Chicago State student-athletes achieved a cumulative 3.25 overall departmental GPA in the classroom during 2022 spring semester, improving from an overall GPA of 3.15 during fall of 2021 while posting an overall GPA of 3.20 during the 2021-22 academic year. Cougars student-athletes have earned a combined GPA of 3.0 or better in the previous six semesters, dating back to the 2019-20 academic year.
During the 2022 spring semester, 29 Chicago State student-athletes earned a perfect 4.0 while 92 student-athletes earned a GPA between 3.0 and 3.99. In total, 121 student-athletes posted a GPA of a 3.0 or better. From a team standpoint, 13 of 15 Cougars teams posted team GPAs of 3.0 or better led by the women's tennis and men's golf teams who posted the top two team GPAs this semester with 3.64 and 3.52 GPAs, respectively.
Cougars student-athletes have a long history of succeeding in the classroom and are well represented on the Dean's List, Provost's Honor Roll, President's Honor Roll and the University Honor Roll.
About Chicago State
Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. In 1991, the Chicago State women's tennis team became the first all-black college team to amass an unbeaten season at the NCAA level. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title, also making an appearance in the CollegeInside.com Postseason Tournament (CIT). The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. Their feat marked the first time the Chicago State's men's track & field program was represented at the national meet. Chicago State volleyball recorded a historic season in 2021, with Yanlis Feliz becoming CSU's first volleyball All-American and head coach
Tony Trifonov earning selection as WAC Coach of the Year. During that same season, three different CSU teams earned victories over Big Ten opponents with men's soccer beating Northwestern, women's basketball upending Wisconsin and volleyball, which established a school record 17 wins and hosted a post-season volleyball tournament for the first time in program history, swept Indiana in Bloomington.
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