In the follow-up to a historically strong fall semester, Longwood University’s more than 200 student-athletes combined to turn in yet another impressive academic performance this past spring.

After logging a 3.05 grade point average (GPA) in the fall of 2017 that was Longwood athletics’ highest mark in nearly a decade, Longwood’s student-athletes hit the books hard again to surpass that mark with a 3.11 in the spring. That performance gave the Lancers a combined GPA of 3.08 for the 2017-18 academic year, improving on the 3.01 GPA the group posted in 2016-17.

“It’s been an incredible year in the classroom for our student-athletes,” said Longwood Athletics Director Troy Austin. “To put together an academic scorecard like they did this past fall and spring — and to a larger extent, over the past several years — is a testament to hard work, character and sheer grit, all qualities Longwood University values and fosters in our students.

“No one person can produce an effort like this, so I commend the student-athletes, individually, for their long-term effort, their teams as a whole for helping lift each other up and our student-athlete population en masse for representing our university in such a positive manner.”