ATLANTA - The Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced its winners for the 2010-11 Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll. This award, given in NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, NAIA and Junior College/Community College, awards teams throughout the nation that carry the highest grade point averages (GPA) for the entire season based on the nomination submitted by WBCA-member head coaches.

Three Missouri Valley Conference teams - Creighton (4th, 3.527 GPA), Indiana State (6th, 3.518) and Evansville (24th, 3.340) were named to the honor roll for the 2010-11 academic school year.

"With the increased importance and scrutiny of the APR (academic progress rate) in the landcape of intercollegiate athletics, these remarkable teams are setting the bar for academic excellence," said WBCA CEO Beth Bass. "Congratulations to all these STUDENT-athletes and their coaches."

A team’s GPA is calculated by dividing the total number of quality points earned by the total number of hours attempted by all team members in the academic terms (semesters or quarters) that the season spans. Weighted grades are converted to a 4.0 scale. The GPAs are rounded to the nearest thousandth of a point. Teams are nominated for the honor by a WBCA-member head coach. A team must have a 3.000 or better GPA to be nominated.

The WBCA Academic Top 25 Team Honor Roll for NCAA Division I is as follows: