WESTERN MICHIGAN WINS INSTITUTIONAL ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
CLEVELAND, OHIO – Western Michigan University has been named the winner of the 2016-17 Mid-American Conference Institutional Academic Achievement Award. Western Michigan posted an overall athletic grade point average (GPA) of 3.253 for the 2016-17 academic year based on 398 students in 15 sports. This marks the first time for the Western Michigan athletic program to earn this prestigious honor.
The honor is presented annually to the MAC institution which achieves the highest overall institutional GPA for student-athletes competing in institutionally sponsored sports for the academic year.