ATLANTA – The Bethel University's women's basketball program was honored by the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) today in the 2018-19 WBCA Academic Top 25 Team Honor Rolls release. The Royals ranked in a tie for the sixth best team GPA among all NCAA Division III women's basketball programs. It is the fourth consecutive season in which the Royals have led the MIAC and been named to the WBCA Top 25 Honor Roll.
With a program second-best cumulative GPA 3.659, the Royals have held a GPA of 3.2 or higher in each season under 17-year head coach
Jon Herbrechtsmeyer.
The WBCA Academic Top 25 recognizes NCAA Division I, II and III, NAIA and two-year GPAs inclusive of all student-athletes on their rosters for the entire season. The 2018-19 season is the 24th in which the WBCA has compiled the honor rolls. Shenandoah, coached by Melissa Smeltzer-Kraft, took top honors in NCAA Division III with a 3.764 GPA.
| Rank |
Institution |
Head Coach |
GPA |
| 1 |
Shenandoah University |
Melissa Smeltzer-Kraft |
3.764 |
| 2 |
Vassar College |
Candice Signor-Brown |
3.763 |
| 3 |
Marymount University |
Ashlee Rogers |
3.703 |
| 4 |
Ithaca College |
Dan Raymond |
3.679 |
| 5 |
Thiel College |
Rob Clune |
3.660 |
| T6 |
Emerson College |
William Gould |
3.659 |
| T6 |
Bethel University |
Jon Herbrechtsmeyer |
3.659 |
| 8 |
Nebraska Wesleyan University |
Sam Dixon |
3.656 |
| 9 |
Yeshiva University |
Michael Alon |
3.655 |
| 10 |
Misericordia University |
Jason Rhine |
3.650 |
| 11 |
Springfield College |
Naomi Graves |
3.623 |
| 12 |
Sarah Lawrence College |
Bradley Alexander |
3.607 |
| 13 |
St. Lawrence University |
Dan Roiger |
3.592 |
| 14 |
Adrian College |
Kathy Morris |
3.591 |
| 15 |
Principia College |
Dory Smith |
3.590 |
| 16 |
Elmira College |
Devin Shea |
3.584 |
| 17 |
Penn State Harrisburg |
Ross Patrick |
3.583 |
| 18 |
Middlebury College |
KJ Krasco |
3.580 |
| 19 |
Washington and Lee University |
Christine Clancy |
3.579 |
| 20 |
Johns Hopkins University |
Katherine Bixby |
3.574 |
| 21 |
St. Joseph's College-Maine |
Mike McDevitt |
3.568 |
| 22 |
Marywood University |
Gabby Holko |
3.566 |
| 23 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Sonia Raman |
3.553 |
| 24 |
Hope College |
Brian Morehouse |
3.546 |
| 25 |
Manchester University |
Josh Dzurick |
3.538 |
