
DePaul Ranked Seventh in 2024-25 WBCA Academic Top 25
7/22/2025 11:58:00 AM | WOMEN'S BASKETBALL, ACADEMICS
Blue Demons compile program best 3.75 GPA
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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