TUCSON, Ariz. – The historic academic success of University of Arizona student-athletes continued in the Spring 2024 semester with an overall grade point average of 3.252, which marks the second highest spring semester GPA in athletic department history. The overall cumulative GPA for Spring 2024 rose to an all-time high of 3.336 that surpassed last spring's previous record of a 3.332 GPA.

The Spring 2024 GPA of 3.252 also extends the department's record streak of consecutive semesters above a 3.0 GPA to 13 with a total of seven programs achieving their highest spring semester GPA's ever, including Women's Cross Country, Gymnastics, Women's Tennis, Volleyball, Men's Basketball, Football and Men's Tennis.

Arizona's top women's and men's programs with the highest GPA for the spring were Women's Cross Country with a 3.905 and Men's Tennis with a mark of 3.637.
Arizona Spring 2024 Academic Success By the Numbers

• 356 student-athletes (75.9%) earned a GPA of 3.0 or higher.
• 215 student-athletes (45.8%) earned a GPA of 3.5 or higher.
• 92 student-athletes (19.6%) earned a GPA of 4.0 or higher.
• 16 of Arizona's programs posted a GPA of 3.0 or above
• An average GPA of 3.075 for men's programs is the highest ever for a spring semester

The strong semester in the classroom this spring is one of Arizona's most recent academic success stories. The athletics department posted its highest Graduate Success Rate (GSR) score ever, at 89 percent, in the NCAA's most recently released data in December of 2023. The new all-time high score also marks an increase of 22 percent in GSR data since 2011.

The 2023-24 academic year has also seen four Wildcats earned Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards with Hope Hisey (Soccer), Gile Bite Starkute (Women's Golf), Gustaf Strom (Men's Tennis) and Allie Skaggs (Softball) all earning the conference's highest individual academic honor. The quartet of award winners are Arizona's most in a single year since 2014.