Four Institutions Highlight Fall Team Academic Awards
LANCASTER, Pa. - The Atlantic East Conference announced its first academic awards of the 2019-20 academic year on Friday afternoon, releasing the winning squads for the Fall Team Academic Awards.
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, WGOLF, MT&F, WT&F, MTEN, WTEN): Spring Semester Grades
With the Fall semester wrapped up and grades officially in, the Fall winners have been announced. Gwynedd Mercy University earned three of the six honors in field hockey, women's cross country and men's soccer, while Cabrini University, Immaculata University and Neumann University split the other three sports. This is the second-straight year the Griffins earned the Field Hockey Team Academic Award, as well as the Mighty Macs winning the Women's Soccer Team Academic Award.
The Winter and Spring Team Academic awards will be announced following the Spring semester.
For the full list of winners since 2018, click
here.
Check out the winners for the Fall sports below...
FALL TEAM ACADEMIC AWARD WINNERS:
- Field Hockey: Gwynedd Mercy, 3.5 GPA
- Men's Cross Country: Cabrini, 3.56 GPA
- Women's Cross Country: Gwynedd Mercy, 3.65 GPA
- Men's Soccer: Gwynedd Mercy, 3.14 GPA
- Women's Soccer: Immaculata, 3.58 GPA
- Women's Volleyball: Neumann, 3.51 GPA