NEW YORK – A league-high four Creighton teams were among the 22 teams recognized with 2021-22 Team Academic Excellence Awards for compiling the highest collective grade-point averages in each BIG EAST sport.
The winners were chosen based on the 2021-22 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.
The CU sports that were honored were the Bluejay teams in women's basketball, men's cross country, women's cross country and volleyball.
Jim Flanery's women's basketball team owned a 3.