New York, N.Y. –– A trio of Creighton teams were among the 22 teams recognized with 2022-23 Team Academic Excellence Awards for compiling the highest collective grade-point averages in each BIG EAST sport on Wednesday, Aug. 9.
The winners were chosen based on the 2022-23 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 Creighton sports that were honored were the Bluejay teams in women's basketball, men's cross country and women's golf.
Jim Flanery's women's basketball team owned a 3.