ATLANTA, Ga. - The Women's Basketball
Coaches Association (WBCA) announced its winners for the 2008-09
Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll and Sewanee-The University of the
South was ranked 17th among all of Division III programs.
This award, given in NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA
Division III, NAIA and Junior College/Community College, awards
teams throughout the nation that carry the highest grade point
averages (GPA) for the entire season based on the nomination
submitted by WBCA-member head coaches.
"It is always an honor for the WBCA to recognize these teams for putting together outstanding cumulative grade point averages," WBCA CEO Beth Bass said. "We want to congratulate each and every one of these teams for their efforts in the classroom and want them to know that we celebrate their hard work. My thanks go out to these teams for setting a benchmark of success academically among their peers in the sport."
NCAA Division III
The WBCA Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll for NCAA Division III is as follows:
| School | 2008-09 Head Coach | Team GPA | |
| 1 | Maryville University-St. Louis | Chris Ellis | 3.625 |
| 2 | York College | Betsy Witman | 3.624 |
| 3 | Finlandia University | Curtis Wittenberg | 3.592 |
| 4 | College of St. Benedict | Mike Durbin | 3.566 |
| 5 | Calvin College | John Ross | 3.503 |
| 6 | Elms College | Laura Habacker | 3.483 |
| 7 | Simpson College | Brian Niemuth | 3.480 |
| 8 | Messiah College | Michael Miller | 3.469 |
| 9 | Emory University | Christy Thomaskutty | 3.456 |
| 10 | College of Mount St. Joseph | Melanee Atkinson | 3.455 |
| t11 | Centenary College | Lorie Khalil | 3.453 |
| t11 | McDaniel College | Becky Martin | 3.453 |
| 13 | Hope College | Brian Morehouse | 3.447 |
| 14 | Gustavus Adolphus College | Mickey Haller | 3.439 |
| 15 | University of St. Thomas | Ruth Sinn | 3.436 |
| 16 | Muhlenberg College | Ron Rohn | 3.435 |
| 17 | University of the South | Dickie McCarthy | 3.423 |
| 18 | University of Redlands | Rich Murphy | 3.418 |
| 19 | State University | James Seward | 3.414 |
| 20 | Emerson College | Bill Gould | 3.407 |
| 21 | Marymount University | William Finney | 3.392 |
| 22 | Elizabethtown College | Yvonne Kauffman | 3.391 |
| 23 | Chapman University | Carol Jue | 3.379 |
| 24 | Drew University | Gail Gilchrest | 3.371 |
| 25 | University of Wisconsin, Stout | Mark Thomas | 3.364 |