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Vanderbilt Athletes Help Maintain Academic Reputation: The Anchor, May 15, 2025

Your daily briefing on what's going on with Vanderbilt Athletics.

Taylor Hodges

Vanderbilt recently held its graduation ceremonies in Nashville, Tenn. with the school's athletes doing their part to maintain the school's academic reputation.
Vanderbilt recently held its graduation ceremonies in Nashville, Tenn. with the school's athletes doing their part to maintain the school's academic reputation. / Vanderbilt Athletics

Have you heard about how the college sports landscape is changing?

No? Well, you have a lot to catch up on. Yes? Well, rest assured some things haven’t changed. For example, players can play for a different team each of their eligibility. But if you want to play for Vanderbilt, there are academic standards to maintain.

Specifically, athletes will have to ensure the school’s 31 consecutive semesters of its student-athletes producing a cumulative GPA above 3.0 doesn’t end. That streak continued with this past semester, with all student-athletes combining for a 3.45 GPA.

The women’s golf team produced the highest team GPA, a 3.94 for the semester. On the men’s side, the cross country squad led the way with a 3.78 GPA for the term, but every Vanderbilt program had a GPA above 3.0.

Today’s Commodores Schedule

Baseball: Kentucky at No. 9 Vanderbilt, 6 p.m., SECN+
Track and Field: Vanderbilt at SEC Outdoor Championship, 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. SECN+

Yesterday’s Commodores Results

Men’s Golf: Vanderbilt at NCAA Amherst Regional, 2nd Place

NCAA Amherst Regional

Team Scores

  1. Oklahoma -10
  2. Vanderbilt -6
  3. Tennessee -5
  4. Wake Forest -1
  5. Pepperdine +9

Vanderbilt Individual Scores

  1. Jackson Van Paris -8
  2. T6. Ryan Downes -3
  3. 17. Wells Williams E
  4. 46. Chase Nevins +8
  5. 64. John Broderick +13

Did You Notice?

  • Ashley Horsley will serve as the executive director of strategy and operations for the athletics department. Vice Chancellor for Athletics and University Affairs and Athletic Director Candice Storey Lee announced the appointment, which utilizes Horsley’s executive experience in business and professional sports as Vanderbilt forges ahead in a new era of college sports. Horsley previously served as soccer’s director of operations, helping head coach Darren Ambrose and the Commodores reach the NCAA Sweet 16 for the first time in program history.  

Countdown to Vanderbilt’s 2025 Football Season Opener

109 days

Commodores Quote of the Day

"I think the year off really helped me. It gave me a chance to work on everything in my game, in addition to concentrating on school."

- Billy McCaffrey on transferring

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TAYLOR HODGES

Taylor Hodges is a staff writer for Vanderbilt Commodores On SI covering all-things Vanderbilt. Taylor brings more than a decade’s worth of award-winning sports writing, photography and video experience covering every level of sports — from Little League baseball to professional sports and other sports like hunting and fishing. Taylor is fueled by his lifelong passion for sports that began the same day Kirk Gibson hit his legendary World Series walk-off home run, Arkansas beat Texas in Austin and No. 4 Notre Dame beat No. 1 Miami in the Catholics vs. Convicts game.

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