University Athletics Committee

Academic Integrity Subcommittee Report

September 12, 2006

 

I.          Fall 2005

  • 430 Student-Athletes on rosters (2004-416; 2003-410)
  • 196 Student-Athletes or 45.6% earned ECU academic honors (2004-159 or 38.2%; 2003-154 or 37.6%)
  • 10 teams attained a semester GPA of ≥ 3.0 (2004-4; 2003-5)
    • Men’s Cross Country
    • Women’s Cross Country
    • Men’s Golf
    • Women’s Golf
    • Women’s Soccer
    • Softball
    • Women’s Swimming
    • Men’s Tennis
    • Women’s Tennis
    • Volleyball
  • 10 teams had a cumulative GPA of ≥ 3.0 (2004-5; 2003-6)
    •  Men’s Cross Country
    • Women’s Cross Country
    • Men’s Golf
    • Women’s Golf
    • Women’s Soccer
    • Softball
    • Women’s Swimming
    • Men’s Tennis
    • Women’s Tennis
    • Volleyball
  • Fall GPA for all Student-Athletes: 2.83 (2004-2.62; 2003-2.89)
  • Fall GPA for all ECU undergraduates: 2.70  (2004-2.66; 2003-2.72)
  • Cumulative GPA for Student-Athletes: 2.80 (2004-2.62; 2003-2.87)
  • Cumulative GPA for ECU undergraduates: 2.76 (2004-2.71; 2003-2.74)
  • Number of Student-Athletes on academic probation: 18 or 4.2% (2004- 42 or 10.1%; 2003-35 or 8.5%)
  • Number of ECU undergraduates on academic probation: 1,227 or 6.99% (2004-1,435 or 8.27%; 2003-1407 or 8.4%)
  • Number of Student-Athletes academically ineligible: 4 or < 1% (2004-9 or 2.2%; 2003-2 or 0.5%)
  • Number of ECU undergraduates academically ineligible: 345 or 1.97% (2004-366 or 2.11%; 2003-394 or 2.4%)

 

II.        Spring 2006

  • 404 Student-Athletes on rosters (2005-385; 2004-406)
  • 181 Student-Athletes or 44.8% earned academic honors (2005-163 or 42.3%; 2004-158 or 38.9%)
  • 9 teams attained a semester GPA of ≥ 3.0 (2005-11; 2004-9)
    • Men’s Cross Country
    • Women’s Cross Country
    • Men’s Golf
    • Women’s Golf
    • Women’s Soccer
    • Women’s Swimming
    • Men’s Tennis
    • Women’s Tennis
    • Volleyball
  • 10 teams had a cumulative GPA of ≥ 3.0 (2005-8; 2004-6)
    • Men’s Cross Country
    • Women’s Cross Country
    • Men’s Golf
    • Women’s Golf
    • Women’s Soccer
    • Softball
    • Women’s Swimming
    • Men’s Tennis
    • Women’s Tennis
    • Volleyball
  • Spring GPA for all Student-Athletes: 2.78 (2005-2.81; 2004-2.71)
  • Spring GPA for all ECU undergraduates: 2.72  (2005-2.71; 2004-2.65)
  • Cumulative GPA for all Student-Athletes 2.79 (2005-2.74; 2004-2.75)
  • Cumulative GPA for ECU undergraduates: 2.79 (2005-2.76; 2004-2.70)
  • Number of Student-Athletes on academic probation: 8 or 2.0% (2005-20 or 5.2%; 2004-16 or 3.9%)
  • Number of ECU undergraduates on academic probation: 801 or 4.88% (2005-773 or 4.8%; 2004-632 or 4.3%)
  • Number of Student-Athletes academically ineligible: 4 or 1.0% (2005-11 or 2.9%; 2004-16 or 3.9%)
  • Number of ECU undergraduates academically ineligible: 628 or 3.83% (2005-740 or 4.6%; 2004-557 or 3.8%)

 

III. Selected Additional Recognition for Academic Achievements

  • ECU ranked third in Conference USA with 158 student-athletes named to the Commissioner’s Honor Roll (maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better).
  • ECU ranked second in Conference USA with 35 student-athletes winning Commissioner’s Academic Medals (maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or better).
  • There are 12 student-athletes who have maintained a cumulative GPA of 4.0.
  • Ms. Terri Davenport from the women’s track team won a C-USA Postgraduate Scholarship ($4000).
  • Ms. Sarah Hunt from the women’s swimming team and Ms. Heidi Krug 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-athlete in each conference-sponsored sport.  The award is based on academic achievement, athletic achievement, and community service. 
  • ECU with an overall average GPA of (2.805) for student-athletes is sixth in C-USA out of 12 institutions.
  • The ECU women’s golf team with a team GPA of 3.575 won the C-USA Sport Academic Award.  They also won the conference championship in golf.

 

David A. Dosser, Jr., Ph.D., Professor and

Faculty Athletics Representative