Mizzou Athletics Has Record-Breaking Semester in Classroom

COLUMBIA, Mo. – University of Missouri student-athletes recorded a record-breaking 2022 fall semester in the classroom with a department-best 3.32 overall grade point average. The result marks the sixth-straight fall semester the Tigers’ have set a department best and the 11th-consecutive semester with a 3.0 overall or higher GPA.

Seventy-seven student-athletes achieved a 4.0 GPA jumping thirty-seven percent from last year. Seventy-five percent of Mizzou’s 520 student-athletes recorded a 3.0 or higher with a record-high 233 student-athletes named to the University’s Dean’s List for a GPA of 3.0 or above, depending on the school/college.

Below are individual program highlights from Mizzou’s successful 2022 fall semester.

Baseball
• Highest Fall Semester GPA Recorded – 3.33 GPA
• 21 student-athletes on Dean’s List
• Five 4.0 GPA’s

Men’s Basketball
• Highest Fall Semester GPA Recorded – 3.47 GPA
• Three 4.0 GPAs
• 13 student-athletes above 3.0 GPA
• Four on Dean’s List

Women’s Basketball
• Highest Fall Semester GPA Recorded – 3.51 GPA
• Nine student-athletes on Dean’s List
• Four 4.0 GPAs
• 11 student-athletes above 3.5 GPA

Football
• 29 student-athletes on Dean’s List
• Five 4.0 GPA’s

Men’s Golf
• Highest recorded Fall Semester GPA by a male sport in MU history – 3.56 GPA
• Three student-athletes on Dean’s List
• All eight student-athletes above 3.0 GPA

Women’s Golf
• Highest Fall Semester GPA Recorded – 3.72 GPA
• Ninth-consecutive fall semester with team GPA of 3.3 or higher
• Ten student-athletes on Dean’s List

Gymnastics
• Matched the highest Fall Semester GPA Recorded – 3.48 GPA
• 12 student-athletes on Dean’s List
• Six 4.0 GPA’s

Soccer
• Highest Fall Semester GPA Recorded – 3.65 GPA
• 24 student-athletes on Dean’s List
• 14 4.0 GPA’s

Softball
• Highest Fall Semester GPA Recorded – 3.57 GPA
• 16th-straight semester above a 3.0

Men’s Swim & Dive
• 13 student-athletes on Dean’s List
• Three 4.0 GPA’s

Women’s Swim & Dive
• Highest 2022 Fall Semester GPA between sports – 3.68 GPA
• Ten 4.0 GPA’s
• Sixth-straight semester above a 3.5 and has recorded above a 3.0 for every semester on record
• 24 on Dean’s List

Tennis
• Four student-athletes on Dean’s List
• Seventh-straight semester above a 3.5 and 26-straight above a 3.0

Men’s Track & Field
• Highest fall semester GPA since 2011
• 20 student-athletes on Dean’s List

Women’s Track & Field
• 20 student-athletes on Dean’s List
• 15 4.0 GPA’s
• Fifth-straight semester above a 3.5 GPA

Men’s Cross Country
• Third-straight semester above a 3.0 GPA

Women’s Cross Country
• Tenth-straight semester above a 3.3 GPA

Volleyball
• Tenth-straight semester above a 3.3 GPA
• Eight student-athletes on Dean’s List

Wrestling
• Third-straight semester above a 3.0 GPA
• 15 student-athletes on Dean’s List
• Four 4.0 GPA’s