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STUDENT ATHLETE SUCCESS INFORMATION FOR 2003-04

The following is the Student Athlete Success Information for the 2003-04 academic year. The results are based on the academic performance of the 235 student athletes participating on 17 NCAA Division I athletic teams at Charleston Southern University.

FALL 2003 RESULTS

Top 3 Team GPAs:

(1) Women’s Golf 3.33
(2) Women’s Tennis 3.08
(3) Women’s Cross Country 2.97

 8 student athletes earned a 4.0 GPA
 25 student athletes earned a 3.5 – 3.99 GPA
 49 student athletes earned a 3.0 –3.49 GPA

SPRING 2004 RESULTS

Top 3 Team GPAs:

(1) Women’s Golf 3.41
(2) Women’s Soccer 3.21
(3) Women’s Tennis 3.12

 10 student athletes earned a 4.0 GPA
 25 student athletes earned a 3.5 – 3.99 GPA
 59 student athletes earned a 3.0 –3.49 GPA

Big South Conference Presidential Honor Roll

- 81 student athletes made the 2003-04 Big South Conference Honor Roll
(3.0 GPA or better for the academic school year)

Awards Day Spring 2004

- The following student athletes received departmental awards on Awards Day:

 Jeff Kolhagen (Baseball) : Economics
 Zach Snyder (Football): Secondary Education
 Hollie Bates (Volleyball): History
 Jennifer Gratton (Women’s Cross Country & Track): Mathematics

Spring 2004 Graduation

 34 student athletes graduated on May 1, 2004
 Jeff Kolhagen (Baseball) received the John A. Barry Scholar Award. Jeff graduated summa cum laude with a BS in Business Administration w/ emphasis in Accounting and a minor in Economics. He also completed the Honors Program.
 Kimberly Kennedy (Women’s Tennis) received the Carolyn Killen Hunter Outstanding Christian Teacher Endowed Scholarship and Award.

If you have any questions regarding student athlete academic success, please call Christie Faircloth-Dixon, Student Athlete Success Coordinator / Senior Women’s Administrator, at 7629, or Hank Small, Athletic Director, at 7080.