INDIANA, Pa. – Despite the limitations and difficulties brought on by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the IUP Athletic Department – and its 17 varsity teams – achieved a successful fall semester academically. 

A total of 299 student-athletes, over 67 percent, earned Dean's List honors by earning a grade point average of at least 3.25. That number is broken down into 173 women and 126 men, or 79.2 and 56.4 percent, respectively, of their totals. 

One hundred Crimson Hawks achieved a perfect 4.0 GPA in the fall of 2020, or nearly 23 percent of the total. Women's student-athletes had 77 perfect GPAs, or nearly 40 percent of their total. Women's tennis had the highest percentage of 4.0 GPA's, with exactly half (50.0 percent) of its rostered members being perfect.

Combining indoor and outdoor track & field, a total of 15 programs boast team GPAs of at least 3.00. Every women's team put together a combined GPA of 3.20 or higher, with field hockey and women's tennis leading the way with team GPA's of 3.73. 

The most successful men's team was the golf program, boasting a GPA of 3.76 – the best of any IUP program. Five of the nine rostered members of the men's golf team earned a perfect 4.0 GPA.

Successful 2020
The success during the fall semester caps of a calendar year in which the Crimson Hawks excelled in the classroom despite limited resources and difficult times. 

During the spring semester, IUP teams combined for a 3.359 cumulative GPA, which ranked seventh among Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) schools. Again, 15 programs finished the spring with GPA's of 3.00 or better, with women's volleyball earning a department-high 3.771 GPA. 

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