COLONIA, N.J. – The East Coast Conference Academic Team of Excellence Awards for the 2025-26 academic year were announced on Wednesday. The ECC Academic Team of Excellence Award is presented to the team with the highest cumulative grade point average in their respective sport.
Molloy earned a conference-high six honors, taking home the ECC Academic Team of Excellence Award for men’s cross country, men’s lacrosse, men’s outdoor track and field, women’s outdoor track and field, softball, and women’s volleyball. Mercy was honored five times, followed by Roberts Wesleyan with three nods and District of Columbia, Georgian Court, and St. Thomas Aquinas with two each.
There were 11 repeat winners of the award. Mercy men’s soccer wins it for a conference-leading seventh consecutive year while District of Columbia men’s and women’s tennis earn their fifth consecutive accolades.
117 of the conference’s reported 141 teams (83 percent) 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 (3.92), while the Firebird men had the highest of any men's team (3.81).
100 percent of the ECC's reported Esports, men’s soccer, men’s tennis, men’s volleyball, women’s cross country, women’s lacrosse, women’s soccer, softball, and women’s tennis programs achieved a 3.0 team GPA or higher.
Additionally, four teams saw each member of their squad earn a 3.25 GPA or higher in the District of Columbia men’s and women’s tennis teams, D’Youville women’s tennis team, and Molloy softball team.
Molloy men’s lacrosse, Roberts Wesleyan women’s cross country, Mercy women’s lacrosse, and Roberts Wesleyan women’s soccer won both the 2025-26 ECC Academic Team of Excellence Award and the 2025-26 ECC Championship in their respective sports.
2025-26 ECC Academic Team of Excellence Award Recipients
Baseball: Mercy
Esports: Roberts Wesleyan
Men’s Basketball: Mercy
Men’s Cross Country: Molloy (2)
Men’s Lacrosse: Molloy
Men’s Indoor Track and Field: Georgian Court (2)
Men’s Outdoor Track and Field: Molloy (2)
Men’s Soccer: Mercy (7)
Men’s Tennis: District of Columbia (5)
Men’s Volleyball: St. Thomas Aquinas (2)
Women’s Basketball: Mercy
Women’s Bowling: St. Thomas Aquinas
Women’s Cross Country: Roberts Wesleyan (3)
Women’s Lacrosse: Mercy (4)
Women’s Indoor Track and Field: Georgian Court (2)
Women’s Outdoor Track and Field: Molloy
Women’s Soccer: Roberts Wesleyan
Softball: Molloy (3)
Women’s Tennis: District of Columbia (5)
Women’s Volleyball: Molloy
Number in parenthesis denotes consecutive number of years won by school
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Previous Academic Team of Excellence Award Winners
2024-25
2023-24
2022-23
2021-22