Conference Announces First-Ever Fall Team Academic Winners
LANCASTER, Pa. - Through the first semester of the Atlantic East Conference, there were a lot of athletic awards given out to many deserving student-athletes. But on Wednesday, the conference office announced its first-ever academic awards for the best team grade-point averages for the Fall sports.
The Team Academic Award is awarded to the institution's team that had the top GPA in its respective sport through the semester(s) it played in. The GPA is calculated for each season as follows:
- Fall Season Teams (WSOC, MSOC, WVB, FH, WXC, MXC): Fall Semester Grades
- Winter Season Teams (WBB, MBB, WSWIM, MSWIM): Cumulative of Fall and Spring Semester Grades
- Spring Season Teams (MLAX, WLAX, BB, SB, MGOLF, MT&F, WT&F, MTEN, WTEN): Spring Semester Grades
The first semester is in the books, which means the Fall sports officially have Team Academic winners. With tremendous grades across the board for all institutions, three schools took the top spots in all six Fall sports led by Immaculata with three. Gwynedd Mercy University grabbed two, while Marywood University was named the winner of one.
- Men's Cross Country: Immaculata, 3.52
- Women's Cross Country: Marywood 3.68
- Field Hockey: Gwynedd Mercy, 3.60
- Men's Soccer: Immaculata, 3.12
- Women's Soccer: Immaculata, 3.63
- Women's Volleyball: Gwynedd Mercy, 3.58