Case leads academic rankings

Case Western Reserve, with a division-best 3.609 GPA, is making its second appearance in the NCAA Division III Academic Top 25. Coached by Jennifer Reimer, the Spartans finished the season with a 13-12 record.

Five of the top 25 teams qualified for the NCAA Division III tournament, with Coe, Thomas More and UW-Stevens Point reaching the sectionals.

Here is the complete 2011 WBCA Academic Top 25 for NCAA Division III:

Rank Institution 2010-11 Head Coach Team GPA
1 Case Western Reserve Jennifer Reimer 3.609
2 Centenary (N.J.) Lorie Khalil 3.561
3 MIT Sonia Raman 3.560
4 Carthage Tim Bernero 3.545
5 Messiah Michael Miller 3.538
6 UW-Superior Donald Mulhern 3.537
7 Gustavus Adolphus Mickey Haller 3.534
8 Northland Bill Wilson 3.531
T9 Simpson Brian Niemuth 3.519
T9 St. Thomas Ruth Sinn 3.519
11 Immaculata Patricia Canterino 3.508
12 Elizabethtown Yvonne Kauffman 3.507
13 King's Brian Donoghue 3.497
14 Thomas More Jeff Hans 3.484
15 Emerson Bill Gould 3.476
16 Ohio Northern Michele Durand 3.475
17 Coe Randi Peterson 3.464
18 UW-Stevens Point Shirley Egner 3.459
19 Yeshiva Karen Green 3.457
20 Central Jerry Nikkel 3.456
21 Vassar Candice Brown 3.450
22 Catholic  Matthew Donohue 3.447
23 St. Vincent James Petruska 3.433
24 William Smith Lindsay Drury 3.432
25 Wesleyan (Conn.) Kate Mullen 3.429