PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Commissioner Mike Aresco has announced the 21 teams that have been recognized with 2015-16 Team Academic Excellence Awards for having the highest collective grade-point averages in each conference sport. Temple men's basketball finished the year with the highest GPA among the conference's 11 teams.
The selections are made by the conference's Academic Affairs Committee. The winners were chosen based on the 2015-16 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 list of award winners includes six teams that won regular-season or conference championship titles in 2015-16, including both of last year's regular-season champions in basketball.