INDIANAPOLIS -- Butler University student-athletes continued their excellent performance in the classroom with a strong spring 2022 semester. The department saw its teams combine to post a cumulative GPA of 3.366.

This marks the seventh consecutive semester that Butler student-athletes combined for a GPA of 3.3 or higher.
 
The spring 2022 semester featured 86 student-athletes with a perfect 4.0 GPA. A total of 340 Bulldogs – which is 72 percent of student-athletes – made the Athletic Director's Honor Roll, which requires a GPA of at least 3.25.
 
The women's cross country team posted the highest team GPA among Butler's athletic programs with an impressive 3.853. They were followed closely by the women's soccer team (3.799) and the women's track and field program (3.751).
 
On the men's side, the men's golf team earned a 3.62 GPA as a team, followed by the men's track and field team with a 3.59 mark. The men's cross country program rounded out the top three by finishing the semester with a 3.555 GPA.

Sixteen of Butler's 20 NCAA athletic programs (which include Butler's cheerleading and dance programs) had team GPAs above 3.2 in the spring.