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Rockets Win Academic Award

The University of Toledo has been named the winner of the 2011-12 Mid-American Conference Institutional Academic Achievement Award.  For the academic year, UT's 351 student-athletes posted an overall athletic grade point average of 3.171. It is the first time that the Rockets have won the award.

"We are very proud that our student-athletes won the MAC Institutional Academic Award for 2011-12," said UT Athletic Director Mike O'Brien. "This is a great honor and a true indicator of the dedication and effort of our student-athletes in the classroom. This honor is also shared by the coaches, classroom instructors and Rocket academic staff that work so hard in mentoring and nurturing our student-athletes."

The MAC Institutional Academic Achievement Award is presented annually to the conference institution which achieves the highest overall institutional GPA for student-athletes competing in institutionally sponsored sports for the academic year.  It is just the latest academic honor for the Rockets. Last spring, UT student-athletes set an all-time high with a collective GPA of 3.266. The UT men's program also won the MAC Faculty Athletic Representative Award for highest GPA in both 2009-10 and 2010-11.

The top three MAC schools by GPA are as follows:

2011-12 Institutional Academic Achievement Award

1. Toledo - 3.171 GPA
2. Western Michigan -  3.139 GPA
3. Eastern Michigan - 3.132 GPA

Institutional Academic Achievement Award
2011-12 - University of Toledo
2010-11 - University of Akron
2009-10 - Bowling Green State University
2008-09 - Ball State University
2007-08 - Northern Illinois University
2006-07 - Central Michigan University
2005-06 - Central Michigan University
2004-05 - Central Michigan University
2003-04 - Central Michigan University
2002-03 - Central Michigan University
2001-02 - Central Michigan University
2000-01 - Bowling Green State University
1999-00 - Central Michigan University
1998-99 - Central Michigan University
1997-98  - Central Michigan University
1996-97  - Ball State University and Central Michigan University (tie)
1995-96  - Bowling Green State University
1994-95  - Bowling Green State University