BOULDER – University of Colorado student-athletes once again performed extremely well in the classroom despite many distractions caused by the COVID pandemic, continuing to record both some program as well as overall department highs in grade point average statistics compiled by CU's Herbst Academic Center staff.
The grade point average for the recently completed spring 2021 semester for 371 CU student-athletes was 3.139, the best spring semester GPA on record. That boosted the cumulative grade point average to a record 3.158, besting the previous mark of 3.128 from the fall 2019 term. (The numbers fluctuate because of fall attrition – graduates, transfers, etc.