 212 times

ATLANTA - The Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced its winners for the 2009-10 Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll. This award, given in NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, NAIA and Junior College/Community College, awards teams throughout the nation that carry the highest grade point averages (GPA) for the entire season based on the nomination submitted by WBCA-member head coaches.

Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference members Bethel College and Ottawa University were both recognized for their outstanding team accomplishments in pursuit of high academic success.

"Congratulations to these teams who have excelled academically during the 2009-10 school year," WBCA CEO Beth Bass said. "Each of these coaches set an extraordinary example for their peers to follow by holding academics in such high esteem with their student-athletes."

GPAs are calculated by dividing the total number of quality points earned by each student-athlete on an institution's roster in the given academic terms by the total number of hours earned by the team. The GPAs are rounded to the nearest thousandth of a point. Per a motion passed by the WBCA Board of Directors in 2007, teams making the list of Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll must obtain at least a 3.000 overall GPA.

NAIA
Making an impressive second straight appearance in the top spot, and fourth time overall, Dana College leads the NAIA division.

The WBCA Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll for NAIA is as follows:

	School	2009-10 Head Coach	Team GPA
1	Dana College	M. Shane Larson	3.727
2	Valley City State University	Jill DeVries	3.688
3	Blue Mountain College	Lavon Driskell	3.620
4	Davenport University	Mark Youngs	3.593
5	Ohio Dominican University	Nathan Bellman	3.575
6	Concordia University (NE)	Drew Olson	3.532
7	Northwestern College	Earl Woudstra	3.506
8	Carroll College	Shawn Nelson	3.461
9	Shorter College	Vic Mitchell	3.450
T10	Mount Vernon Nazarene University	Steve Gregory	3.443
T10	Bethel College (KS)	Mark Fox	3.443
12	Eastern Oregon University	Anji Weissenfluh	3.432
13	University of Saint Francis	Ryan Haun	3.420
14	Corban College	Terry Williams	3.415
15	South Dakota Tech	Barbara Felderman	3.407
16	Ottawa University	Bruce Tate	3.402
17	Saint Xavier University	Robert Hallberg	3.397
18	Midland Lutheran College	Joanne Bracker	3.391
19	Lee University	Marty Rowe	3.369
20	Mount Marty College	Tom Schlimgen	3.365
21	Grand View University	Garey Smith	3.360
22	Freed-Hardeman University	Dale Neal	3.320
23	Lewis-Clark State College	Brian Orr	3.283
24	Cornerstone University	Carla Fles	3.274
25	Siena Heights University	Susan Syljebeck	3.268

About the WBCA
Founded in 1981, the WBCA promotes women's basketball by unifying coaches at all levels to develop a reputable identity for the sport and to foster and promote the development of the game as a sport for women and girls. For additional information about the WBCA, please visit wbca.org.

	Bethany College
	Bethel College
	Friends Univ.
	Kansas Wesleyan Univ.
	McPherson College
	Ottawa Univ.
	Southwestern College
	Sterling College
	Tabor College
	Univ. of St. Mary