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(LAKEWOOD RANCH, FL) – Lakewood Ranch High School (LRHS) athletes are the 2016-17 Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) Academic Team Champions.

This is the Mustangs’ seventh straight academic championship.

Rankings are based on the collective grade point averages (GPA) of each of a school’s athletes.

LHRS athletic director Shawn Trent said, “Thank you coaches for pushing your athletes and making them understand this is important. Thank you to all the teachers that go out of your way to help our athletes on a daily basis. This is a phenomenal award to win one time, and thanks to all of you and some pretty intelligent athletes we have done it seven times in a row.”

Below is where each sport finished academically, with state ranking and overall GPA,
Fall Sports

• Boys Cross Country 1st 3.635 GPA
• Girls Cross Country 6th 3.711 GPA
• Football 1st 3.341 GPA
• Boys Golf 11th 3.497 GPA
• Girls Golf 5th 3.803 GPA
• Boys Swimming 2nd 3.642 GPA
• Girls Swimming 5th 3.617 GPA
• Volleyball 4th 3.675 GPA

Winter Sports

• Boys Basketball 4th 3.387 GPA
• Girls Basketball 14th 3.222 GPA
• Boys Soccer 10th 3.225 GPA
• Girls Soccer 8th 3.541 GPA
• Girls Weightlifting 2nd 3.697 GPA
• Cheer 3rd 3.547 GPA
• Wrestling 1st 3.424 GPA

Spring Sports

• Baseball 7th 3.196 GPA
• Softball 1st 3.674 GPA
• Boys Tennis 3rd 3.766 GPA
• Girls Tennis 6th 3.72 GPA
• Boys Track 1st 3.59 GPA
• Girls Track 1st 3.724 GPA
• Boys Weightlifting 2nd 3.463 GPA