Drury's Lady Panthers finished fifth nationally in team grade point average in 2014-15 to earn a Women's Basketball Coaches Association Team Academic Honor Roll Award as the organization announced its GPA leaders across all divisions Tuesday night.

Coach Molly Miller's Lady Panthers posted a 3.651 team grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) to finish behind only Ohio Dominican (3.842), Minnesota-Mankato (3.749), Upper Iowa (3.740) and Lubbock Christian (3.696) among the nation's 300 Division II schools.

The Lady Panthers on the court finished 26-4 this past season, claiming the Great Lakes Valley Conference post-season tourney championship and earning a berth in the NCAA-II tournament for the 12th time in the program's 15-year history.

Other national GPA leaders by division includes Missouri-Kansas City (3.726) for NCAA-I; Nebraska Wesleyan (3.650) for D-III; Valley City State (3.692) for NAIA; and Snow College (3.626) for Junior/Community colleges.

NCAA Division II
Ohio Dominican University led all NCAA Division II institutions with a 3.842 GPA. The Panthers ended the season with an 11-17 record, winning their final three games of the regular season.

Seven of the 25 teams that earned a spot on the honor roll advanced to the NCAA Division II tournament.

Below is the complete 2014-15 WBCA Academic Top 25 presented for AT&T for NCAA Division II (** - NCAA tournament; * - left after season):

Rank	Institution	2014-15 Head Coach	Team GPA
1	Ohio Dominican University	Lynsey Warren	3.842
2	Minnesota State University, Mankato	Emilee Thiesse	3.749
3	Upper Iowa University	Carol Russell	3.740
4	Lubbock Christian University	Steve Gomez	3.696
5	Drury University	Molly Miller	3.651
6	Seton Hill University	Mark Katarski	3.647
T7	Ashland University	Sue Ramsey	3.644
T7	Augustana College	Dave Krauth	3.644
9	University of the Sciences	Jackie Hartzell	3.637
10	University of Minnesota - Duluth	Annette Wiles	3.616
11	University of Sioux Falls	Travis Traphagen	3.605
12	Holy Family University	Mark Miller	3.599
13	Winona State University	Scott Ballard	3.598
T14	Southern New Hampshire University	Karen Pinkos	3.595
T14	Texas Woman's University	Beth Jillson	3.595
16	Lee University	Marty Rowe	3.588
T17	Philadelphia University	Tom Shirley	3.559
T17	Saginaw Valley State University	Jamie Pewinski	3.559
19	Merrimack College	Monique LeBlanc	3.557
T20	Gannon University	Jim Brunelli	3.550
T20	Seattle Pacific University	Julie Heisey	3.550
22	University of North Alabama	Melissa Tiber	3.540
23	Fort Hays State University	Tony Hobson	3.536
24	Northeastern State University	Randy Gipson	3.521
25	University of California San Diego	Heidi Vanderveer	3.510