UHH women’s basketball: Vulcans earn WBCA Academic Special Mention

ATLANTA, Ga. — The Hawai‘i Hilo women’s basketball Vulcans once again received recognition for academic excellence by earning a Women’s Basketball Coaches Association Academic Special Mention for the 2023-24 school year.

The Vulcans posted a 3.40 team grade point average to land in the top 70 among NCAA Division II women’s basketball programs. Among all other Pacific West Conference teams, the Vulcans ranked No. 4.

At the end of the previous school year, the Hawai’i Hilo Women’s Basketball team was also awarded the Ramon Goya Academic Team of the Year for highest combined GPA among all Vulcans’ team sports.

Women’s Basketball Coaches Association: The WBCA is a membership-driven organization, which encompasses more than 3,000 coaches of women’s and girls’ basketball at all levels of the sport — from scholastic and non-scholastic youth to collegiate to the WNBA. The WBCA Academic Top 25 recognizes NCAA Division I, II and III, NAIA and two-year college women’s basketball teams across the nation that carry the highest combined GPAs inclusive of all student-athletes on their rosters for the entire season.

The 2022-23 season is the 28th in which the WBCA has compiled the honor rolls.