GRAND LAKES, Colo. – The Slippery Rock University women's lacrosse team posted the second-highest cumulative grade point average among all NCAA Division II programs following the 2022-23 academic year and ranked third in the nation among all NCAA Division I and Division II programs.
 
The Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association announced its 2023 Academic Merit Squads Wednesday, recognizing the top three programs in each collegiate division that recorded the highest cumulative GPA following the 2022-23 academic year.
 
Slippery Rock missed out on the No. 1 spot in Division II by the smallest of margins with just one one-thousandth of a point separating Saint Leo University and The Rock. Saint Leo finished the year with a 3.731 GPA, while SRU posted a 3.730 GPA. East Stroudsburg was third in Division II with a 3.680 GPA.
 
The Rock ranked third among all NCAA athletic scholarship-awarding programs in Division I and Division II with Harvard being the only Division I team to post a higher GPA. The Crimson had the highest GPA among all Division I and Division II programs with a 3.781 GPA.
 
This marks the second straight year that Slippery Rock has posted the No. 2 GPA in the country among Division II programs.
 
The Slippery Rock lacrosse program was previously honored twice this summer for academic excellence, first by the PSAC for winning the PSAC Team GPA award for the highest GPA in the conference and then by the IWLCA for being an Academic Honor Squad.
 
The Rock also had eight individuals recognized by the IWLCA on the Academic Honor Roll earlier this summer, which celebrates juniors and seniors that own at least a 3.50 cumulative GPA.
 
The top three team GPA programs in the country in each collegiate division can be found below.
 
DIVISION I
1. Harvard – 3.781
2. Eastern Michigan – 3.723
3. Jacksonville – 3.720
 
DIVISION II
1. Saint Leo – 3.731
2. Slippery Rock – 3.730
3. East Stroudsburg – 3.680
 
DIVISION III
1. Pomona-Pitzer – 3.835
2. Allegheny – 3.820
3. MIT – 3.791
 
NAIA
1. Missouri Baptist – 3.582
2. Keiser – 3.560
3. Truett McConnell – 3.538
 


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