Football & Men’s XC Earn American Team Academic Excellence Award

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The University of Cincinnati football and men's cross country teams were recognized Tuesday as 2016-17 American Athletic Conference Team Academic Excellence Award winners, Commissioner Mike Aresco announced. 

The Bearcats football team won the award for the second-straight year.
 
Teams are recognized for having the highest collective grade-point averages in their respective sport. The selections are made by the conference's Academic Affairs Committee. The winners were chosen based on the 2016-17 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 American will announce its 2016-17 Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Award winners Wednesday and will announce the 2016-17 All-Academic Team Thursday.
 
// 2016-17 AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE TEAM ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARDS
Baseball: East Carolina
Men's Basketball: Temple
Women's Basketball: USF
Men's Cross Country: Cincinnati
Women's Cross Country: Temple
Football: Cincinnati
Men's Golf: Memphis
Women's Golf: East Carolina
Women's Rowing: SMU
Men's Soccer: Memphis
Women's Soccer: Memphis
Softball: Houston
Men's Swimming and Diving: SMU
Women's Swimming and Diving: SMU
Men's Tennis: Temple
Women's Tennis: Memphis
Men's Indoor Track and Field: Tulsa
Women's Indoor Track and Field: Tulane
Men's Outdoor Track and Field: Tulsa
Women's Outdoor Track and Field: Tulane
Women's Volleyball: UCF