NEW YORK - The BIG EAST Conference has announced the 22 teams that have been recognized with 2022-23 Team Academic Excellence Awards for compiling the highest collective grade-point averages in each conference sport.
The winners were chosen based on the 2022-23 grade-point average of each student-athlete who appeared on an institution’s roster as of the last contest of the championship segment in each conference-sponsored sport.
Eleven schools had at least one team honored, with Butler leading the way with five, while DePaul had the second most with four teams recognized. Creighton rounded out the top three with a trio of programs honored.
2022-23 BIG EAST Team Academic Excellence Award Winners
| Sport |
School |
GPA |
| Baseball |
Butler |
3.385 |
| Men’s Basketball |
Villanova |
3.299 |
| Women’s Basketball |
Creighton |
3.488 |
| Men’s Cross Country |
Creighton |
3.851 |
| Women’s Cross Country |
Butler |
3.803 |
| Men’s Indoor Track & Field |
Providence |
3.558 |
| Women’s Indoor Track & Field |
Butler |
3.765 |
| Men’s Outdoor Track & Field |
Providence |
3.553 |
| Women’s Outdoor Track & Field |
Butler |
3.765 |
| Field Hockey |
Quinnipiac |
3.645 |
| Men’s Golf |
Marquette |
3.804 |
| Women’s Golf |
Creighton |
3.852 |
| Men’s Lacrosse |
St. John’s |
3.460 |
| Women’s Lacrosse |
Denver |
3.638 |
| Men’s Soccer |
St. John’s |
3.620 |
| Women’s Soccer |
DePaul |
3.818 |
| Softball |
Butler |
3.647 |
| Men’s Swimming and Diving |
Georgetown |
3.524 |
| Women’s Swimming and Diving |
Xavier |
3.699 |
| Men’s Tennis |
DePaul |
3.716 |
| Women’s Tennis |
DePaul |
3.900 |
| Volleyball |
DePaul |
3.781 |