The Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced its Academic Top 25 for the 2011-12 season. Fort Hays State ranks fourth in the nation in NCAA Division II, putting together a 3.628 GPA as a team this past academic year. The mark is based on the cumulative GPAs of all team members.

The Lady Tigers were not too far behind the nation's top team, Drury University (Mo.), which had a GPA of 3.709. King College (Tenn.) was second at 3.692 and Lake Erie (Ohio) was third at 3.684.

Junior Traci Keyser of Cambridge, Neb., led the way on the team with her perfect 4.0 GPA as she also earned CoSIDA/Capital One Academic All-American honors in 2011-12.

Fort Hays State was the only member of the MIAA in 2011-12 to rank in the Top 25. Lindenwood, a new member to the conference in 2012-13, was seventh on the list.

Below is the Top 25 for 2011-12. School, head coach, and team GPA are listed.

1. Drury** Steve Harold 3.709
2. King (Tenn.) Josh Thompson 3.692
3. Lake Erie Robert Booher 3.684
4. Fort Hays State Tony Hobson 3.628
5. Rockhurst Larry Park 3.586
6. Seton Hill Ferne Labati 3.580
7. Lindenwood James Francis 3.567
8. Fort Lewis** Mark Kellogg* 3.562
9. Holy Family** Mark Miller 3.558
10. Michigan Tech Kimberly Cameron 3.547
11. Minnesota State Mankato** Pam Gohl* 3.538
12. Merrimack Monique LeBlanc 3.532
13. Minnesota State Moorhead Karla Nelson 3.527
14. Gannon** Cleve Wright 3.526
15. Winona State Scott Ballard 3.513
16. Maryville (Mo.)** Chris Ellis 3.507
17. Wisconsin-Parkside** Jennifer Knight-Kenesie 3.498
18. Ashland** Sue Ramsey 3.481
19. Montana State Billings Kevin Woodin 3.476
20. Seattle Pacific Julie Van Beek 3.448
21. (tie) Franklin Pierce** Stephen Hancock 3.446
21. (tie) Wayne State** Chris Kielsmeier 3.446
23. Concordia-St. Paul Paul Fessler 3.440
24. Cal State East Bay Suzy Barcomb 3.427
25. (tie) St. Thomas Aquinas Kim Lusk 3.415
25. (tie) Minnesota Duluth** Annette Wiles 3.415