The University of Akron Athletics

Making The Climb: 2025 Akron Athletics Fall Academic Success
January 02 | Cross Country, Men's Soccer, Rifle, Softball, Track & Field, Women's Basketball, Women's Golf, Women's Soccer, Women's Swimming & Diving, Women's Volleyball, Academics, Baseball, Women's Lacrosse
AKRON, Ohio - Student-athletes at the University of Akron combined to achieve a department-wide grade point average of 3.217 in the fall 2025 semester.
Collectively, Akron student-athletes own a cumulative departmental GPA of 3.27, with more than 69 percent of Zips maintaining an individual cumulative GPA of 3.00 or better at Akron.
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The Zips registered 32 Academic All-Mid-American Conference selections across its five MAC-sponsored teams for the 2025 fall campaign.
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For the fall semester of 2025, 14 of 16 Akron athletics teams achieved a semester grade point average of 3.00 or higher, led by women's soccer earning a 3.72 team GPA for the semester. Additionally, swimming and diving (3.675), softball (3.609), rifle (3.59), lacrosse (3.563), women's cross country (3.518), golf (3.472), baseball (3.30), women's basketball (3.263), women's track and field (3.241), men's soccer (3.184), men's cross country (3.178), volleyball (3.126) and men's track and field (3.07) each surpassed the 3.00 team GPA threshold.
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The excellence of the Zips in their academic studies was on display as nearly 73 percent of Akron's student-athletes, 316 of 434, earned an individual GPA for the term of 3.0 or better, while more than 46 percent garnered a GPA of 3.50 or higher.
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Fifty-three of the Zips' student-athletes garnered a perfect 4.0 GPA for the fall semester, including lacrosse (7), women's soccer (7), men's soccer (6), swimming and diving (6), softball (5), women's basketball (4), men's track and field (4), women's track and field (4), baseball (2), women's cross country (2), football (2), rifle (2) and volleyball (2).
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Football paced the combined list with 44 Zips earning between a 3.0-3.99 for the fall semester. They were followed by swimming and diving (32), baseball (26), lacrosse (24), women's track and field (22), women's soccer (19), softball (16), men's track and field (16), men's soccer (14), volleyball (10), men's basketball (9), rifle (9), women's basketball (7), golf (7) women's cross country (5) and men's cross country (3).
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Sixteen Zips earned their degrees from the University of Akron following the fall 2025 semester.
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Collectively, Akron student-athletes own a cumulative departmental GPA of 3.27, with more than 69 percent of Zips maintaining an individual cumulative GPA of 3.00 or better at Akron.
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The Zips registered 32 Academic All-Mid-American Conference selections across its five MAC-sponsored teams for the 2025 fall campaign.
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For the fall semester of 2025, 14 of 16 Akron athletics teams achieved a semester grade point average of 3.00 or higher, led by women's soccer earning a 3.72 team GPA for the semester. Additionally, swimming and diving (3.675), softball (3.609), rifle (3.59), lacrosse (3.563), women's cross country (3.518), golf (3.472), baseball (3.30), women's basketball (3.263), women's track and field (3.241), men's soccer (3.184), men's cross country (3.178), volleyball (3.126) and men's track and field (3.07) each surpassed the 3.00 team GPA threshold.
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The excellence of the Zips in their academic studies was on display as nearly 73 percent of Akron's student-athletes, 316 of 434, earned an individual GPA for the term of 3.0 or better, while more than 46 percent garnered a GPA of 3.50 or higher.
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Fifty-three of the Zips' student-athletes garnered a perfect 4.0 GPA for the fall semester, including lacrosse (7), women's soccer (7), men's soccer (6), swimming and diving (6), softball (5), women's basketball (4), men's track and field (4), women's track and field (4), baseball (2), women's cross country (2), football (2), rifle (2) and volleyball (2).
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Football paced the combined list with 44 Zips earning between a 3.0-3.99 for the fall semester. They were followed by swimming and diving (32), baseball (26), lacrosse (24), women's track and field (22), women's soccer (19), softball (16), men's track and field (16), men's soccer (14), volleyball (10), men's basketball (9), rifle (9), women's basketball (7), golf (7) women's cross country (5) and men's cross country (3).
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Sixteen Zips earned their degrees from the University of Akron following the fall 2025 semester.
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