IRVING, Texas – Commissioner Tim Pernetti has announced the names of the 3,532 student-athletes who have been selected to the 2023-24 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team as well as the winners of The American’s Team Academic Excellence Awards.
Nominations for the All-Academic Team are submitted by each of the American Athletic Conference’s member institutions. 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.
The 3,532 All-Academic selections shatters the previous conference record of 3,299 selections from the 2019-20 season.
“Congratulations to all of our remarkable student-athletes who earned their place on the American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team,” said Pernetti. “Our conference and its elite university membership keeps the true mission of education through sport in focus and emphasizes the balance of competing at the highest level in the classroom and in sport. We are so proud to have a record number of All-Academic selections, which is a testament to the hard work and dedication of our exceptional student-athletes.”
The Team Academic Excellence Award winners were chosen based on the 2023-24 grade-point average of each student-athlete who appeared on an institution’s roster at the end of the academic year.
Rice had five teams earn Team Academic Excellence Awards in 2023-24 to lead all American Athletic Conference institutions. Two teams that won American Athletic Conference championships in the 2023-24 academic year earned their respective sport’s Team Academic Excellence Award – East Carolina’s baseball team won The American’s regular-season title, Charlotte’s softball team was the conference’s regular-season and tournament championships.
East Carolina’s baseball team won the Team Academic Excellence Award for a conference-record ninth consecutive year.
2023-24 American Athletic Conference Team Academic Excellence Awards
| Baseball | East Carolina |
| Men’s Basketball | Wichita State |
| Women’s Basketball | Charlotte |
| Men’s Cross Country | Temple |
| Women’s Cross Country | SMU |
| Football | Rice |
| Men’s Golf | Rice |
| Women’s Golf | East Carolina |
| Women’s Lacrosse | Temple |
| Women’s Rowing | Tulsa |
| Men’s Soccer | Tulsa |
| Women’s Soccer | Charlotte |
| Softball | Charlotte |
| Women’s Swimming and Diving | North Texas |
| 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 | North Texas |
| Women’s Outdoor Track and Field | Rice |
| Women’s Volleyball | Charlotte |
Team Academic Excellence Awards
The American Athletic Conference annually recognizes in the team in each conference-sponsored sport with the highest grade-point average from the preceding academic year. Calculations are based on all student-athletes on the team roster as of the last contest of the championship segment.
Baseball
2013-14 Cincinnati
2014-15 Cincinnati
2015-16 East Carolina
2016-17 East Carolina
2017-18 East Carolina
2018-19 East Carolina
2019-20 East Carolina
2020-21 East Carolina
2021-22 East Carolina
2022-23 East Carolina
2023-24 East Carolina
Men’s Basketball
2013-14 Louisville
2014-15 UCF
2015-16 Temple
2016-17 Temple
2017-18 Tulane
2018-19 East Carolina
2019-20 Tulane
2020-21 Tulane
2021-22 Cincinnati
2022-23 Cincinnati
2023-24 Wichita State
Women’s Basketball
2013-14 UCF
2014-15 UConn
2015-16 UConn
2016-17 USF
2017-18 USF
2018-19 SMU
2019-20 Cincinnati
2020-21 Tulsa
2021-22 Cincinnati
2022-23 Cincinnati
2023-24 Charlotte
Men’s Cross Country
2013-14 Rutgers
2014-15 Memphis
2015-16 Tulsa
2016-17 Cincinnati
2017-18 Cincinnati
2018-19 Temple
2019-20 Cincinnati, USF
2020-21 Temple
2021-22 Cincinnati
2022-23 Cincinnati
2023-24 Temple
Women’s Cross Country
2013-14 Memphis
2014-15 Memphis
2015-16 Memphis
2016-17 Temple
2017-18 Memphis
2018-19 Temple
2019-20 Memphis, SMU
2020-21 SMU
2021-22 SMU
2022-23 SMU
2023-24 SMU
Football
2013-14 UCF
2014-15 UCF
2015-16 Cincinnati
2016-17 Cincinnati
2017-18 Cincinnati
2018-19 Cincinnati
2019-20 Cincinnati
2020-21 Houston
2021-22 Cincinnati
2022-23 Cincinnati
2023-24 Rice
Men’s Golf
2013-14 Memphis
2014-15 Memphis
2015-16 UCF
2016-17 Memphis
2017-18 Memphis
2018-19 Memphis
2019-20 Wichita State
2020-21 Wichita State
2021-22 Wichita State
2022-23 Wichita State
2023-24 Rice
Women’s Golf
2013-14 Louisville
2014-15 Memphis
2015-16 East Carolina
2016-17 East Carolina
2017-18 East Carolina
2018-19 East Carolina
2019-20 Cincinnati
2020-21 Cincinnati
2021-22 South Florida
2022-23 East Carolina
2023-24 East Carolina
Women’s Lacrosse
2018-19 Cincinnati
2019-20 Temple
2020-21 Cincinnati, Temple
2021-22 Cincinnati
2022-23 Cincinnati
2023-24 Temple
Women’s Rowing
2013-14 Louisville
2014-15 Temple
2015-16 Tulsa
2016-17 SMU
2017-18 Tulsa
2018-19 UCF
2019-20 UCF
2020-21 Temple
2021-22 Temple
2022-23 UCF
2023-24 Tulsa
Men’s Soccer
2013-14 Temple
2014-15 SMU
2015-16 SMU
2016-17 Memphis
2017-18 Memphis
2018-19 Memphis
2019-20 SMU
2020-21 Tulsa
2021-22 Tulsa
2022-23 UCF
2023-24 Tulsa
Women’s Soccer
2013-14 Memphis
2014-15 Memphis
2015-16 Memphis
2016-17 Memphis
2017-18 Memphis
2018-19 Cincinnati
2019-20 Memphis
2020-21 Cincinnati
2021-22 Memphis
2022-23 Memphis
2023-24 Charlotte
Softball
2013-14 Houston
2014-15 UCF
2015-16 USF
2016-17 Houston
2017-18 Houston
2018-19 USF
2019-20 UCF
2020-21 UCF, Houston, Tulsa
2021-22 UCF
2022-23 Wichita State
2023-24 Charlotte
Women’s Swimming and Diving
2013-14 SMU
2014-15 Tulane
2015-16 Cincinnati
2016-17 SMU
2017-18 SMU
2018-19 Cincinnati
2019-20 Tulane
2020-21 Cincinnati
2021-22 Cincinnati
2022-23 Houston
2023-24 North Texas
Men’s Tennis
2013-14 Temple
2014-15 USF
2015-16 Memphis
2016-17 Temple
2017-18 UCF
2018-19 East Carolina
2019-20 East Carolina
2020-21 Tulsa
2021-22 Tulsa
2022-23 South Florida
2023-24 UAB
Women’s Tennis
2013-14 Memphis
2014-15 Cincinnati
2015-16 UCF
2016-17 Memphis
2017-18 East Carolina
2018-19 Cincinnati
2019-20 Cincinnati
2020-21 Cincinnati
2021-22 Cincinnati
2022-23 Cincinnati
2023-24 East Carolina
Men’s Indoor Track and Field
2013-14 Louisville
2014-15 Tulsa
2015-16 Cincinnati, Tulsa
2016-17 Tulsa
2017-18 Memphis
2018-19 Tulsa
2019-20 Wichita State
2020-21 Tulsa
2021-22 Cincinnati
2022-23 Tulsa
2023-24 Rice
Women’s Indoor Track and Field
2013-14 Memphis
2014-15 USF
2015-16 Memphis
2016-17 Tulsa
2017-18 Tulane
2018-19 Tulane
2019-20 Tulane
2020-21 Tulane
2021-22 Tulsa
2022-23 Tulsa
2023-24 Rice
Men’s Outdoor Track and Field
2013-14 Rutgers
2014-15 Tulsa
2015-16 Cincinnati, Tulsa
2016-17 Tulsa
2017-18 Memphis
2018-19 Tulsa
2019-20 Wichita State
2020-21 Tulsa
2021-22 Cincinnati
2022-23 Tulsa
2023-24 North Texas
Women’s Outdoor Track and Field
2013-14 Memphis
2014-15 Tulane
2015-16 Memphis
2016-17 Tulane
2017-18 Tulane
2018-19 Tulane
2019-20 Tulane
2020-21 Tulane
2021-22 Tulsa
2022-23 Tulsa
2023-24 Rice
Women’s Volleyball
2013-14 Louisville
2014-15 Temple
2015-16 Temple
2016-17 UCF
2017-18 Wichita State
2018-19 UCF
2019-20 UCF
2020-21 Tulsa
2021-22 Memphis
2022-23 Memphis
2023-24 Charlotte
