ATLANTA, GA - Toledo has been recognized for having a Top 25 team grade-point average in the nation, according to a release by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) on Tuesday. The Rockets posted a 3.443 overall GPA during the 2014-15 academic year to rank No. 18 among Division I programs.

"I'm very proud of our team and its commitment to excelling both on the court and off," Toledo Head Coach Tricia Cullop said.

UT is one of three Mid-American Conference schools to earn the prestigious team award, along with Bowling Green and Northern Illinois. Under Cullop's tutelage, the Rockets posted a team GPA above 3.0 in 13 of 14 semesters.

The Midnight Blue & Gold is receiving the award for the first time under Coach Cullop and fifth time in program history. Toledo also finished fifth nationally in 1996-97 (3.39 GPA), tied for eighth in 1998-99 (3.34), third in 1999-2000 (3.41) and most recently second in 2001-02 (3.47).

The WBCA Academic Top 25 presented by AT&T annually recognizes NCAA Division I, II and III; NAIA; and junior/community college women's basketball teams across the nation that carry the highest combined grade-point average inclusive of all student-athletes on their rosters for the entire season. The 2014-15 season is the 20th in which the WBCA has compiled the honor rolls.

A team's GPA is calculated by dividing the total number of quality points earned by the total number of hours attempted by all team members in the academic terms (semesters or quarters) that the season spans. Weighted grades are converted to a 4.0 scale. The GPA's are rounded to the nearest thousandth of a point. Teams are nominated for the honor by a WBCA-member head coach. A team must have a 3.000 or better GPA to be nominated.

Toledo posted a 19-14 overall record and a 10-8 MAC ledger in 2014-15. The Rockets also made their 10th overall appearance in the Postseason WNIT in 2015 and fifth in the last seven years under coach Cullop.

Academically, senior Inma Zanoguera, junior Ana Capotosto and junior Brenae Harris collected academic all-league recognition. Zanoguera became only the fifth player in school history to earn academic all-conference accolades on three occasions, joining Dana Drew (1990-95), Angela Drake (1993-97), Kim Knuth (1995-99) and Naama Shafir (2008-11, '13).

Rank    Institution    2014-15 Head Coach    Team GPA
1.    University of Missouri-Kansas City    Marsha Frese    3.726
2.    St. Francis College    John Thurson    3.656
3.    DePaul University    Doug Bruno    3.622
4.    Drake University    Jennie Baranczyk    3.599
5.    Bowling Green State University    Jennifer Roos    3.594
6.    Saint Louis University    Lisa Stone    3.564
7.    Arizona State University    Charli Turner Thorne    3.558
8.    Eastern Washington University    Wendy Schuller    3.554
9.    Florida Gulf Coast University    Karl Smesko    3.552
T10.    Western Illinois University    JD Gravina    3.530
T10.    University of Wisconsin, Green Bay    Kevin Borseth    3.530
12.    University of Northern Iowa    Tanya Warren    3.519
13.    University of North Dakota    J. Travis Brewster    3.517
14.    Jacksonville State University    Rick Pietri    3.511
15.    Belmont University    Cameron Newbauer    3.501
16.    Northwestern State University    Brooke Stoehr    3.461
17.    Houston Baptist University    Donna Finnie    3.445
18.    UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO    TRICIA CULLOP    3.443
19.    Northern Illinois University    Kathi Bennett    3.438
20.    University of Northern Colorado    Kamie Ethridge    3.431
21.    South Dakota State University    Aaron Johnston    3.427
22.    Youngstown State University    John Barnes    3.422
23.    St. Bonaventure University    Jim Crowley    3.406
24.    University of Maine    Richard Barron    3.399
25.    Lehigh University    Susan Troyan    3.396