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RETRIEVERS BREAK FOUR CLASSROOM RECORDS IN SPRING '04 SEMESTER
6/18/2004
UMBC’s student-athletes broke four school records in the classroom for the Spring 2004 semester.
· 208 of UMBC’s 393 student-athletes earned 3.00 grade-point averages of higher, a record of 52.9% to exceed the 3.00 plateau.
· The combined athletic team grade-point average was 2.92.
· The combined overall team (to include the support teams of student trainers, pep band, dance team, and tumbling team) grade point average was 2.94.
· A record 12 athletic and support teams earned 3.00 or higher semester grade-point averages.
Moreover, 91 student-athletes (23.1%) earned semester honors (3.50 GPA or higher) and 23 Retrievers produced perfect 4.00 semesters. One of those student-athletes, Lana Khvalina, earned her undergraduate degree in three years with a 4.00 cumulative grade-point average. Khvalina, a tennis standout, earned First Team Academic All America honors for the second consecutive year. Senior swimmer Carlos Canepa, a Peruvian Olympic hopeful, earned All District Academic All America honors.
TEAMS EARNING 3.00 GRADE-POINT AVERAGES OR HIGHER
Volleyball 3.33; Men’s Tennis 3.25; Field Hockey 3.18; Women’s Swimming & Diving 3.16; Pep Band (s) 3.13; Tumbling Team (s) 3.11; Women’s Basketball 3.10; Women’s Soccer 3.07; Women’s Lacrosse 3.01; Women’s Tennis 3.01; Student-Trainers (s) 3.01; Women’s Track & Field 3.00.
(s) support squad