UK fall semester GPAs announced

UK’s official grade point average scores were released by the school Friday.

The average scholarship student-athlete GPA was 2.979. UK’s goal is to have an average GPA of 3.0 for every scholarship student-athlete.

“We had more than 50 kids with a perfect 4.0 grade point average and we almost got to the 3.0 as a department so I’m pleased with our effort,” Athletics Director Mitch Barnhart said in a release. “We came dangerously close again and we want to get past that. I thought everybody gave great effort. I thought the kids showed improvement and have clearly taken interest in their academics.”

The full scores, via UKAthletics.com:

36 scholarship student-athletes posted a 4.0, and and 185 scholarship student-athletes earned a 3.0 or better.