General | 8/7/2023 9:59:00 AM

LSC RELEASE

RICHARDSON, Texas (August 7, 2023)— The Texas Woman's athletic department remains committed to empowering student-athletes through the power of sport, which leads to success in competition, in academics and in life.

On Monday, the Pioneers were honored for their commitment to excellence in academics, as TWU posted the highest collective grade point average (GPA) for women's sports in the Lone Star Conference (LSC) and received the 10th Annual LSC Academic Excellence Award presented by Balfour.

"We are thrilled that TWU has received the LSC Academic Excellence Award," Madison Seaver, TWU Associate Athletic Director for Internal Operations, said. "Our student-athletes are extremely dedicated to their studies, and it shows when they receive great honors such as the Academic Excellence Award presented by Balfour."

TWU claimed the Academic Excellence Award for the sixth time in program history.

In addition to winning the overall title, TWU Softball also posted the highest GPA of any LSC softball program to be named the 2022-23 Softball Academic Champions. TWU Softball finished the academic year with a 3.718 cumulative GPA.

"I am so proud of the work our student-athletes put in both on and off the field this past year," TWU Head Softball Coach Gay McNutt said. "They remained committed to being excellent in the classroom, while balancing a difficult travel and game schedule. It was a total team effort to be great in their academics. I am proud of our student-athletes for encouraging each other, putting in the hard work and achieving this honor."

According to the LSC, "The award winners were determined by a point system, with points distributed according to finish by sport in those that the LSC sponsors after a conference-wide comparison of team GPAs. The member institution with the highest team GPA in each sport was named the sport's Academic Champion and earned five (5) points toward the overall award. Each sport's runner-up picked up four (4) points and third-place three (3) points toward the overall award. Any program with a Team GPA of 2.00 and above earned one (1) point. Points for each member institution were totaled by gender and then divided by that institution's number of counter programs in that gender to arrive at the comparison value."

St. Mary's joined the Pioneers as LSC Academic Excellence Award winners, being named the recipient for the men's athletic teams.