GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – After another successful year in the classroom, the Green Bay women's basketball program made its third-consecutive appearance on the WBCA Honor Roll and 13th overall, coming in at the top spot in the nation with a program-best 3.819 team grade-point average for the 2017-18 season.

"We are very proud of our team, our staff and the university for working closely together to help achieve our high goals on the court and in the classroom," head coach Kevin Borseth said.

"This is the third time since 2000 when academic rankings began that Green Bay has finished No. 1 in the classroom... National Champions. The success of our program has been built from day one on high standards, and to be able to achieve and get recognized in this capacity is very rewarding and special.  We are Green Bay."

Green Bay is one of eight top-25 teams on the Division I honor roll who played in the 2017 NCAA Tournament. This marks the third time in program history the Phoenix received the top honor from the WBCA. Green Bay was one of two Horizon League women's basketball programs represented in the top 25 with Youngstown State finishing in a tie for 24th overall.

"The WBCA family is committed to the student-athlete experience and celebrates these teams that have demonstrated excellence in the classroom," said WBCA Executive Director Danielle Donehew. "This year's WBCA Academic Top 25 is a powerful list of teams and their head coaches who have winning cultures that prepare their student-athletes for success in life."

 The WBCA Academic Top 25 recognizes NCAA Division I, II and III; NAIA and junior/community college women's basketball teams across the nation that carry the highest combined GPAs inclusive of all student-athletes on their rosters for the entire season. The 2015-16 season is the 21st in which the WBCA as compiled the honor rolls.

A team's GPA is calculated by dividing the total number of quality points earned by the total number of 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 GPA's are rounded to the nearest thousandth of a point. Teams are nominated for the honor by a WBCA-member head coach. A team must have a 3.000 or better GPA to be nominated.

Below is a complete list of all NCAA DI teams inside the WBCA's top 25:

NCAA Division I

Rank	Institution	Head Coach	GPA
1	University of Wisconsin - Green Bay	Kevin Borseth	3.819
2	Robert Morris University	Charlie Buscaglia	3.726
3	University of South Dakota	Dawn Plitzuweit	3.704
4	St. Francis College Brooklyn	John Thurston	3.689
5	Arizona State University	Charli Turner Thorne	3.672
6	Miami University (Ohio)	Megan Duffy	3.662
7	Bowling Green State University	Jennifer Roos	3.625
8	University of Northern Iowa	Tanya Warren	3.609
9	Drake University	Jennie Baranczyk	3.600
10	Belmont University	Cameron Newbauer	3.575
T11	Eastern Washington University	Wendy Schuller	3.562
T11	Loyola University Maryland	Joe Logan	3.562
13	DePaul University	Doug Bruno	3.561
T14	High Point University	DeUnna Hendrix	3.560
T14	Gardner-Webb University	Rick Reeves	3.560
16	Presbyterian College	Todd Steelman	3.530
17	St. Bonaventure University	Jesse Fleming	3.527
18	University of North Carolina-Asheville	Brenda Kirkpatrick	3.525
19	University of Missouri-Kansas City	Marsha Frese	3.523
20	University of Wyoming	Joe Legerski	3.521
21	Eastern Illinois University	Debbie Black	3.512
T22	Fairfield University	Joe Frager	3.510
T22	Southern Illinois University-Carbondale	Cindy Stein	3.510
T24	University of Kentucky	Matthew Mitchell	3.492
T24	Youngstown State University	John Barnes	3.492

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