IRVING, Texas – Commissioner Mike Aresco has announced the names of the 2,945 student-athletes who have been selected to the 2022-23 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 2022-23 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.
Cincinnati had seven teams earn Team Academic Excellence Awards in 2022-23 to lead all American Athletic Conference institutions. Two teams that won American Athletic Conference championships in the 2022-23 academic year earned their respective sport’s Team Academic Excellence Award (Memphis women’s soccer, Houston women’s swimming and diving).
East Carolina’s baseball team won the Team Academic Excellence Award for the eighth consecutive year.
2022-23 American Athletic Conference Team Academic Excellence Awards
| Baseball |
East Carolina |
| Men’s Basketball |
Cincinnati |
| Women’s Basketball |
Cincinnati |
| Men’s Cross Country |
Cincinnati |
| Women’s Cross Country |
SMU |
| Football |
Cincinnati |
| Men’s Golf |
Wichita State |
| Women’s Golf |
East Carolina |
| Women’s Lacrosse |
Cincinnati |
| Women’s Rowing |
UCF |
| Men’s Soccer |
UCF |
| Women’s Soccer |
Memphis |
| Softball |
Wichita State |
| Men’s Swimming and Diving |
Cincinnati |
| Women’s Swimming and Diving |
Houston |
| Men’s Tennis |
South Florida |
| Women’s Tennis |
Cincinnati |
| Men’s Indoor Track and Field |
Tulsa |
| Women’s Indoor Track and Field |
Tulsa |
| Men’s Outdoor Track and Field |
Tulsa |
| Women’s Outdoor Track and Field |
Tulsa |
| Women’s Volleyball |
Memphis |