MC athletes have “significantly higher GPA” than their classmates
The Associated Press is reporting today that research from the College Sports Project shows that, among 88 of Division III’s most selective schools, male athletes do poorer than the average in their first year. Maryville College was not part of this study, although Great South member Huntingdon College is listed as a participant on the study’s website.
Scots spokesman Eric Etchison said MC does not break down athletes’ grade point averages by gender, but that last year “student-athletes were significantly higher than non-student-athletes in GPA.”
The NCAA’s annual convention is schedule for Jan. 13-16 at the Marriott Marquis and Hyatt Regency hotels in Atlanta. The association could approve a “pilot academic-reporting program” for Division III at those meetings, according to the AP report.