NEW YORK - The BIG EAST Conference has announced the recipients of its 2025-26 Team Academic Excellence Awards, recognizing the conference's top-performing teams in the classroom across each of its 22 sponsored sports.
The conference recognized one team in each sport, with the annual awards highlighting the outstanding academic achievements of BIG EAST student-athletes during the 2025-26 academic year.
The awards are presented annually to the team in each conference-sponsored sport that records the highest cumulative grade-point average. Team GPAs are calculated using every student-athlete listed on an institution's official roster at the conclusion of the championship segment in each sport.
St. John's and Butler paced the conference with five Team Academic Excellence Awards apiece. Georgetown earned three awards, while Creighton, DePaul and Villanova collected two each. Providence, Seton Hall, UConn and Xavier each received one award.
2025-26 Team Academic Excellence Award Recipients
| Sport |
Institution |
GPA |
| Baseball |
St. John's |
3.591 |
| Men's Basketball |
Butler |
3.266 |
| Women's Basketball |
DePaul and Villanova (tie) |
3.528 |
| Men's Cross Country |
Seton Hall |
3.811 |
| Women's Cross Country |
UConn |
3.810 |
| Men's Indoor Track & Field |
Creighton |
3.628 |
| Women's Indoor Track & Field |
Butler |
3.690 |
| Men's Outdoor Track & Field |
Creighton |
3.628 |
| Women's Outdoor Track & Field |
Butler |
3.690 |
| Field Hockey |
Georgetown |
3.752 |
| Men's Golf |
Xavier |
3.768 |
| Women's Golf |
St. John's |
3.887 |
| Men's Lacrosse |
St. John's |
3.544 |
| Women's Lacrosse |
Villanova |
3.570 |
| Men's Soccer |
DePaul |
3.670 |
| Women's Soccer |
Butler |
3.788 |
| Softball |
Butler |
3.847 |
| Men's Swimming & Diving |
Georgetown |
3.657 |
| Women's Swimming & Diving |
Providence |
3.736 |
| Men's Tennis |
Georgetown |
3.758 |
| Women's Tennis |
St. John's |
3.876 |
| Volleyball |
St. John's |
3.737 |
Awards by Institution
| Institution |
Awards |
| St. John's |
5 |
| Butler |
5 |
| Georgetown |
3 |
| Creighton |
2 |
| DePaul |
2* |
| Villanova |
2* |
| Providence |
1 |
| Seton Hall |
1 |
| UConn |
1 |
| Xavier |
1 |
*Includes the shared Women's Basketball Team Academic Excellence Award.