The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga athletic department has enjoyed a high level of success during the 2015-16 school year.
It’s been equaled in the classroom.
The Mocs had a school-record 3.113 grade point average for the fall semester, which was their fourth straight term with at least a 3.0 GPA and their second consecutive term with better than a 3.1.
“The vision of Chattanooga athletics is to achieve excellence, and you are definitely seeing that across the board,” UTC vice chancellor and athletic director David Blackburn said in a release. “The efforts of our student-athletes in the classroom and in competition are tremendous, and their hard work is paying off with outstanding results. They represent themselves, our athletics program and our university in an exemplary fashion, and I am proud of all they have accomplished.”
A total of 157 student-athletes made the dean’s list, while 189 were on the AD’s honor roll, both of which are school records. More than half of all Mocs – 53.8 percent – were on the dean’s list with at least a 3.2 GPA; 64.7 percent made the honor roll with at least a 3.0.