New York, N.Y. -- The BIG EAST Conference recognized 22 teams with the 2018-19 Team Academic Excellence Award for having the highest collective grade-point averages in each conference sport. Three Creighton teams collected the prestigious honor as Women's Basketball, Women's Cross Country and Men's Golf earned the nod for the second consecutive season.
Butler and St. John's tied for the most with four certificates. Creighton and Seton Hall had three. DePaul and Villanova each had a pair of teams earn certificates, while Georgetown and Marquette, and affiliate schools Temple and Denver rounded out the award with one nod apiece.