ECU Student-Athletes Earn Academic Accolades

IRVING, Texas – The East Carolina baseball and women's tennis teams have received American Conference Team Academic Excellence Awards for the 2024-25 school year, according to an announcement by the league Wednesday.

The Pirate baseball team earned the honor for an unprecedented tenth-straight season, while the women's tennis program was recognized for the second-consecutive year and third time overall. The award goes to the team with the highest annual grade point average in each sport the conference sponsors.

In addition to the baseball and women's tennis teams' recognition, a university-best 324 Pirate student-athletes were named to the 2024-25 American All-Academic Team, besting the previous mark of 314 at the end of the 2020-21 academic year. To be eligible for the honor, a nominee must have competed in an American Athletic Conference-sponsored sport, attained a minimum grade-point average of 3.00 for the preceding academic year, and completed a minimum of two consecutive semesters or three consecutive quarters of academic work, with a total of 18 semester or 27 quarter credits, not including remedial courses.

On the heels of their fourth American Conference Tournament title and seventh-straight NCAA Regional appearance, the baseball team compiled a 3.72 cumulative grade point average in 2024-25 and has registered at 3.41 or higher GPA for the past eight academic cycles including a program-best this academic year. The previous watermark was set in 2020-21 with a 3.64 GPA. All 43-baseball student-athletes earned a spot on the All-Academic Team.

The women's tennis team registered a 3.82 cumulative mark as a group with nine of its 10 members earning inclusion on the All-Academic Team.

For the second year in a row, 10 Pirate squads put at least 80 percent of its roster on the American All-Academic team including baseball (43 of 43/100 percent), lacrosse (32 of 32/100 percent), men's golf (9 of 9/100 percent), women's golf (10 of 10/100 percent), swimming and diving (26 of 28/92.9 percent), women's tennis (9 of 10/90 percent), softball (20 of 23/87 percent), volleyball (16 of 19/84.2 percent), men's cross country (10 of 12/83.3 percent) and women's basketball (12 of 15/80 percent).

Nominations for the All-Academic Team are submitted by each of the American Athletic Conference's member institutions. They are then reviewed and approved by the American Athletic Conference Academic Affairs Committee.

2024-25 AAC Team Academic Excellence Awards
Baseball – East Carolina
Men's Basketball – Charlotte
Women's Basketball – South Florida
Men's Cross Country – Tulsa
Women's Cross Country – Rice
Football – Memphis
Men's Golf – Rice
Women's Golf – North Texas
Women's Lacrosse – South Florida
Women's Rowing – Tulsa
Men's Soccer – UAB
Women's Soccer – Memphis
Softball – Florida Atlantic
Women's Swimming and Diving – Rice
Men's Tennis – UAB
Women's Tennis – East Carolina
Men's Indoor Track and Field – Rice
Women's Indoor Track and Field – Rice
Men's Outdoor Track and Field – Rice
Women's Outdoor Track and Field – Rice
Women's Volleyball – Rice

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