GORHAM, Maine – The University of Southern Maine Huskies' women's basketball team ranked No. 22 in the 2020-2021 Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll recently announced by the WBCA on Tuesday, July 13. As a team, the Huskies combined for a remarkable 3.661 team grade point average to be one of 25 Division III women's basketball teams recognized for their outstanding performance in the classroom. NCAA Division III currently supports more than 430 women's basketball programs.
"I am so proud of our student-athletes and their continued achievements," noted Southern Maine head coach
Samantha Norris. "Our student-athletes commitment to the team, to their academics and to themselves is outstanding and truly remarkable during a challenging year. Each of these players are great examples of what it means to be a student-athlete, balancing their priorities as competitor, a scholar, and as campus leaders. Thank you to the members of the Athletic Department staff, and members of the University of Southern Maine learning communities that help our student-athletes achieve success every day."
With its 3.661 GPA, USM women's basketball also earned the Little East Conference's Team Academic Award, and had 10 players named to the conference's 2020-2021 Winter All-Academic Team. Freshman
Franny Ramsdell (Wells, Maine) recently took part in the 2021 NCAA Student-Athlete Leadership conference, while junior
Victoria Harris (Altus, Okla.) participated in the NCAA Career in Sports Forum, and was named the University's Emerging Leader. Additionally, recent graduate
Morgan Eliasen (Lewiston, Maine) was honored with the University's Senior Husky Achievement Award and was named the 2021 recipient of the department's Paula D. Hodgdon Leadership Award.
The Huskies' 15-person roster represents nine difference University of Southern Maine majors, including four Nursing majors, two Business Management and two Health Science majors with Leadership Studies, Marketing, STEM with Elementary Education, Business, Occupational therapy and Engineering rounding out the rest.
NCAA Division III
| Rank |
Institution |
Head Coach |
GPA |
| 1 |
Yeshiva University |
Bill Zatulskis |
3.876 |
| 2 |
Stevens Institute of Technology |
Megan Haughey |
3.815 |
| 3 |
Wartburg College |
Bob Amsberry |
3.806 |
| 4 |
Ithaca College |
Dan Raymond |
3.790 |
| 5 |
Gustavus Adolphus College |
Laurie Kelly |
3.785 |
| 6 |
Washington and Lee University |
Christine Clancy |
3.760 |
| 7 |
Martin Luther College |
Dan Gawrisch |
3.752 |
| 8 |
John Carroll University |
Elizabeth Andrews |
3.734 |
| 9 |
Marymount University |
Ashlee Rogers |
3.729 |
| 10 |
Millikin University |
Olivia Lett |
3.716 |
| 11 |
Husson University |
Kissy Walker |
3.709 |
| 12 |
Augsburg University |
Ted Riverso |
3.701 |
| 13 |
St. John Fisher College |
Melissa Kuberka |
3.694 |
| 14 |
Misericordia University |
Jason Rhine |
3.688 |
| 15 |
Wheaton College (IL) |
Kent Madsen |
3.684 |
| 18 |
Albion College |
Doreen Carden |
3.681 |
| 17 |
Edgewood College |
Chaia Huff |
3.674 |
| T18 |
Wilkes University |
Tara Macciocco |
3.671 |
| T18 |
Rhodes College |
Rodney Rogan |
3.671 |
| 20 |
Baldwin Wallace University |
Cheri Harrer |
3.663 |
| 21 |
William Smith College |
Lindsay Sharman |
3.662 |
| 22 |
University of Southern Maine |
Samantha Norris |
3.661 |
| 23 |
Hope College |
Brian Morehouse |
3.655 |
| 24 |
Westminster College |
Rosanne Scott |
3.654 |
| 25 |
Arcadia University |
Rose Katz Gobeli |
3.652 |
Special Mention: Johns Hopkins University, Katherine Bixby, 3.875; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Meghan O'Connell, 3.844; Vassar College, Lucia Robinson-Griggs, 3.830; Emerson College, William Gould, 3.817; Susquehanna University, Gabrielle Holko, 3.801; Penn State Harrisburg, Ross Patrick, 3.742; Pratt Institute, Wilfredo Rivera, 3.729; York College, Betsy Witman, 3.687; Chapman University, Carol Jue, 3.674; Springfield College, Naomi Graves, 3.668; Bard College, Casi Donelan, 3.668; New York University, Meg Barber, 3.652.
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