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10 CU Varsity Sports with 4.0-GPA Athletes

Last year, 26 varsity athletes on 10 different CU Boulder teams earned perfect grade point averages — 4.00. For the fifth year in a row, women’s cross country had the highest team GPA in the fall semester (3.368). Among spring sports, the women’s ski team scored the highest average (3.482). Below, by team, are the names of all 26 4.0-scholar-athletes, with their majors and class years.

Kaitlyn Benner (ChemBioEngr, Soc’18)

Track and Field

Michaela Wenning (ChemBioEngr, Biochem’18)
Kaitlyn Benner (ChemBioEngr, Soc’18)
Sage Hurta (ChemBioEngr, ApMath’19)
David Merkel (IntlAf, Econ’19)
Caleb Penner (EngrPhys, ApMath’18)
Ben Saarel (EngrPhys’18)
Valerie Welch (TAM’20)

Soccer

Hannah Cardenas (IntPhys, Psych’21)
Courtney Fedor (IntPhys’18)
Elisabeth (Libby) Geraghty (IntPhys’21)
Madison Hall (Mgmt, Mktg’17)
Kenzie Tillitt (Arch’17)
Jalen Tompkins (Psych’19)

Derek McCartney (IntPhys’16; MIntPhys’19)

Football

Tim Coleman (EthnSt’17)
Afolabi Laguda (Econ’17)
Derek McCartney (IntPhys’16; MIntPhys’19)

Lacrosse

Eliza Cahill (Mgmt’20)
Holly Sutherland (Acct’19)

Alpine Skiing

Nora Grieg Christensen (ArchEngr’19)
Tonje Trulsrud (ArchEngr’18)

Golf

Wilson Belk (IntPhys’19)
Jeremy Paul (Mgmt’17)

Tonje Trulsrud (ArchEngr’18)

Nordic Skiing

Petter Reistad (Fin’18)

Basketball

Lauren Huggins (EthnSt’17)

Cross Country

Bri Schwartz (Jour, StraComm’19)

Tennis

Kyra Wojcik (EBio’18)

 

Source: CU Athletics

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