TUCSON, Ariz. – The unparalleled academic success of Arizona student-athletes continued with the athletics department posting its highest spring semester grade point average ever with a 3.296 GPA. Last semester also saw Wildcat student-athletes surpass a 3.0 GPA for a record-breaking 11^th consecutive semester. The historical success of Spring 2023 comes on the heels of Arizona Athletics posting its highest semester GPA ever with a 3.300 during in Fall 2022.

"Arizona student-athletes continue to shine in the classroom at an unprecedented level each and every semester," said Vice President and Director of Athletics Dave Heeke. "They proudly represent the University of Arizona and our community as they live the "Wildcat Way". The Wildcats in all our athletic programs are fulfilling our mission to develop academic, athletic and life champions. I would like to congratulate our student-athletes and outstanding C.A.T.S. Academics staff for once again raising the bar of excellence in the classroom."

Spring 2023 also pushed Arizona's cumulative GPA to an impressive 3.332, which is an all-time high for any semester.

Six teams set program records for highest spring GPA's ever, which included Baseball, Football, Soccer, Women's Tennis, Women's Track & Field and Volleyball. Arizona Women's Tennis posted a 3.733 grade point average in the spring to lead all women's programs while Arizona Men's Tennis posted the highest GPA of any men's program with a 3.490.

Arizona Athletics has also seen historical academic success this year in a number of other metrics. A record-tying 11 of Arizona's teams posted perfect 1,000 single-year scores in the NCAA's Academic Progress Rate (APR) data released earlier this month. The department also matched its all-time high Graduate Success Rate (GSR) score with an 87 percent in the most recently released data by the NCAA in November of 2022.