Lady Quakers earn WBCA Team Academic Top 25 Honors

Team makes list for fifth time in the last eight years

August 18, 2005

ATLANTA — The Wilmington College Lady Quaker basketball team has been named to the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Academic Top 25 Honor Roll.

The awards recognize teams throughout the nation that have the highest grade point averages (GPA) for the 2004-05 season based upon nominations submitted by WBCA-member coaches.

The Lady Quakers finished the school year in a tie for the 20th best grade point averages among their Division III counterparts, tying with Coe College of Iowa and Bowdoin College of Maine. The three schools had grade point averages of 3.352 each. York College finished with the highest grade point average at 3.725.

"Our players know that they are expected to work in the classroom — that is the primary reason they are here," said head coach Jerry Scheve. "The most satisfying thing for me is to see some of our players who did not have a great academic record in high school, come to Wilmington and really find themselves academically."

The Lady Quakers earned this honor for two consecutive years in 1998-99 and 1999-00 and two more in 2001-02 and 2002-03. WC ended the 2004-05 season with a 23-5 record, earning a share of the OAC regular season title.

The team opens their 2005-06 season in the Damon's/Wilmington Inn Tip-Off Tournament on November 18 and 19.