Highlanders Earn Top 25 GPA Ranking for Second Straight Season
7/23/2026 1:00:00 PM | Women's Golf
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – The Women's Golf Coaches Association (WGCA) announced Thursday afternoon the top 25 team GPAs for the 2025-26 academic year which included the Radford Women's Golf program placing 18th with their impressive 3.855 GPA.
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The lone Big South school on the rankings list, the women's golf program continues to showcase academic excellence as they improve last year's rankings by three spots. The ranking is also the second in program history.
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Five Highlanders were recently also named WGCA All-American scholars earlier this month including Grace Addison, Caroline Gilreath, Macy Johnson, Shea Smith and Mckenzie Weddle. Johnson and Smith were also named College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District members.
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The top 25 teams with the highest team GPA for Division I were as follows:
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The lone Big South school on the rankings list, the women's golf program continues to showcase academic excellence as they improve last year's rankings by three spots. The ranking is also the second in program history.
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Five Highlanders were recently also named WGCA All-American scholars earlier this month including Grace Addison, Caroline Gilreath, Macy Johnson, Shea Smith and Mckenzie Weddle. Johnson and Smith were also named College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District members.
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The top 25 teams with the highest team GPA for Division I were as follows:
| Place | University | Team GPA |
| 1 | Houston Christian | 3.947 |
| 2 | Marshall | 3.946 |
| 3 | Arkansas at Little Rock | 3.945 |
| 4 | Austin Peay | 3.931 |
| 5 | Ball State | 3.916 |
| 6 | Illinois | 3.915 |
| 7 | North Dakota State | 3.907 |
| 8 | Youngstown State | 3.903 |
| t9 | Bowling Green | 3.897 |
| t9 | Jacksonville State | 3.897 |
| 11 | North Texas | 3.892 |
| 12 | St. John's | 3.887 |
| 13 | Chattanooga | 3.8852 |
| 14 | Elon | 3.875 |
| 15 | Vanderbilt | 3.865 |
| 16 | UC Davis | 3.859 |
| 17 | ETSU | 3.858 |
| 18 | Radford | 3.855 |
| 19 | UL Monroe | 3.853 |
| 20 | Rutgers | 3.85 |
| 21 | Nevada | 3.849 |
| 22 | Delaware | 3.835 |
| 23 | New Mexico State | 3.834 |
| 24 | UTSA | 3.831 |
| t25 | Dayton | 3.83 |
| t25 | Drake | 3.83 |
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