ATLANTA, Ga. - The Women's Basketball Coaches Association released its Top 25 Team Honor Rolls on Tuesday, and for the third time in four years, Bard College has been recognized.

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 2020-21 season is the 26th in which the WBCA has compiled the honor rolls.

Because the COVID-19 pandemic meant that numerous seasons were canceled during the 2020-21 academic year, the WBCA produced a Top 25 for teams that competed, and gave Special Mention to teams who didn't play but met the academic standards to be in the Top 25. Bard got Special Mention this year with a 3.668 GPA, after being ranked 16th in the Top 25 in 2018, and 13th in 2020.

"Congratulations to each of the teams recognized in the 2020-21 WBCA Academic Top 25," said WBCA Executive Director Danielle Donehew. "Their head coaches are to be commended for fostering an environment of excellence for their student-athletes both on the court and, more importantly, in the classroom; particularly with the additional stress this season caused by the uncertainty resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic."

Below are the Div. III programs honored for the 2020-21 season.

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WBCA DIV. III ACADEMIC TOP 25

1. Yeshiva 3.876
2. Stevens Tech 3.815
3. Wartburg 3.806
4. Ithaca 3.790
5. Gustavus Adolphus 3.785
6. Washington & Lee 3.760
7. Martin Luther 3.752
8. John Carroll 3.734
9. Marymount 3.729
10. Millikin 3.716
11. Husson 3.709
12. Augsburg 3.701
13. St. John Fisher 3.694
14. Misericordia 3.688
15. Wheaton (IL) 3.684
16. Albion 3.681
17. Edgewood 3.674
18T. Wilkes 3.671
18T. Rhodes 3.671
20. Baldwin Wallace 3.663
21. William Smith 3.662
22. Southern Maine 3.661
23. Hope 3.655
24. Westminster 3.654
25. Arcadia 3.652

SPECIAL MENTION

Johns Hopkins 3.875
MIT 3.844
Vassar 3.830
Emerson 3.817
Susquehanna 3.801
Penn State-Harrisburg 3.742
Pratt 3.729
York 3.687
Chapman 3.674
Bard 3.668
Springfield 3.668
NYU 3.652