Daily Dose of Statistics

By Kem White on December 12, 2003 in Miscellanea | | Comments (2)

This morning there was a story on the University of Michigan Athletics Website that I found interesting. It seems the Big 10 has announced its Academic All-Big 10 Team. To be eligible, a student has to be at least a sophomore, have a 3.0 GPA or better, and be a letterwinner. Michigan has 57 students from various fall sports named to the Academic All-Big 10 Team. Needless to say the Michigan Athletics Website was proud of that fact.

I did a few quick calculations to determine the percentage of each Michigan team that received the honor:

Men's Fall Sports
Football: 12% (Big 10 Champs)
Cross Country: 17%
Soccer: 42%

Women's Fall Sports
Volleyball: 44%
Soccer: 50%
Cross Country: 80% (Big 10 Champs)
Field Hockey: 85%

I'm seeing a disparity here. Must be the men athletes are taking much harder classes.
K-

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Tudy said:

ahh volleyball. I was # 5 all through high school and college. Alas. I was too short. setters are a dime a dozen.

December 12, 2003 11:51 AM
TW said:

Yeah, Kem, that's it, harder classes, yeah.

December 12, 2003 2:15 PM

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