Holy Cross student-athletes continued to raise the bar for academic excellence during the Spring 2025 semester, with a department semester grade-point average of 3.43 during the term — the highest department GPA on record.
The mark bests the previous high set last semester, when Crusader student-athletes averaged a 3.40.
This is also the second consecutive semester in which every Holy Cross team has recorded a 3.0 GPA or better; last semester was the first time since 2016 that every Holy Cross team recorded a GPA above 3.0 during a single semester (excluding a COVID-impacted Spring 2020).
Additionally, 14 teams finished with a 3.5 GPA or better. The women's tennis team had a 3.79 GPA to lead all programs; the men's soccer team (3.66) had the highest GPA of any men's team.
For 30 consecutive semesters, Holy Cross student-athletes have averaged above a 3.1 GPA.
In total, 577 student-athletes had a 3.0 or better; 371 posted a 3.5 or above while 55 student-athletes recorded a perfect 4.0 GPA during the semester.
Seventeen Holy Cross programs achieved a perfect score of 1,000 in the NCAA's academic performance standard, the Academic Progress Rate (APR), that was released in May, which is tied for third in the nation. According to the Graduation Success Rate Report released last November by the NCAA, Holy Cross' athletic teams tied for sixth in the nation with an overall graduation rate of 98 percent. This marks the 18th consecutive year in which the Crusaders have posted a Graduation Success Rate of at least 97 percent.
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