FORT MYERS, Fla. – Florida Gulf Coast University student-athletes once again posted a record-setting semester – and year – in the classroom. The Eagles set a new standard with the highest-ever departmental spring term grade point average of 3.52 and produced an academic year average GPA of 3.55, the highest in program history.

Every single one of the university's 15 intercollegiate athletics programs recorded a spring semester GPA of 3.2 or higher. Moreover, every team's cumulative GPA was above 3.2, showcasing the consistent success of the Eagle student-athletes in the classroom.

More than 84% of FGCU student-athletes achieved a GPA above 3.0, while over 67% earned a GPA above 3.5. The department had 65% of its undergraduate full-time student-athletes earn Dean's List honors, and an additional 16% received President's List accolades.

This spring, the department saw 41 student-athletes graduate: 36 with undergraduate degrees and five with master's degrees. Additionally, one completed a graduate certificate program.

Men's cross country, men's golf and men's tennis each earned the highest term GPA in program history, while five programs – men's basketball, men's cross country, men's golf, men's tennis and women's cross country – recorded their highest cumulative GPA in program history.
 
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• Spring 2026 GPA: 3.52
  • Highest-ever departmental Spring GPA
  • 3^rd-highest semester GPA overall
• Cumulative GPA: 3.55
  • Highest cumulative GPA following a spring semester
  • 2^nd-highest cumulative GPA all-time

 
Team Spring 2026 GPAs

• Baseball: 3.22
  • Second-highest spring semester GPA ever
  • 6^th straight semester of 3.0+ GPA
• Men's Basketball: 3.52
  • T-2^nd highest spring semester GPA
  • 4^th-straight semester with 3.0+ GPA
• Women's Basketball: 3.56
  • 3^rd-highest spring semester GPA
  • 26^th-straight semester of 3.1+ GPA
• Beach Volleyball: 3.63
  • 23^rd-straight semester of 3.2+
• Men's Cross Country: 3.75
  • Highest all-time semester GPA
  • 12 of the last 14 semesters have had a team GPA of 3.0+
• Women's Cross Country: 3.81
  • 3^rd-highest spring semester GPA
  • 26^th-straight semester with a team GPA of 3.0+
• Men's Golf: 3.63
  • Highest semester GPA in program history
  • Highest cumulative GPA in program history
  • 18 of the last 19 semesters have a team GPA of 3.0+
• Women's Golf: 3.59
  • 26^th-straight semester with a team GPA of 3.3+
• Men's Soccer: 3.31
  • 9^th-straight semester with a team GPA of 3.2+
• Women's Soccer: 3.74
  • 2^nd-highest spring GPA in program history
  • 4^th-highest team GPA of all-time
  • 12^th straight semester with a team GPA of 3.5+
  • 26^th-straight semester with a team GPA of 3.4+
• Softball: 3.39
  • 26^th-straight semester with a team GPA of 3.1+
• Swimming & Diving: 3.60
  • 26^th-straight semester with a team GPA of 3.2+
• Men's Tennis: 3.88
  • Highest semester team GPA in program history
  • 17^th-straight semester with a team GPA of 3.0+
• Women's Tennis: 3.85
  • 3^rd-highest spring semester GPA in program history
  • 4^th-highest semester GPA overall
  • 26^th-straight semester with a team GPA of 3.5+
• Volleyball: 3.37
  • 26^th-straight semester with a team GPA of 3.1+