CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – The Illinois women's basketball team has earned recognition for its work in the classroom last season, earning honorable mention in the 2022-23 Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll, which was announced on Tuesday. The Fighting Illini posted a 3.531 combined GPA during the 2022-23 school year.
The WBCA Academic Top 25 recognizes NCAA Division I, II, and III, NAIA, and two-year college women's basketball teams across the nation that carry the highest combined GPAs inclusive of all student-athletes on their rosters for the entire season. The 2022-23 season is the 28th in which the WBCA has compiled the honor rolls.
Illinois is one of 115 Division-I women's teams to earn a 3.0 combined GPA or better and ranks 34th on the list for top marks. UI's 3.531 GPA is the second-best in the Big Ten, behind only Indiana's 3.553 at No. 29. In total, seven of the league's 14 squads earned honorable mention status from the WBCA.
