Crusaders Among Nation’s Top-Ten Academically
The Valparaiso University softball team posted the sixth-highest team grade point average in the nation among Division I schools last year, as released by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA). Head coach Randy Schneider’s team recorded a cumulative team GPA of 3.461 for the 2006-2007 academic year. St. Bonaventure led all Division I schools with a 3.622 cumulative GPA. The Crusaders were one of three Horizon League schools among the top-ten, as Detroit came in eighth and Loyola finished ninth. Rank
School
Head Coach
GPA
1 St. Bonaventure Mike Threehouse 3.622 2 Southern Illinois Kerri Blaylock 3.557 3 Eastern Michigan Karen Baird 3.528 4 Gardner-Webb Thomas Cole 3.493 5 South Carolina Joyce Compton 3.462 6
Valparaiso
Randy Schneider
3.461
7 Robert Morris Craig Coleman 3.452 8 Detroit Bob Wilkerson 3.448 9 Loyola (Chicago) Yvette Healy 3.432 10 George Washington Kim Staehle 3.420
