Orono, Maine -- For the second-straight year, the University of Maine women's basketball team led its sport in the America East Academic Cup standings with an impressive 3.47 grade point average.
Overall in the America East Cup standings, the Black Bears finished fifth as a school with a 3.16 GPA.
The Academic Cup, established by the America East Board of Directors in 1995, is presented to the institution whose student-athletes post the highest grade-point average during that academic year.Â
Need to Know
- Every America East institution and 75 percent (104-of-139) of its teams averaged better than a 3.0 GPA collectively in 2015-16.
- America East student-athletes averaged a 3.15 GPA overall in 2015-16, the highest single-year mark in league history and the fourth-straight year a new standard has been set.
- It's the 11th-consecutive year America East student-athletes have averaged better than a 3.0 GPA.
- The Academic Cup is New Hampshire's second straight and fourth in school history (1998-99, 1999-2000, 2014-15, 2015-16).
- Academic Cup All-Time Winners
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