AMHERST, N.Y. -- The Fall 2024 semester was a success for the Daemen University Division of Athletics, with student-athletes achieving a collective 3.29 grade point average (GPA). It marks the 23rd consecutive semester that student-athletes have achieved a 3.0 GPA or higher.

The academic performance includes 14 student-athletes who achieved a perfect 4.0 GPA for the semester. Those with perfect semesters are from a broad cross section of the student-athlete body with 12 of Daemen's 17 intercollegiate athletic programs represented. Teams with 4.0 student athletes include men's soccer, men's tennis, men's cross country, men's indoor track and field, men's outdoor track and field, women's cross country, women's indoor track and field, women's outdoor track and field, women's lacrosse, women's tennis, women's volleyball and women's soccer. 

A total of 178 student-athletes individually achieved a GPA of 3.0 or higher during the semester. That represents 75-percent of Daemen's total student-athlete body. In addition, 108 student-athletes (45% of total) achieved a semester GPA of 3.50 or higher. At the conclusion of the Fall 2024 semester, 177 student-athletes (74% of total) hold a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher, with 76 student-athletes holding a 3.50 GPA (32%) or higher.

Also, 13 of Daemen's 17 intercollegiate athletic programs achieved a GPA of 3.0 or better this past semester:

• Women's cross country (3.73)
• Women's tennis (3.66)
• Men's tennis (3.52)
• Women's lacrosse (3.50)
• Women's basketball (3.43)
• Women's indoor / outdoor track & field (3.39)
• Women's soccer (3.38)
• Men's volleyball (3.37)
• Men's soccer (3.34)
• Cheerleading (3.17) 
• Women's bowling (3.14)
• Men's cross country (3.07)

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