ATLANTA, Ga.-- The University of Jamestown women's basketball team earned the 18th spot on the 2024-25 Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll, announced Tuesday by the WBCA.

The WBCA Academic Top 25 recognizes college women's basketball teams across the nation in their respective divisions that carry the highest combined GPAs inclusive of all student-athletes on their rosters for the entire season. The 2024-25 season is the 30th in which the WBCA has compiled the honor rolls.

"The WBCA is pleased to recognize those women's basketball programs that have committed themselves to excellence on the court and in the classroom," said WBCA Executive Director Danielle Donehew.  "The 119 teams we honor this year strive to achieve all-around success and we commend their efforts. Congratulations!"

Here is the NAIA 2024-25 WBCA Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll. The head coach listed for each institution was its head coach during the 2024-25 season. Teams having a 3.0 combined GPA and qualifying for consideration for the top 25 in their respective divisions are listed as special mentions. 
 

NAIA

Rank	Institution	Head Coach	GPA
1	Cumberlands	Rick Reeves	3.837
2	Hastings	Jina Douglas	3.794
3	Bethel (TN)	Chris Nelson	3.783
4	Carroll	Rachelle Sayers	3.766
5	Cornerstone	Jessica Yonkers	3.755
6	Tabor	Shawn Reed	3.748
7	Embry-Riddle (AZ)	Michael Trujillo	3.725
8	John Brown	Sydni Salvato	3.690
9	Grace	Dan Davis	3.688
10	Milligan	Kylie Russell Greer	3.679
11	Culver-Stockton	Janette Burgin	3.674
T12	Providence (MT)	Bill Himmelberg	3.662
T12	Ottawa (KS)	Hunter Bondurant	3.662
14	Columbia (MO)	Matthew Moore	3.655
15	Lewis-Clark	Caelyn Orlandi	3.647
16	St. Francis (IL)	John McGinty	3.642
17	Pikeville	Clifton Williams	3.626
18	Jamestown (ND)	Thad Sankey	3.617
19	Southern Oregon	Carlotta Kloppenburg-Pruitt	3.597
20	Georgetown (KY)	Jeff Nickel	3.538
21	Rio Grande (OH)	David Smalley	3.516
22	Warner (FL)	Niesha Lowe	3.484
23	Montana State Northern	Chris Mouat	3.470
24	Truett McConnell	Tiek Fields	3.393
25	Peru State	Mike Sybrant	3.350

Special Mention: Texas Wesleyan, Scott Hyland, 3.320; UHSP, Markell Cox, 3.214.

A team's GPA is calculated by dividing the total number of quality points (A=4, B=3, C=2, D=1, F=0) earned by the total number of academic hours attempted by all team members in the academic terms (semesters or quarters) that the season spans. Weighted grades are converted to a 4.0 scale. The GPAs are rounded to the nearest thousandth of a point. Teams must be nominated for the honor by their head coach who must be a WBCA member. A team must have a 3.000 or better GPA to be nominated.

About the Women's Basketball Coaches Association

The Women's Basketball Coaches Association is the professional association for coaches of women's and girls' basketball at all levels of competition. Founded in 1981, the WBCA offers educational resources that coaches need to help make themselves better leaders, teachers and mentors to their players; provides opportunities for coaches to connect with peers in the profession; serves as the unifying voice of coaches to those organizations that control the game; and celebrates those coaches, players and other individuals who excel each year and contribute to the advancement of the sport. Visit WBCA.org for more details about the association.

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