SRU'S PSAC SCHOLAR-ATHLETES - 1997-PRESENT
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LOCK HAVEN, Pa. - A total of 285 Slippery Rock University student-athletes were recognized as Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Scholar-Athletes for maintaining above a 3.25 cumulative GPA following the 2023-24 academic year, the league office announced Monday.
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A total of 177 females and 108 males represented The Rock on the list of 2023-24 PSAC Scholar-Athletes. The Rock's 285 PSAC Scholar-Athletes represents a school record for SRU since the scholar-athlete program's implementation in 1994-95.
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More than 76 percent of SRU's female student-athletes finished the academic year with a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or higher, while just over 39 percent of male student-athletes finished the year with at least a 3.25 cumulative GPA. In total, 56.3Â percent of Slippery Rock's 506Â student-athletes concluded the year with a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or higher.
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Slippery Rock's student-athletes combined to post a 3.458 cumulative QPA following the 2023-24 academic year, which is the second-highest overall average among all 18 PSAC institutions. The stellar year in the classroom for SRU student-athletes comes alongside a banner year of competition that saw The Rock win Dixon Trophy as the top overall Athletics Department in the PSAC for the 2023-24 academic year.
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SRU is the only institution in the PSAC to rank in the top three in both the Dixon Trophy standings and the overall QPA of its student-athletes. Of the 285 SRU student-athletes honored Monday, 49 maintain a perfect 4.0 GPA.
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Across the conference, the PSAC saw a total of 4,037 student-athletes from the 18 league members be recognized, marking an average of 52 percent of the 7,726 total student-athletes in the league.
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12 institutions in the PSAC produced at least 200 scholar-athletes.
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The complete list of The Rock's 2023-24 PSAC Scholar-Athletes can be found below. Student-athletes marked with in bold with an asterisk (*) maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA.
* = 4.0 GPA
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