IRVING, Texas – Commissioner Mike Aresco has announced the names of the 3,010 student-athletes who have been selected to the 2020-21 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team as well as the winners of The American’s Team Academic Excellence Awards.
 
Nominations for the All-Academic Team are submitted by each of the American Athletic Conference’s member institutions. To be eligible for the honor, a nominee must have competed in an American Athletic Conference-sponsored sport, attained a minimum grade-point average of 3.00 for the preceding academic year, and completed a minimum of two consecutive semesters or three consecutive quarters of academic work, with a total of 18 semester or 27 quarter credits, not including remedial courses.
 
The nominations are reviewed and approved by the American Athletic Conference Academic Affairs Committee.
 
The Team Academic Excellence Award selections are made by the conference’s faculty athletics representatives. The winning teams were chosen based on the 2020-21 grade-point average of each student-athlete who appeared on an institution’s roster at the end of the academic year, weighing each student’s GPA by credit-hour completed.
 
Tulsa had seven teams earn Team Academic Excellence Awards in 2020-21 to lead all American Athletic Conference institutions.
 
2020-21 American Athletic Conference Team Academic Excellence Awards
 

Baseball	East Carolina
Men’s Basketball	Tulane
Women’s Basketball	Tulsa
Men’s Cross Country	Temple
Women’s Cross Country	SMU
Football	Houston
Men’s Golf	Wichita State
Women’s Golf	Cincinnati
Women’s Lacrosse	Cincinnati and Temple
Women’s Rowing	Temple
Men’s Soccer	Tulsa
Women’s Soccer	Cincinnati
Softball	UCF, Houston and Tulsa
Men’s Swimming and Diving	Cincinnati
Women’s Swimming and Diving	Cincinnati
Men’s Tennis	Tulsa
Women’s Tennis	Cincinnati
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	Tulsa