University
Athletics Committee
Academic
Integrity Subcommittee Report
I.
Fall 2007
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423
Student-Athletes on rosters (2006 – 413; 2005 – 430)
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198
Student-Athletes or 46.8 % earned ECU academic honors (2006 – 187 or 45.3%; 2005
– 196 or 45.6%)
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8
teams attained a semester GPA of ≥ 3.0 (2006 – 10; 2005 – 10)
§ Women’s Cross Country
(3.171)
§ Men’s Golf (3.635)
§ Women’s Golf (3.430)
§ Women’s Soccer (3.197)
§ Softball (3.218)
§ Men’s Tennis (3.630)
§ Women’s Tennis (3.420)
§ Volleyball (3.453)
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8
teams had a cumulative GPA of ≥ 3.0 (2006 – 9; 2005 – 10)
· Women’s Cross Country
(3.241)
· Men’s Golf (3.507)
· Women’s Golf (3.468)
· Women’s Soccer (3.189)
· Softball (3.161)
· Men’s Tennis (3.520)
· Women’s Tennis (3.442)
· Volleyball (3.354)
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Fall
GPA for all Student-Athletes: 2.835 (2006 – 2.81; 2005 – 2.83)
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Fall
GPA for all ECU Undergraduates: 2.76 (2006 – 2.676; 2005 – 2.70)
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Cumulative
GPA for all Student-Athletes: 2.854 (2006 – 2.85; 2005 – 2.80)
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Cumulative
GPA for all ECU Undergraduates: 2.77 (2006 – 2.737; 2005 – 2.76)
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Number
of Student-Athletes on academic probation: 24 or 5.7% (2006 – 15 or 3.6%; 2005
– 18 or 4.2%)
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Number
of ECU Undergraduates on academic probation: 1,540 or 7.9% (2006 – 1,431 or 7.8%;
2005 – 1,227 or 6.9%)
II.
Spring 2008
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401
Student-Athletes on rosters (2007 – 389; 2006 – 404)
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197
Student-Athletes or 49.1% earned academic honors (2007 – 182 or 46.8%; 2006 – 181
or 44.8%)
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11
teams attained a semester GPA of ≥ 3.0 (2007 – 11; 2006 – 9)
§ Women’s Basketball
(3.27)
§ Men’s Cross Country (3.18)
§ Women’s Cross Country
(3.31)
§ Men’s Golf (3.37)
§ Women’s Golf (3.62)
§ Women’s Soccer (3.38)
§ Softball (3.23)
§ Women’s Swimming (3.06)
§ Men’s Tennis (3.75)
§ Women’s Tennis (3.33)
§ Volleyball (3.52)
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10
teams had a cumulative GPA of ≥ 3.0 (2007 – 10; 2006 – 10)
§
Men’s
Cross Country (3.11)
§
Women’s
Cross Country (3.19)
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Men’s
Golf (3.44)
§
Women’s
Golf (3.50)
§
Women’s
Soccer (3.30)
§
Softball
(3.16)
§
Women’s
Swimming (3.02)
§
Men’s
Tennis (3.62)
§
Women’s
Tennis (3.38)
§
Volleyball
(3.39)
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Spring
GPA for all Student-Athletes: 2.86 (2007 – 2.88; 2006 – 2.78)
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Spring
GPA for all ECU Undergraduates: 2.78 (2007 – 2.701; 2006 – 2.72)
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Cumulative
GPA for all Student-Athletes: 2.87 (2007 – 2.89; 2006 – 2.79)
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Cumulative
GPA for all ECU Undergraduates: 2.79 (2007 – 2.770; 2006 – 2.79)
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Number
of Student-Athletes on academic probation: 11 or 2.7% (2007 – 9 or 2.3%; 2006 –
8 or 2.0%)
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Number
of ECU Undergraduates on academic probation: 933 or 5.1% (2007 – 934 or 5.4%; 2006 – 801 or
4.9%)
III. Selected Additional
Recognition for Academic Achievements
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ECU
ranked 2nd in Conference
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ECU
ranked 4th in Conference
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There
are 11 student-athletes who have maintained a cumulative GPA of 4.0
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Mr.
Geoffrey Handsfield from the men’s swimming team won a C-USA Postgraduate
Scholarship ($4000).
·
Ms.
Hannah Priest from women’s tennis and Ms. Kelley Wernert from the volleyball
team were selected Scholar-Athlete of the Year Award Winners. C-USA Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards are
presented to the top student-athletes in each conference-sponsored sport. The award is based on academic achievement,
athletic achievement, and community service.
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For
the 2007-08 academic year, a record four teams received the C-USA Sport
Academic Award. This award is given to the team in each conference-sponsored
sport with the highest grade point average for the current academic year. ECU
ranked second with the following teams honored: men’s basketball (2.781), men’s
golf (3.506), men’s tennis (3.692), and softball (3.257).
IV. Additional Academic Information
Comparison
of Student-Athlete and Total Student Body Academic Performance
The
chart below provides a comparison of the academic performance of
student-athletes and all undergraduate students for the 2007-08 academic year.
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AVER |
2.0 |
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Fall |
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Fall |
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Fall |
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Fall |
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Fall |
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All
Students Student-Athletes |
2.76 2.83 |
2.78 2.86 |
2.77 2.85 |
2.79 2.87 |
2.42 2.62 |
2.00 2.75 |
82 86 |
82 88 |
57 50 |
52 52 |
Student-Athlete
Performance by Gender
Following
is a breakdown of academic performance by gender of the student-athlete
population for spring 2008.
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Student-Athletes by Gender |
# on Teams |
Spring 08 |
Spring 08 |
FRESH GPA |
# of Fresh |
2.00 or above |
3.00 or above |
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Males Females |
248 153 |
2.70 3.13 |
2.76 3.05 |
2.56 2.99 |
62 49 |
85% 93% |
41% 70% |
Academic
Performance of Men’s Basketball Team
Below
is the historical semester-by-semester academic performance of the men’s
basketball team. A new coaching staff was hired and in place
In
July of this year, the team was awarded the C-USA Sport Academic Award. This
award is given to the team in each conference-sponsored sport with the highest
grade point average for the current academic year. The men’s basketball team
posted a 2.78 for the 2007-08 academic year.
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Cumulative Average |
Fall 2004 |
Spring 2005 |
Fall 2005 |
Spring 2006 |
Fall 2006 |
Spring 2007 |
Fall 2007 |
Spring 2008 |
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Scholarship |
1.89 |
2.06 |
2.49 |
2.40 |
2.54 |
2.51 |
2.73 |
2.78 |
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Non-Scholarship |
3.44 |
3.45 |
3.25 |
3.34 |
3.32 |
3.36 |
3.53 |
3.51 |
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Total Team |
2.13 |
2.27 |
2.65 |
2.60 |
2.70 |
2.69 |
2.78 |
2.83 |
Coaching
Change
V. Community Service Contributions of Student-Athletes
For the 2007-08 academic year
student-athletes exceeded their community service goal of 4,100 hours with a
final total of 4,482 hours of volunteer service. Agencies benefiting from the
volunteer efforts of our student-athletes include the
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Year |
Goal Hrs |
Achieved Hrs |
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2002-03 |
n/a |
2262 |
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2003-04 |
n/a |
2777 |
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2004-05 |
3000 |
3122 |
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2005-06 |
3500 |
3668 |
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2006-07 |
3800 |
4018 |
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2007-08 |
4100 |
4482 |
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2008-09 |
4500 |
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Information compiled by David A. Dosser,
Jr., Ph.D., Faculty Athletics Representative (FAR) and Professor, Nita Boyce,
Assistant Athletics Director for Student Development, and Ms. Monique Walker,
FAR Graduate Assistant.