Twenty-three Kentucky State University student-athletes achieved a 4.0 grade point average for the 2019 spring semester as the department posted a GPA of 2.73.

The 23 student-athletes represent nine more than from the fall semester that achieved the perfect grade point average. More than 100 KSU student-athletes finished the fall semester with at least a 3.0 GPA.

Six football student athletes - Bryshaun Brown, Tommy Craig, Colin Dwenger, Kenneth Jorgenson, Eroz Zuniga and Dakota Waldridge - all achieved the feat as football led the athletic department. Softball – Katie Barter, Paola Flores, Olivia Saylor and Jackie Zubiate - and women's basketball – Jessie Kee, Brooke Wallace, Wynter Webb and Amani Williams - each had four student-athletes to earn the distinguished GPA.

The other student-athletes to record 4.0 GPAs over the spring semester were Sasha Bills (volleyball), John Michael Etheridge (baseball), Chelsey Ford (track & field), Brionna Greer (track & field), Aram Kumar (baseball), Gernee Lockhart (cross country), Makayla Martin (volleyball), Tyler Simmons (cheerleading) and Trey Walker (baseball).

Eight student-athletes – Etheridge, Flores, Greer, Kee, Saylor and Williams – recorded 4.0 grade point averages for the entire 2019-20 academic year.

Boosted by 11 of the 13 members achieving at least a 3.0 GPA, the women's basketball team recorded the department's highest grade point average of 3.522, which is up from 3.496 in the fall semester. The men's golf team recorded a 3.222 GPA for the highest male team GPA. Four other teams – softball, volleyball, women's cross country and women's track & field – posted team GPA's of at least 3.0.