Creighton WBB Delivers Sixth Highest GPA in NCAA

Omaha, Neb. -- For the ninth time in head coach Jim Flanery's 23 seasons, Creighton has earned a spot on the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Academic Top 25. The Bluejays posted a team GPA of 3.757 during the 2024-25 academic year, placing 6th in the NCAA. It is the highest GPA ever posted by a Bluejay squad and the highest finish since the Bluejays were fourth in the NCAA during the academic year of 2010-11 with a 3.527 GPA.

Five other BIG EAST squads were also recognized with DePaul coming in seventh with a GPA of 3.750, while Marquette, Seton Hall, Connecticut and Georgetown all earned special recognition.

Bluejays in WBCA Top-25
2002-03: T-16th - Team GPA: 3.315
2003-04: T-19th - Team GPA: 3.281
2004-05: 18th - Team GPA: 3.348
2009-10: 5th - Team GPA: 3.506
2010-11: 4th - Team GPA: 3.527
2015-16: 16th - Team GPA: 3.498
2017-18: 9th - Team GPA: 3.633
2018-19: 14th - Team GPA: 3.606
2024-25: 6th - Team GPA: 3.757

Rank	Institution	Head Coach	GPA
1	UW-Green Bay	Kayla Karius	3.862
2	Boise State	Gordy Presnell	3.803
3	Youngstown State	Melissa Jackson	3.781
4	Western Illinois	JD Gravina	3.775
5	South Dakota State	Aaron Johnston	3.760
6	Creighton	Jim Flanery	3.757
7	DePaul	Jill Pizzotti	3.750
8	Drake	Allison Pohlman	3.741
9	California Baptist	Jarrod Olson	3.733
10	Utah Valley	Dan Nielson	3.716
11	Davidson	Gayle Fulks	3.711
12	Saint Peter's	Jennifer Leedham	3.700
13	Tennessee Tech	Kim Rosamond	3.699
14	Montana State	Tricia Binford	3.694
15	Wyoming	Heather Ezell	3.692
16	Maine	Amy Vachon	3.691
17	Cleveland State	Chris Kielsmeier	3.685
18	Northern Kentucky	Jeff Hans	3.678
19	Kent State	Todd Starkey	3.669
T20	Manhattan	Heather Vulin	3.667
T20	UW-Milwaukee	Kyle Rechlicz	3.667
22	Iowa State	Bill Fennelly	3.658
23	Lafayette	Kia Damon-Olson	3.630
24	Purdue Fort Wayne	Maria Marchesano	3.624
25	Northern Iowa	Tanya Warren	3.621

Special Mention: East Tennessee State, Brenda Mock Brown, 3.616; Lehigh, Addie Micir, 3.615; Portland, Michael Meek, 3.605; Quinnipiac, Tricia Fabbri, 3.602; Eastern Michigan, Sahar Nusseibeh, 3.597; Illinois, Shauna Green, 3.597; Georgia State, Gene Hill, 3.587; Northern Illinois, Lisa Carlson, 3.585; Marist, Erin Doughty, 3.584; South Florida, Jose Fernandez, 3.584; Stonehill College , Trisha Brown, 3.583; NJIT, Mike Lane, 3.581; Illinois State, Kristen Gillespie, 3.581; Nebraska, Amy Williams, 3.579; Cincinnati, Katrina Merriweather, 3.576; West Georgia, Joanna Reitz, 3.571; Fairleigh Dickinson, Stephanie Gaitley, 3.541; Belmont, Bart Brooks, 3.540; Northern Colorado, Kristen Mattio, 3.536; North Carolina, Courtney Banghart, 3.532; Eastern Illinois, Marqus Mcglothan, 3.530; Michigan State, Robyn Fralick, 3.530; Indiana, Teri Moren, 3.528; Portland State, Chelsea Gregg, 3.528; Albany, Colleen Mullen, 3.525; Minnesota, Dawn Plitzuweit, 3.521; Abilene Christian, Julie Goodenough, 3.511; Colorado State, Ryun Williams, 3.511; Kentucky, Kenny Brooks, 3.504; Saint Joseph's, Cindy Griffin, 3.503; Iowa, Jan Jensen, 3.495; Richmond, Aaron Roussell, 3.492; SIUE, Samantha Quigley Smith, 3.489; Drexel, Amy Mallon, 3.489; California, Charmin Smith, 3.462; Duke, Kara Lawson, 3.456; Merrimack, Kelly Morrone, 3.454; UAB, Randy Norton, 3.447; Sacramento State, Aaron Kallhoff, 3.447; Pennsylvania, Michael Mclaughlin, 3.446; South Carolina, Dawn Staley, 3.438; Alabama, Kristy Curry, 3.432; Missouri, Robin Pingeton, 3.431; Robert Morris, Chandler McCabe, 3.431; Northwestern, Joe McKeown, 3.427; Miami, Tricia Cullop, 3.426; Missouri State, Beth Cunningham, 3.426; Denver, Doshia Woods, 3.425; Texas A&M, Joni Taylor, 3.422; Bradley, Kate Popovec-Goss, 3.398; UNC Greensboro, Trina Patterson, 3.395; Liberty, Carey Green, 3.394; Fairfield, Carly Thibault-Dudonis, 3.392; Lipscomb, Lauren Sumski, 3.377; Texas Tech, Krista Gerlich, 3.376; Florida State, Brooke Wyckoff, 3.375; Temple, Diane Richardson, 3.373; Texas, Vic Schaefer, 3.372; Longwood , Erika Lang-Montgomery, 3.369; Vanderbilt, Shea Ralph, 3.367; Hofstra, Danielle Santos, 3.366; Colorado, Jr Payne, 3.366; Louisville, Jeff Walz, 3.363; Virginia Tech, Megan Duffy, 3.360; UNC Asheville, Tynesha Lewis, 3.358; USC, Lindsay Gottlieb, 3.348; Marquette, Cara Consuegra, 3.345; Hawaii, Laura Beeman, 3.343; Yale, Dalila Eshe, 3.338; Oklahoma, Jennie Baranczyk, 3.334; Tennessee, Kim Caldwell, 3.323; Kansas State, Jeff Mittie, 3.317; Notre Dame, Niele Ivey, 3.314; Elon, Charlotte Smith, 3.271; Ohio State, Kevin Mcguff, 3.263; Oklahoma State, Jacie Hoyt, 3.254; West Virginia, Mark Kellogg, 3.242; Akron, Ryan Gensler, 3.225; Seton Hall, Anthony Bozzella, 3.205; UNLV, Lindy La Rocque, 3.201; BYU, Lee Cummard, 3.189; Oregon, Kelly Graves, 3.168; Georgia Tech, Nell Fortner, 3.162; Baylor, Nicki Collen, 3.133; North Texas, Jason Burton, 3.128; Connecticut, Geno Auriemma, 3.061; Tulsa, Angie Nelp, 3.047; Troy, Chanda Rigby, 3.046; Georgetown, Darnell Haney, 3.008; Navy, Tim Taylor, 3.005.

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