CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. – Southeast Missouri Athletics accumulated a 3.56 grade point during the spring semester to wrap up its best academic year in department history.
 
SEMO posted a 3.53 GPA in the Fall 2025 term before increasing that mark to 3.56 in the Spring 2026 semester.
 
All 13 teams finished above a 3.0 GPA for the fifth consecutive semester and fifth time in school history. SEMO also completed its 18th-straight semester with a departmental GPA above 3.0.
 
Football, men's track & field and softball each posted the highest GPA in their respective program histories. Football reached a 3.41 GPA, men's track & field established a 3.53 mark and softball posted a 3.77 GPA.
 
Meanwhile, men's basketball and men's cross country recorded their second-highest semester GPAs with 3.19 and 3.70 marks, respectively.
 
A total of 133 student-athletes were named to SEMO's Dean's List and 88 landed on the University's President's List. In all, 111 student-athletes earned a 4.0 GPA in the Spring 2026 semester.
 
2026 SEMO Athletics Spring Semester GPAs
Women's Tennis – 3.92
Women's Cross Country – 3.80
Gymnastics – 3.78
Softball – 3.77
Volleyball – 3.71
Men's Cross Country – 3.70
Women's Soccer – 3.66
Women's Track & Field – 3.63
Men's Track & Field – 3.53
Baseball – 3.49
Football – 3.41
Women's Basketball – 3.30
Men's Basketball – 3.19
Department – 3.56