The University of Mississippi Athletics
Basketball Rebels Hit The Books
7/5/2012 | Men's Basketball, Blog
College basketball players are mostly known for theirabilities to make jump shots, drive to the rim or play lock-down defense.
What hoops fans don't see is the tireless hours thattheir favorite athletes spend being a regular student. Their daily challenge isto balance their duties of going to class, attending tutor sessions and completinghomework assignments with their responsibilities to watch film, practice andcompete at a high level.
This year was a banner year for Ole Miss Hoops in theclassroom, as the program continues to make great strides academically duringAndy Kennedy's tenure as head coach.
Here are some of the Rebels' academic achievements in2011-12:
- Prestigious Academic Progress Rate (APR) PublicRecognition Award, along with women's basketball, women's golf and softball
- Top multi-year APR score (990) among SEC men's basketballteams
- Perfect APR score (1,000) for 2010-11
- Everyone is currently eligible
- 2012 Spring semester team GPA: 2.41
- Current resident team GPA: 2.47
- Will Norman made the SEC Winter Academic Honor Roll for2011-12
- Will Norman made the Chancellor's Honor Roll for fall2011
- Aaron Jones and Jelan Kendrick made the UMAA Honor Rollfor spring 2012
- Six players raised their resident GPA this semester
- Four players had their highest semester GPA since beingat Ole Miss
- Terrance Henry (criminal justice) and Steadman Short(general studies) earned their undergraduate degrees
- Nick Williams (general studies) completed his graduationrequirements and plans to pursue a second degree
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