SPARTANBURG, S.C. – For the second time in program history and the second time this academic year the Converse University volleyball team has won the Valkyries Academic Excellence Award with a semester GPA of 3.63.
The Converse volleyball team is coming off a historical season, which saw the Valkyries claim their first Conference Carolinas Tournament Championship and their first NCAA Regional appearance. Converse also reset the record books for wins in a single season with 23. Individually, the volleyball team had a trio of players named to both the Conference Carolinas All-Conference and All-Tournament Teams. Graduate Student
Mackenzie Day, earned Conference Carolinas Defensive Player of the Year honors, Conference Carolinas Tournament MVP Honors and All-America honors by the D2CCA. Day, along with
Megan Carpenter, and
Tori Barr were all named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team. The volleyball team was named Team of the Year at the annual Valkyrie Choice Awards at the beginning of May.
Every semester Converse athletics teams strive to maintain a 3.1 team GPA. The Valkyries Academic Excellence Award is presented to the team with the highest-grade point average at the end of a semester. The golf team holds the record with four semesters, followed by the women's cross country team and the women's tennis team with three semesters each.
The Athletic Department's overall GPA for the Spring 2025 semester was a 3.24. This past Spring 37 athletes earned a perfect 4.0 GPA, 76 athletes recorded a 3.75-3.99 GPA, 82 athletes earned between a 3.50-3.74 GPA and 81 student-athletes recorded at least a 3.00-3.49 GPA this semester.
Top Teams Spring 2025:
Volleyball – 3.63
Women's Soccer – 3.62
Women's Cross Country – 3.58
Equestrian – 3.56
Men's Cross Country – 3.52
Women's Tennis – 3.51
Women's Swim – 3.49
Acrobatics & Tumbling – 3.41
Golf – 3.39
Men's Swim – 3.32
Field Hockey – 3.31
Softball – 3.28
Men's Tennis – 3.23
Women's Basketball – 3.21
esports – 3.11
Men's Soccer – 3.09
Lacrosse – 3.08
Men's Basketball – 3.08
Women's Track – 3.07
Men's Track – 3.00
Past Winners:
Fall 2024 - Volleyball
Spring 2024 - Equestrian
Fall 2023 – Women's Cross Country
Spring 2023 – Women's Cross Country
Fall 2022 – Women's Cross Country
Spring 2022 - Softball
Fall 2021 – Women's Tennis
Spring 2021 – Women's Tennis
Fall 2020 – Women's Tennis
Spring 2020 - Golf
Fall 2019 – Golf
Spring 2019 – Golf
Fall 2018 – Golf
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