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Student-athletes experience record-setting fall semester with 3.29 cumulative GPA

Senior Associate Athletics Director for Academic Affairs Kristie Beitz (center) works with student-athletes in one of numerous academic enhancement areas in the Liberty Athletics Center in April, 2018. (Photo by Jessie Rogers)

Facing one of the most unique semesters of their collegiate careers, Liberty University’s NCAA Division I student-athletes found a way to make it their best ever in the classroom.

Following the completion of the Fall 2020 academic semester, members of the Flames’ and Lady Flames’ 20 athletics programs maintained a 3.29 cumulative grade point average (GPA), the highest recorded GPA in athletics department history.

Over the last calendar year, Liberty Athletics has seen a dramatic 0.11 increase in its cumulative department-wide GPA. Following the conclusion of the Fall 2019 academic semester, Liberty’s student-athletes cumulative GPA was at a then record-mark of 3.18.

Overall, the cumulative GPA for Liberty’s 570-plus student-athletes has risen each of the last eight-consecutive semesters.

While their lives on the field of competition came to an abrupt stop last spring due to the COVID-19 virus, Liberty’s student-athletes did not allow a life-changing pandemic prevent them from excelling in their efforts to pursue their academic passions.

A total of 19 of 20 programs currently hold a cumulative team GPA of 3.0 or higher following the conclusion of the 2020 fall semester.

Individually, a total of 117 student-athletes achieved a perfect 4.0 GPA in the fall, while 63 student-athletes carried a perfect 4.0 cumulative GPA through the semester. At the conclusion of the fall, 420 student-athletes are maintaining a 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA (72.5 percent).

Liberty’s 624 Club Sports student-athletes also experienced continued success with a 3.27 cumulative GPA for the fall semester.

>> Read the complete story and watch a video interview with Senior Associate Athletics Director for Academic Affairs Kristie Beitz on the Liberty Athletics website.  

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