BOSTON – The Northeastern athletics department has captured three conference championships and three regular season titles in 2014-15, but the Huskies added another accolade to its trophy case on Wednesday: its highest cumulative grade point average in more than 10 years.
As a whole, Northeastern student-athletes recorded a cumulative GPA of 3.19 for the spring semester. In addition, 52 student-athletes earned "Top Dog" honors for posting grade point averages of 3.8 or above, while 25 recorded a perfect 4.0 GPA in the spring. NU had 111 student-athletes named to the Dean's List, as well.
Northeastern's work in the classroom marks the 15th straight semester that student-athletes have posted a cumulative grade point average above 3.0.
"I could not be more proud of the way our student-athletes have performed in the classroom, not only this semester, but for the past several years," said
Peter Roby, director of athletics and recreation. "Congratulations to all of our student-athletes, and I thank them for the hard work they put in to everything they do at Northeastern."
The men's cross country team finished the semester with a 3.250 cumulative grade point average, the highest for Northeastern's men's teams, while the men's track and field team was second at 3.222 and men's rowing at 3.175. On the women's side, the volleyball team had the highest grade point average for the second straight semester at 3.441, followed closely by women's soccer (3.421) and women's track and field (3.369).
During the past eight years, Northeastern has maintained its upward trajectory in the
U.S. News & World Report ranking, skyrocketing from 98th in 2007 to its current spot of 42nd in 2015. The Princeton Review has also ranked Northaestern's career services as No. 1 in the nation, marking seven consecutive years that NU's career services has been ranked in the top four in the United States, including four years in the top spot. In addition, the Huskies are ranked 10th in the nation in undergraduate entrepreneurship education, according to the Princeton Review and
Entrepreneur Magazine.
Below is a list of student-athletes who earned "Top Dog" recognition for grade point averages of 3.8 or higher:
Caleb Donnelly - Men's Basketball
Matej Herega - Men's Crew
Matej Metkovic - Men's Crew
Charles Conway - Men's Track & Field
Jackson MacDonald - Men's Track & Field
Anthony Pavlich - Men's Track & Field
Corinne Austin - Women's Crew
Katie O'Connell - Women's Crew
Becky Garner - Women's Field Hockey
Kendall Coyne - Women's Ice Hockey
Maria Lanyi - Women's Soccer
Mollie Rosen - Women's Soccer
Amy Steele - Women's Soccer
Awnalisa Walker - Women's Soccer
Anila Mehta - Women's Swimming & Diving
Adriana Sepulveda - Women's Swimming & Diving
Julia Sepulveda - Women's Swimming & Diving
Madeline Bradford - Women's Track & Field
Kate Johnstone - Women's Track & Field
Audrey Weyand - Women's Track & Field
Ashlee Asada - Women's Volleyball
Oliver Roberts - Men's Soccer
Candace Young - Women's Swimming & Diving
Erica DeMunbrun - Women's Swimming & Diving
Heather Mottau - Women's Ice Hockey
Haley Havens - Women's Soccer
Kristen Walding - Women's Volleyball
MacKenzie Bartz - Women's Crew
Maria Franko - Women's Crew
Carly Wilhelm - Women's Soccer
Megan Rutter - Women's Swimming & Diving
Jamie Bredahl - Women's Volleyball
Zoe Taitel - Women's Track & Field
Hannah Lopiccolo - Women's Soccer
Megan Kehoe - Women's Volleyball
Caroline Gonsalves - Women's Swimming & Diving
Jillian Hoban - Women's Crew
Shelby Herrington - Women's Ice Hockey
Giovanni Gray - Men's Track & Field
Chloe Laverack - Women's Crew
Ian Herrington - Men's Crew
Riordan Morrell - Men's Crew
Dylan Faber Men's Soccer
Marc Greenblatt - Men's Soccer
Kevin Rosenberg - Men's Track & Field
Megan Wilkins - Women's Crew
Alexandra Rose - Women's Track & Field
Zachary Krause - Men's Track & Field
Kelly Benfey - Women's Track & Field
Ben Trapani - Men's Track & Field
Natalie Stewart - Women's Field Hockey
