{"id":237487,"date":"2026-07-16T14:55:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T00:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=237487"},"modified":"2026-07-16T14:55:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T00:55:56","slug":"uh-hilo-athletes-set-record-gpa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2026\/07\/16\/uh-hilo-athletes-set-record-gpa\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> Hilo athletes set record GPA<\/abbr>"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Hilo student-athletes achieved a record-high 3.37 combined grade point average (GPA)<\/abbr> during the 2025–26 academic year, surpassing last year’s department record of 3.32 across the university’s 12 varsity sports.<\/p>\n

“I’m incredibly proud of our student-athletes for setting a new standard of academic excellence this past year,” UH<\/abbr> Hilo Director of Athletics Patrick Guillen said. “They prove every single day that championship performance happens both in competition and in the classroom.”<\/p>\n

Women’s golf and women’s soccer were named the department’s Ramon Goya Academic Teams of the Year for posting the highest team GPA<\/abbr>s in individual and team sports, respectively.<\/p>\n

The Vulcans also ranked among the Pacific West Conference’s academic leaders, with women’s cross country (3.64), softball (3.50) and men’s golf (3.46) each finishing in the top three in their respective sports.<\/p>\n

UH<\/abbr> Hilo placed 172 student-athletes on the Academic All-PacWest Team<\/a>, recognizing those who earned a cumulative GPA<\/abbr> of 3.0 or higher.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit the UH<\/abbr> Hilo Athletics website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UH<\/abbr> Hilo student-athletes earned a record 3.37 combined GPA<\/abbr>, with 172 Vulcans receiving Academic All-PacWest honors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":237501,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,714,14,151],"class_list":["post-237487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-student-athlete","tag-uh-hilo","tag-hilo-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t