Classroom excellence

In addition to winning trophies on the field and court, Laker student athletes are stellar performers in the classroom. These numbers below detail GPAs, retention and graduation rates for student athletes during the 2016-2017 academic year.

Student athletes with 3.0 GPA or higher

Fall 2016: 63.8% Winter 2017: 64.7 %

Non-student athletes with 3.0 GPA or higher

Fall 2016: 62.6% Winter 2017: 63.4 %

Student Athlete Retention

Female student athletes: 91.9%

Male student athletes: 93.5%

Retention for non-student athletes

Female students: 82.8%

Male students: 82.3%

GLIAC ALL-ACADEMIC HONORS

311 individual honors; teams with most individual honors are men's and women's track and field, football, lacrosse and women's cross country

Wrestler trains to follow mom's path to Olympic judo team

For someone who got a relatively late start in wrestling, senior Harun Bogdanic took to it quickly and excelled.

Summer 2018|Athletics

Laker basketball players recognized at hall of fame ceremony

Barb Hansen and Kim Hansen were among the 100 former WBL players who were recognized in June at the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame ceremony in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Fall 2018|Athletics

Student athletes raise money for wish kids

Led by the Student Athlete Advisory Committee, Grand Valley athletes have raised $10,000 or more in each of the past three years for Make-A-Wish® Michigan.