DePaul Ranked Seventh in 2024-25 WBCA Academic Top 25

ATLANTA — DePaul women's basketball was recognized by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Tuesday afternoon after earning the seventh-best grade point average in Division I during the 2024-25 academic year. The Blue Demons compiled a 3.75 cumulative GPA, the highest mark in the program's recorded history.

The WBCA Academic Top 25 recognizes college women's basketball teams across the nation in their respective divisions that carry the highest combined GPAs inclusive of all student-athletes on their rosters for the entire season. The 2024-25 season is the 30th in which the WBCA has compiled the honor rolls.

It is DePaul's 14th time appearing in the WBCA Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll and first time since the 2018-19 season. The Blue Demons have been awarded special mention by the coaches association in the previous three seasons for maintaining a minimum 3.0 GPA.

DePaul is one of six BIG EAST programs recognized alongside Creighton, Connecticut, Georgetown, Marquette and Seton Hall.

DePaul in WBCA Academic Top 25:
2005-06: No. 11 - Team GPA: 3.361
2006-07: No. 25 - Team GPA: 3.294
2008-09: No. 11 - Team GPA: 3.402
2009-10: No. 8 - Team GPA: 3.455
2010-11: No. 3 - Team GPA: 3.582
2011-12: No. 3 - Team GPA: 3.604
2012-13: T-No. 2 - Team GPA: 3.625
2013-14: No. 8 - Team GPA: 3.559
2014-15: No. 3 - Team GPA: 3.622
2015-16: No. 21 - Team GPA: 3.470
2016-17: No. 14 - Team GPA: 3.561
2017-18: No. 15 - Team GPA: 3.531
2018-19: No. 17 - Team GPA: 3.561
2024-25: No. 7 - Team GPA: 3.750

NCAA Division I Academic Top 25

Rank	Institution	Head Coach	GPA
1	UW-Green Bay	Kayla Karius	3.862
2	Boise State	Gordy Presnell	3.803
3	Youngstown State	Melissa Jackson	3.781
4	Western Illinois	JD Gravina	3.775
5	South Dakota State	Aaron Johnston	3.760
6	Creighton	Jim Flanery	3.757
7	DePaul	Jill Pizzotti	3.750
8	Drake	Allison Pohlman	3.741
9	California Baptist	Jarrod Olson	3.733
10	Utah Valley	Dan Nielson	3.716
11	Davidson	Gayle Fulks	3.711
12	Saint Peter's	Jennifer Leedham	3.700
13	Tennessee Tech	Kim Rosamond	3.699
14	Montana State	Tricia Binford	3.694
15	Wyoming	Heather Ezell	3.692
16	Maine	Amy Vachon	3.691
17	Cleveland State	Chris Kielsmeier	3.685
18	Northern Kentucky	Jeff Hans	3.678
19	Kent State	Todd Starkey	3.669
T20	Manhattan	Heather Vulin	3.667
T20	UW-Milwaukee	Kyle Rechlicz	3.667
22	Iowa State	Bill Fennelly	3.658
23	Lafayette	Kia Damon-Olson	3.630
24	Purdue Fort Wayne	Maria Marchesano	3.624
25	Northern Iowa	Tanya Warren	3.621

Special Mention: East Tennessee State, Brenda Mock Brown, 3.616; Lehigh, Addie Micir, 3.615; Portland, Michael Meek, 3.605; Quinnipiac, Tricia Fabbri, 3.602; Eastern Michigan, Sahar Nusseibeh, 3.597; Illinois, Shauna Green, 3.597; Georgia State, Gene Hill, 3.587; Northern Illinois, Lisa Carlson, 3.585; Marist, Erin Doughty, 3.584; South Florida, Jose Fernandez, 3.584; Stonehill College , Trisha Brown, 3.583; NJIT, Mike Lane, 3.581; Illinois State, Kristen Gillespie, 3.581; Nebraska, Amy Williams, 3.579; Cincinnati, Katrina Merriweather, 3.576; West Georgia, Joanna Reitz, 3.571; Fairleigh Dickinson, Stephanie Gaitley, 3.541; Belmont, Bart Brooks, 3.540; Northern Colorado, Kristen Mattio, 3.536; North Carolina, Courtney Banghart, 3.532; Eastern Illinois, Marqus Mcglothan, 3.530; Michigan State, Robyn Fralick, 3.530; Indiana, Teri Moren, 3.528; Portland State, Chelsey Gregg, 3.528; Albany, Colleen Mullen, 3.525; Minnesota, Dawn Plitzuweit, 3.521; Abilene Christian, Julie Goodenough, 3.511; Colorado State, Ryun Williams, 3.511; Kentucky, Kenny Brooks, 3.504; Saint Joseph's, Cindy Griffin, 3.503; Iowa, Jan Jensen, 3.495; Richmond, Aaron Roussell, 3.492; SIUE, Samantha Quigley Smith, 3.489; Drexel, Amy Mallon, 3.489; California, Charmin Smith, 3.462; Duke, Kara Lawson, 3.456; Merrimack, Kelly Morrone, 3.454; UAB, Randy Norton, 3.447; Sacramento State, Aaron Kallhoff, 3.447; Pennsylvania, Michael Mclaughlin, 3.446; South Carolina, Dawn Staley, 3.438; Alabama, Kristy Curry, 3.432; Missouri, Robin Pingeton, 3.431; Robert Morris, Chandler McCabe, 3.431; Northwestern, Joe McKeown, 3.427; Miami, Tricia Cullop, 3.426; Missouri State, Beth Cunningham, 3.426; Denver, Doshia Woods, 3.425; Texas A&M, Joni Taylor, 3.422; Bradley, Kate Popovec-Goss, 3.398; UNC Greensboro, Trina Patterson, 3.395; Liberty, Carey Green, 3.394; Fairfield, Carly Thibault-Dudonis, 3.392; Lipscomb, Lauren Sumski, 3.377; Texas Tech, Krista Gerlich, 3.376; Florida State, Brooke Wyckoff, 3.375; Temple, Diane Richardson, 3.373; Texas, Vic Schaefer, 3.372; Longwood , Erika Lang-Montgomery, 3.369; Vanderbilt, Shea Ralph, 3.367; Hofstra, Danielle Santos, 3.366; Colorado, Jr Payne, 3.366; Louisville, Jeff Walz, 3.363; Virginia Tech, Megan Duffy, 3.360; UNC Asheville, Tynesha Lewis, 3.358; USC, Lindsay Gottlieb, 3.348; Marquette, Cara Consuegra, 3.345; Hawaii, Laura Beeman, 3.343; Yale, Dalila Eshe, 3.338; Oklahoma, Jennie Baranczyk, 3.334; Tennessee, Kim Caldwell, 3.323; Kansas State, Jeff Mittie, 3.317; Notre Dame, Niele Ivey, 3.314; Elon, Charlotte Smith, 3.271; Ohio State, Kevin Mcguff, 3.263; Oklahoma State, Jacie Hoyt, 3.254; West Virginia, Mark Kellogg, 3.242; Akron, Ryan Gensler, 3.225; Seton Hall, Anthony Bozzella, 3.205; UNLV, Lindy La Rocque, 3.201; BYU, Lee Cummard, 3.189; Oregon, Kelly Graves, 3.168; Georgia Tech, Nell Fortner, 3.162; Baylor, Nicki Collen, 3.133; North Texas, Jason Burton, 3.128; Connecticut, Geno Auriemma, 3.061; Tulsa, Angie Nelp, 3.047; Troy, Chanda Rigby, 3.046; Georgetown, Darnell Haney, 3.008; Navy, Tim Taylor, 3.005.

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