Mens Basketball Sets Classroom Record

NORMAN, Okla. The fall semester was a prosperous one in the classroom for members of the University of Oklahoma men's basketball team. The squad posted a 3.14 grade point average on a 4.0 scale, setting a single-semester record since Kelvin Sampson was named head coach in April 1994.

Eight of the 12 student-athletes recorded a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Each student-athlete posted at least a 2.5 GPA.

Sophomore Michael Ott earned a team-high 3.75 GPA and was followed by freshman Taylor Griffin (3.71), freshman Austin Johnson (3.63), senior Kevin Bookout (3.50), junior Nate Carter (3.50), sophomore Kellen Sampson (3.40), sophomore Longar Longar (3.00) and junior Michael Neal (3.00).

“We instituted a new attendance policy this year and really emphasized going to study hall and meeting with tutors,” said Sampson. “Besides the kids, the credit for this goes to (associate AD for academic affairs) Dr. Gerald Gurney, (men's basketball academic counselor) C.B. Elder and (director of academic support services) Randy Garibay. Those guys are great with our kids and our kids take it to task.

“The keys are going to class, going to study hall and meeting with instructors. I've never been associated with a team that's had this many kids with a GPA of 3.0 or higher. It's something in which we take pride as a staff, but our kids do, too.”

The men's basketball team's overall GPA is 3.03.

OU's spring semester begins on Tuesday, Jan. 17.

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