NEW YORK - The BIG EAST Conference has announced the names of more than 2,000 student-athletes who have been selected to the 2016-17 All-Academic Team, and a total of 45 student-athletes from Temple's field hockey and lacrosse teams have earned the honor for the past school year. The Owls are associate members of the conference in both sports.
Nominations for the All-Academic Team are submitted by each of the BIG EAST's 10 member and nine affiliate institutions. To be eligible for the honor, a nominee must have competed in a BIG EAST sponsored sport, attained a minimum grade-point average of 3.