DePaul University Athletics
Women's Cross Country Tops Conference USA Academics
8/17/2005 12:00:00 AM | CROSS COUNTRY
The Institutional Excellence Award is given to the C-USA institution with the highest grade point average during the current academic year for all student-athletes in conference sponsored sports.
The Sport Academic Award is given to the team in each conference-sponsored sport with the highest grade point average for the current academic year. DePaul's women's cross country team compiled the highest average of all conference sports with a 3.68 GPA.
DePaul moved into the BIG EAST Conference on July 1, 2005.
Following is a list of the Sports Academic award honorees:
| Sport | University | GPA |
| Baseball | Saint Louis | 3.14 |
| Men's Basketball | Louisville | 2.66 |
| Women's Basketball | DePaul | 3.22 |
| Men's Cross Country | Saint Louis | 3.50 |
| Women's Cross Country | DePaul | 3.68 |
| Football | Cincinnati | 2.60 |
| Men's Golf | Charlotte | 3.37 |
| Women's Golf | Louisville | 3.59 |
| Men's Soccer | DePaul | 3.13 |
| Women's Soccer | Saint Louis | 3.54 |
| Softball | Saint Louis | 3.54 |
| Women's Swimming | Saint Louis | 3.52 |
| Men's Tennis | Southern Miss | 3.24 |
| Women's Tennis | Memphis | 3.45 |
| Men's Track & Field | Marquette | 3.16 |
| Women's Track & Field | Marquette | 3.33 |
| Volleyball | Memphis | 3.45 |