August 2005

Lady Bulldogs Earn National Recognition From The Classroom
Monday, August 15 2005
The University of Montana-Western women's basketball team, under head coach Kevin Engellant, have again earned national recognition for their classroom work.

In the latest addition of the “Women's Basketball Coaches Association” magazine, the Lady Bulldogs are ranked 2nd in the NAIA in the magazine's annual Academic Top 25. The magazine annually ranks the country's colleges and universities women's basketball teams academically by national affiliation. Western's team GPA is 3.634.

“We are very proud that we have student-athletes who are very dedicated and work hard in the classroom as well as on the basketball court,” said Engellant. “This honor is a testament to the quality student-athletes that we recruit to our program, and we take great pride in our academic achievements.”

One other Frontier Conference school made the magazine's top 25. Carroll College was 17th.

"Based on graduation-rate research, the female student-athlete cohort has consistently graduated at the highest rate, followed by female students, male students and male student-athletes," said WBCA Chief Executive Officer Beth Bass. "These teams set the standard for student-athletes to excel in the classroom as well as on the court. Congratulations!"

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