MARTIN, Tenn. --- The grades for the fall semester are in and the men's cross country and the women's volleyball teams at Tennessee-Martin sported the highest grade-point averages (GPA) among the 16 teams at the university that compete for NCAA or NIRA championships.
In all, nine of the 16 teams finished the fall semester with a 3.0 or better grade point average.
Collectively, the 16 teams, about 300 student-athletes, sported a 2.96 GPA for the fall semester which ended in December.
The 280 of Palmer and Player would have won all but five of the previous 28 Masters.
1907: New York Giants catcher Roger Bresnahan, his legs bruised by foul tips, wore a set of cricket leg pants against Philadelphia, becoming the first catcher to don shin guards.
Despite one managerís complaint that they posed a danger to sliding runners, baseball owners approved them as standard issue.
