Buffalo, NY - The Canisius Athletic Department posted another strong semester in the classroom as 20 of its varsity intercollegiate athletic programs posted a cumulative grade point average of 3.10 or higher during the spring 2025 semester, the University announced on Wednesday.
A total of 18 programs recorded a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or higher, while the school's 401 active student-athletes combined to post a cumulative GPA of 3.46 for the term.
The recently completed semester also saw a total of 64 student-athletes earn a perfect 4.0 grade point average. The 64 student-athletes highlighted a group of 354 student-athletes to post a term GPA of 3.0 or higher, representing 88.0 percent of the University's student-athlete population.
The volleyball program once again led the way, registering a department-best 3.72 cumulative GPA for the just-finished semester. The women's cross country and track teams placed second with a cumulative GPA of 3.68 while men's cross country and track was third with a 3.63 cumulative GPA. Women's lacrosse (3.60), softball (3.59), women's soccer (3.58) and hockey (3.57) followed closely behind while golf (3.54) and women's swimming and diving (3.50) also finished with a cumulative team GPA of 3.50 or higher for the spring semester.
In May, the NCAA announced that all 20 Canisius varsity athletic programs were in good academic standing while 13 teams posted perfect single-year scores in the latest Academic Progress Rate (APR) statistics.
In all, 19 of Canisius' 20 varsity intercollegiate athletic teams scored 970 or better out of a possible 1,000 points. The latest NCAA APR report was based on NCAA Division I Academic Progress Rate (APR) data submitted by the institution for the 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 academic years.
In addition to the 13 perfect single-year scores, four Canisius programs also registered perfect multiyear APR scores, led by volleyball, who posted a perfect APR score for the fourth straight season and 10th time in the program history. Hockey also recorded a perfect multiyear APR for the fourth straight campaign and fifth time in program history (2014-15).
Men's cross country turned its seventh perfect multiyear APR score and first since the 2016-17 season with the release of the latest report while men's track registered its fourth perfect multiyear APR overall and first since 2016-17.
