May 31, 2007
Orlando, Fla. (www.ucfathletics.com) - The reports are in from the UCF Academic Services for Student-Athletes and for the sixth straight semester the football team has turned in an overall team grade point average of 2.75 or higher. For the 2007 spring semester, the Knights combined for a 2.76 team GPA and five players all earned their respective bachelor's degrees.
The five players that graduated were linebacker Randy Dozier, defensive back Renford Parkes, running back Jason Peters and wide receivers Brooks Turner and Mike Walker. The team also had 36 of its members were named to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll after earning a GPA of 3.00 or higher.
"I think our players are working hard in the classroom and they are seeing the dividends of doing that," UCF Head Coach George O'Leary said. "Their continued success is a compliment to that and they are really taking to being a student-athlete."
Junior safety Sha'reff Rashad earned the highest academic award bestowed upon a Knight when he was named the 2006 UCF Male Scholar Athlete of the Year at the end of the 2006-07 academic year. Rashad is carrying an overall GPA of 3.50 in criminal justice through his three years at the school.
"We are all very pleased with the success the football team is having in the classroom," ASSA assistant director Kristy Belden said. "I see first hand the time and energy they put into their academics and it is rewarding to see them do so well."
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