General 6/25/2024 9:22:00 AM United East Announces 2023-24 Team Academic Awards LATHAM, N.Y. - The United East is proud to announce the Team Academic Awards for 2023-24 academic year. This is the second year that the league will be awarding these acknowledgements. Each United East-sponsored program that achieved a team grade point average (GPA) of 3.25 or higher during this academic year will be acknowledged. This year, 109 teams from all seventeen core members of the United East, as well as affiliates in track & field and men’s golf, earned this distinction. Lancaster Bible College led all members with twelve programs collecting Team Academic Honors, while Clarks Summit University men’s cross country topped all teams with a 3.95 GPA. All twenty sponsored sports had at least one team earn the award: including fourteen out of fifteen women’s cross country teams earning the award (the highest rate amongst all sports). Each team that has earned this recognition, separated by school, is listed below. Highest GPA's within each sport are marked with an askerisk (*). Bryn Athyn College Team GPA Men's Cross Country 3.588 Women's Cross Country 3.409 Women's Soccer 3.433 Women's Tennis 3.344 Cairn University Team GPA Men's Cross Country 3.505 Women's Cross Country 3.7 Men's Soccer 3.475* Women's Soccer 3.275 Women's Volleyball 3.44 Men's Basketball 3.28 Women's Tennis 3.465 Men's Tennis 3.54* Softball 3.305 Carlow University Team GPA Women's Indoor Track & Field 3.398 Men's Indoor Track & Field 3.313* Women's Outdoor Track & Field 3.398 Men's Outdoor Track & Field 3.313* Cedar Crest College Team GPA Women's Cross Country 3.3248 Women's Soccer 3.3424 Women's Volleyball 3.4918 Field Hockey 3.3167 Women's Tennis 3.5254 Women's Lacrosse 3.3263 Softball 3.5384 Clarks Summit University Team GPA Men's Cross Country 3.95* Women's Cross Country 3.65 Women's Soccer 3.551 Women's Volleyball 3.36 Women's Basketball 3.64* Men's Golf 3.38 Men's Tennis 3.402 Gallaudet University Team GPA Women's Cross Country 3.408 Women's Volleyball 3.615 Women's Basketball 3.521 Men's Basketball 3.318* Keystone College Team GPA Field Hockey 3.463 Women's Volleyball 3.253 Lancaster Bible College Team GPA Men's Cross Country 3.359 Women's Cross Country 3.6 Men's Soccer 3.286 Women's Soccer 3.745* Women's Volleyball 3.616 Field Hockey 3.761* Women's Basketball 3.453 Women's Indoor Track & Field 3.457* Women's Tennis 3.351 Men's Golf 3.457 Softball 3.575* Women's Outdoor Track & Field 3.518* Notre Dame of Maryland University Team GPA Women's Cross Country 3.5536 Women's Soccer 3.597 Women's Volleyball 3.271 Women's Basketball 3.3159 Women's Lacrosse 3.47* Penn College Team GPA Men's Cross Country 3.6022 Women's Cross Country 3.525 Men's Soccer 3.3509 Women's Soccer 3.3721 Women's Volleyball 3.4017 Women's Basketball 3.5275 Men's Golf 3.3491 Women's Tennis 3.486 Men's Tennis 3.3867 Softball 3.3288 Penn State Abington Team GPA Women's Cross Country 3.62 Men's Golf 3.55 Men's Tennis 3.43 Softball 3.28 Penn State Berks Team GPA Men's Cross Country 3.265 Women's Cross Country 3.25 Women's Volleyball 3.334 Women's Basketball 3.33 Men's Tennis 3.385 Women's Tennis 3.35 Men's Golf 3.605* Softball 3.315 Penn State Behrend Team GPA Women's Indoor Track & Field 3.434 Women's Outdoor Track & Field 3.434 Penn State Harrisburg Team GPA Women's Cross Country 3.2948 Women's Soccer 3.4671 Women's Volleyball 3.2874 Women's Basketball 3.3138 Men's Tennis 3.3209 Women's Tennis 3.3162 Men's Golf 3.3766 Softball 3.3788 Baseball 3.3205* Pratt Institute Team GPA Men's Volleyball 3.365* Rosemont College Team GPA Women's Cross Country 3.724* Women's Soccer 3.466 Women's Volleyball 3.326 Softball 3.487 Saint Elizabeth University Team GPA Women's Volleyball 3.452 Softball 3.392 St. Mary's College of Maryland Team GPA Men's Cross Country 3.2871 Women's Cross Country 3.3953 Women's Soccer 3.4055 Women's Volleyball 3.6176* Women's Basketball 3.315 Women's Indoor Track & Field 3.4578* Women's Tennis 3.6193* Men's Lacrosse 3.3225* Women's Lacrosse 3.4481 Women's Outdoor Track & Field 3.3697 University of Valley Forge Team GPA Women's Cross Country 3.4 Women's Soccer 3.4 Women's Volleyball 3.4 Baseball 3.25 Wilson College Team GPA Men's Soccer 3.327 Women's Soccer 3.605 Field Hockey 3.335 Women's Lacrosse 3.442 Softball 3.275 FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram - gounitedeast | Twitter - @GoUnitedEast * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The United East boasts 17 NCAA Division III full member institutions which include: Bryn Athyn College, Cairn University, Cedar Crest College, Clarks Summit University, Gallaudet University, Keystone College, Lancaster Bible College, Notre Dame of Maryland University, Penn College, Penn State Abington, Penn State Berks, Penn State Harrisburg, Rosemont College, Saint Elizabeth University, St. Mary's College of Maryland, University of Valley Forge, and Wilson College. For more information, please visit gounitedeast.com.