PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Commissioner Mike Aresco has announced the 21 teams that have been recognized with 2016-17 Team Academic Excellence Awards for having the highest collective grade-point averages in each conference sport.
 
The selections are made by the conference’s Academic Affairs Committee. The winners were chosen based on the 2016-17 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.
 
Two teams – SMU men’s swimming and diving, and Memphis women’s soccer – won their respective sport’s award for the fourth time in as many years. East Carolina baseball, Temple men’s basketball, Cincinnati football, Tulsa men’s indoor track and field, and Tulsa men’s outdoor track and field were all repeat winners from last year.
 
Memphis had four of its teams earn the honor to lead all institutions. SMU and Temple had three teams each.
 
 
2016-17 American Athletic Conference Team Academic Excellence Awards
 

Baseball	East Carolina
Men’s Basketball	Temple
Women’s Basketball	USF
Men’s Cross Country	Cincinnati
Women’s Cross Country	Temple
Football	Cincinnati
Men’s Golf	Memphis
Women’s Golf	East Carolina
Women’s Rowing	SMU
Men’s Soccer	Memphis
Women’s Soccer	Memphis
Softball	Houston
Men’s Swimming and Diving	SMU
Women’s Swimming and Diving	SMU
Men’s Tennis	Temple
Women’s Tennis	Memphis
Men’s Indoor Track and Field	Tulsa
Women’s Indoor Track and Field	Tulane
Men’s Outdoor Track and Field	Tulsa
Women’s Outdoor Track and Field	Tulane
Women’s Volleyball	UCF