ATLANTA – Dominican women's basketball was named to the WBCA 2024-25 Top 25 Team Honor Roll for the first time in the program's history.
 
"It was a historic year on the court and in the classroom," head coach Tim LaKose said. "This was a special group to coach, and I'm proud of their accomplishments. I'm also grateful for our faculty, staff, parents and all those who supported our team this past year. We couldn't have done it without them."
 
The WBCA Academic Top 25 recognizes college women's basketball teams across the nation in their respective divisions that carry the highest combined GPAs inclusive of all student-athletes on their rosters for the entire season. The 2024-25 season is the 30th in which the WBCA has compiled the honor rolls.
 
The Penguins compiled its best team GPA finishing with a 3.726 to rank No. 18 nationally in the NCAA Division II. Two other PacWest Programs ranked in the top 25 with Chaminade at No. 9 and PLNU at No. 17.
 
"The WBCA is pleased to recognize those women's basketball programs that have committed themselves to excellence on the court and in the classroom," said WBCA Executive Director Danielle Donehew.  "The 119 teams we honor this year strive to achieve all-around success and we commend their efforts. Congratulations!"
 
NCAA Division II
 

	Rank	Institution	Head Coach	GPA
1		St. Cloud State	Lori Fish	3.892
2		Winona State	Ana Wurtz	3.887
3		Texas Woman's	Beth Jillson	3.881
4		Malone	Selana Ickes	3.874
5		Tiffin	Josh Mason	3.864
6		Lubbock Christian	Steve Gomez	3.823
7		Ferris State	Kurt Westendorp	3.820
8		Northwestern Okla. St.	Tasha Diesselhorst	3.813
9		Chaminade	Michael Edwards	3.805
10		Ashland	Kari Pickens	3.795
11		Missouri Western	Ashton Feldhaus	3.788
12		UVA Wise	Jamie Cluesman	3.763
13		CSU East Bay	Jenny Thigpin	3.760
14		Montana State Billings	Kevin Woodin	3.757
15		Upper Iowa	Justin Maass	3.750
16		Missouri S&T	Kira Carter	3.736
17		Point Loma Nazarene	Charity Elliott	3.728
18		Dominican (CA)	Tim LaKose	3.726
19		West Liberty	Kyle Cooper	3.715
20		Southern New Hampshire	Karen Pinkos	3.713
21		Maryville	Brita Hand	3.709
22		Sioux Falls	Travis Traphagen	3.703
23		Goldey-Beacom	Bethann Burke	3.702
T24		Truman State	Theo Dean	3.695
T24		Northwest Missouri State	Austin Meyer	3.695

 
Special Mention: Central Missouri, David Slifer, 3.689; Fairmont State, Stephanie Anderson, 3.687; Fort Hays State, Talia Kahrs, 3.685; McKendree, Kari Kerkhoff, 3.676; Kutztown, Janet Malouf, 3.668; D'Youville, Kelly Broderick, 3.660; Rockhurst, Larry Park, 3.655; Kentucky State, Amani Williams, 3.651; Southwest Minnesota State, Tom Webb, 3.649; Pittsburg State, Amanda Davied, 3.647; Lee, Marty Rowe, 3.642; Minnesota State Moorhead, Karla Nelson, 3.634; Caldwell, Christie Conforti, 3.633; Cal State San Marcos, Jana Pearson, 3.628; Chestnut Hill, Megan Fox, 3.626; Wayne State, Carrie Lohr, 3.604; Michigan Tech, Samantha Clayton, 3.589; Pace, Carrie Seymour, 3.587; Davenport, Shonda Sanders, 3.574; Northern Michigan, Casey Thousand, 3.566; Findlay, Michele Durand, 3.558; Menlo, Shannon Spataro, 3.557; Bentley, C White, 3.550; Cal Poly Pomona, Danelle Bishop, 3.542; UW-Parkside, Jen Conely, 3.541; Florida Tech, John Reynolds, 3.536; Assumption, Kerry Phayre, 3.524; Daemen, Jenepher Banker, 3.498; Carson-Newman, Michael Mincey, 3.493; Seattle Pacific, Karen Byers, 3.465; Newman, Amy Briggs, 3.462; West Chester, Kiera Wooden, 3.438; West Florida, Stephanie Yelton, 3.432; Minnesota State Mankato, Emilee Thiesse, 3.431; Barry, Heather Macy, 3.430; Shorter, Lasheena Brooks, 3.425; Southern Arkansas, Darrick Matthews, 3.417; Bridgeport, Jimmy Howard, 3.407; Wingate, Ann Hancock, 3.377; UNC Pembroke, Dr. Kendra Samuels-Eaton, 3.372; Hillsdale, Brianna Brennan, 3.372; Union, Mark Campbell, 3.338; Cal State Monterey Bay, Sarah Hopkins-Chery, 3.316; Tusculum, Roger Hodge, 3.283; Academy of Art, Jesse Clark, 3.278; Anderson, Jonathon Barbaree, 3.268; Emory & Henry, Jaclyn Dickens, 3.249; Cal State San Bernardino, Casandra Renno, 3.249; Augusta, Celeste Stewart, 3.172.