ATLANTA, Ga. --- The Minnesota State women's basketball team has claimed WBCA Academic Top 25 Team honors from the Women's Basketball Coaches Association.

The WBCA Academic Top 25 recognizes NCAA Division I, II and III, NAIA and two-year GPAs inclusive of all student-athletes on their rosters for the entire season. The 2017-18 season is the 23nd in which the WBCA has compiled the honor rolls. Teams are nominated for the honor by the WBCA member head coach. A team must have a 3.000 GPA or better to be nominated.

The Mavericks boasted a team GPA of 3.611, which ranked 20th in NCAA Division II. Four other NSIC schools also received the honor including MSU Moorhead (7th/3.686), Wayne State (10th/3.677), Augustana (18th/3.634) and the University of Mary (21st/3.596).
 

Rank	Institution	Head Coach	GPA
1	Michigan Tech	Kim Cameron	3.796
2	Purdue University Northwest	Tom Megyesi	3.755
3	Lubbock Christian	Steve Gomez	3.750
4	Findlay	James Wiedie	3.706
5	Lenoir Rhyne	Cameron Sealey	3.701
6	Ashland	Robyn Fralick	3.699
7	MSU Moorhead	Karla Nelson	3.686
8	Rockhurst	Larry Park	3.683
9	UC-Colorado Springs	Lynn Plett	3.682
10	Wayne State	Chris Kielsmeier	3.677
11	McKendree	Kari Kerkhoff	3.673
12	University of the Sciences	Jackie Hartzell	3.672
13	Fort Hays State	Tony Hobson	3.667
14	Regis	Molly Marrin	3.648
15	Seton Hill	Mark Katarski	3.643
T16	Southern Indiana	Rick Stein	3.640
T16	Fort Lewis	Jason Flores	3.640
18	Augustana	Dave Krauth	3.634
19	Gannon	James Brunelli	3.615
20	Minnesota State	Emilee Thiesse	3.611
21	University of Mary	Rick Neumann	3.596
22	Quincy	Jenifer Garber	3.589
23	Embry-Riddle	Lisa Nuxol-Wilson	3.584
24	Saginaw Valley State	Jamie Pewinski	3.575
25	Walsh	Katie  Bruce	3.574