July 17, 2006
Release courtesy of Mark Adkins, Wartburg College sports information director

WAVERLY, IOWA . . . Wartburg College’s 2005-06 women’s golf squad was ranked No. 7 on a list of the top 25 team grade-point averages among all divisions in a release by the National Golf Coaches Association July 10.

The Knights, 2005 Iowa Conference champions and fourth-place finishers at the 2006 NCAA Division III national championships, compiled a 3.602 team GPA. Their standing was the third highest among all Division III institutions.

1. University of South Carolina 3.677
2. Bradley University 3.658
3. St. Olaf 3.650
T3. University of South Alabama 3.650
5. Western Carolina University 3.643
6. Illinois Wesleyan University 3.622
7. Wartburg College 3.602
8. Nova Southeastern University 3.600
9. University of Tennessee 3.592
10. University of Indianapolis 3.591
11. Mississippi State University 3.581
12. Xavier University 3.580
13. Southwest Minnesota State University 3.572
14. Barry University 3.571
15. High Point University 3.568
16. University of Montana 3.567
17. South Dakota State University 3.564
18. Texas Christian University 3.561
19. Longwood University 3.559
T19. Winona State University 3.559
21. Carleton College 3.554
22. Ball State University 3.549
23. East Tennessee State University 3.543
24. Stanford University 3.541
T24. University of Texas - Pan American 3.541

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