PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Commissioner Mike Aresco has announced the names of more than 2,600 student-athletes who have been selected to the 2017-18 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team, which includes 222 from Temple. That number is well up from the 199 honorees the Owls had in 2016-17.
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.