COLONIA, N.J. – The East Coast Conference Academic Team of Excellence Awards for the 2023-24 academic year were announced on Monday afternoon.

The ECC Academic Team of Excellence Award is presented to the team with the highest cumulative grade point average in their respective sport. Roberts Wesleyan University led the way with six teams winning the honor. Mercy University was the runner-up with five teams honored, while Molloy finished with three and District of Columbia earned two. 

There were seven repeat winners of the award. Mercy men's lacrosse extends the conference's longest streak with their fifth straight honor. Each of the other six repeat winners claimed the award for the third consecutive season. 

80 percent of the conference's teams (118 total) achieved a 3.0 team GPA or higher. UDC's tennis teams led the way with the women holding the highest overall GPA of any ECC team (3.82), while the Firebird men had the highest of any men's team (3.78). 

100 percent of the ECC's men's tennis, men's volleyball, women's lacrosse, women's soccer, softball, women's tennis, women's volleyball, women's bowling, and Esports programs achieved a 3.0 team GPA or higher. 

2023-24 ECC Academic Team of Excellence Award Recipients
Baseball: D'Youville *
Esports: Roberts Wesleyan
Men's Basketball: Molloy *
Men's Cross Country: Daemen
Men's Lacrosse: Mercy *
Men's Indoor Track & Field: Roberts Wesleyan
Men's Outdoor Track & Field: Roberts Wesleyan
Men's Soccer: Mercy *
Men's Tennis: District of Columbia *
Men's Volleyball: Dominican 
Women's Basketball: Mercy
Women's Bowling: St. Thomas Aquinas
Women's Cross Country: Roberts Wesleyan
Women's Lacrosse: Mercy *
Women's Indoor Track & Field: Roberts Wesleyan
Women's Outdoor Track & Field: Roberts Wesleyan
Women's Soccer: Molloy
Softball: Molloy
Women's Tennis: District of Columbia *
Women's Volleyball: Mercy

* repeat winner

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Previous Academic Team of Excellence Award Winners
2022-23