PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Commissioner Mike Aresco has announced the 21 teams that have been recognized with 2014-15 Team Academic Excellence Awards for having the highest collective grade-point averages in each conference sport.

The selections are made by the conference’s Academic Affairs Committee. The winners were chosen based on the 2014-15 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 honored teams includes UConn’s women’s basketball team, which went 38-1 and won its third straight NCAA championship in 2014-15. UConn women’s basketball was one of five American Athletic Conference championship teams to be recognized.

UCF had three teams earn Team Excellence Awards – each of which was a conference champion. The Knights’ football team, which claimed a share of The American title on a Hail Mary pass in its final regular-season game of the year, joined the softball and women’s soccer teams on the list of squads that were recognized. UCF’s softball team won The American’s regular-season and tournament titles, while the women’s soccer team captured the regular-season crown.

USF’s men’s tennis championship team, which won The American title and reached the round of 16 in the NCAA tournament, also was honored with a Team Excellence Award.

Memphis had five of its teams earn the honor to lead all institutions. UCF had three teams chosen.

2014-15 American Athletic Conference Team Academic Excellence Award Winners

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