Kansas University athletes tied a school record in the fall semester, posting a combined 2.99 grade-point average.

Women’s golf had the highest GPA with a 3.43. Seven other sports (women’s cross country, women’s track and field, volleyball, rowing, swimming and diving, tennis, softball) recorded GPAs of 3.0 or higher.

Football, meanwhile, reported a GPA of 2.73, the highest for that sport since the record-keeping started in 1986.

Men’s basketball posted a GPA of 2.95.

In all, 274 KU athletes — or 53 percent of active rosters — earned spots on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll by posting a GPA of 3.0 or higher. Thirty-four Jayhawks posted perfect 4.0 GPAs.

Members of the Athletics Director’s Honor Roll will be recognized at Wednesday’s men’s basketball game against Baylor.

Student-Athlete Grade Summary Fall 2009

Team GPAs

Baseball — 2.75

Men’s Basketball — 2.95

Women’s Basketball — 2.82

Football — 2.73 (Team record)

Men’s Golf — 2.95

Women’s Golf — 3.43

Rowing — 3.10

Softball — 3.22

Soccer — 2.93

Swimming & Diving — 3.03

Tennis — 3.26

Men’s Track & Field — 2.97

Men’s Cross Country — 2.92

Women’s Track & Field — 3.28

Women’s Cross Country — 3.42

Volleyball — 3.27

Spirit Squad — 2.93

All Sports Combined — 2.99 (Ties all-time record for a fall term)

Athletics Director’s Honor Roll

4.00 — 34

3.00-3.99 — 240

Total — 274 (53 percent of students on active rosters)