LATHAM, N.Y. - The United East is proud to announce the Team Academic Awards for 2025-26 academic year.  This is the fourth 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 season, 104 teams across the United East earned this honor. Lancaster Bible College, Penn State Harrisburg and St. Mary's College of Maryland led all members with 13 programs collecting Team Academic Honors. They were followed by the University of Valley Forge which earned nine honors.  

Cairn University's Women's Cross Country team earned the highest single team GPA, recording a 3.86. On the men's side, Penn State Berks Men's Tennis record the highest GPA with a mark of 3.81. Everyone of United East sponsored sports had at least one team earn the award.

Each team that has earned this recognition, separated by school, is listed below.  Highest GPA's within each sport are marked with an askerisk (*).
 

Cairn University
Men's Lacrosse	3.31
Men's Tennis	3.45
Men's Volleyball*	3.61
Women's Cross Country*	3.86
Women's Flag Football*	3.71
Women's Soccer	3.66
Women's Volleyball	3.61
Cedar Crest College
Field Hockey	3.60
Softball	3.57
Women's Basketball	3.71
Women's Tennis	3.28
Gallaudet University
Men's Cross Country	3.38
Men's Volleyball	3.52
Women's Basketball	3.47
Women's Cross Country	3.33
Women's Volleyball	3.25
Gallaudet University
Men's Cross Country	3.38
Men's Volleyball	3.52
Women's Basketball	3.47
Women's Cross Country	3.33
Women's Volleyball	3.25
Keystone College
Softball	3.34
Lancaster Bible College
Baseball*	3.41
Field Hockey	3.61
Men's Cross Country	3.34
Men's Golf	3.51
Men's Soccer	3.32
Softball*	3.74
Women's Basketball*	3.79
Women's Cross Country	3.44
Women's Indoor Track & Field*	3.52
Women's Outdoor Track & Field*	3.57
Women's Soccer	3.55
Women's Tennis*	3.77
Women's Volleyball	3.46
Notre Dame of Maryland University
Men's Soccer*	3.53
Women's Lacrosse	3.52
Women's Soccer	3.49
Women's Tennis	3.37
Women's Volleyball	3.43
Penn College of Technology
Men's Cross Country	3.45
Men's Golf	3.36
Men's Tennis	3.26
Softball	3.36
Women's Basketball	3.53
Women's Cross Country	3.51
Women's Soccer	3.60
Women's Tennis	3.27
Penn State Abington
Men's Cross Country	3.40
Men's Tennis	3.56
Softball	3.58
Women's Cross Country	3.57
Women's Soccer	3.47
Women's Tennis	3.42
Penn State Berks
Men's Golf	3.40
Men's Tennis*	3.81
Women's Basketball	3.36
Women's Cross Country	3.39
Women's Soccer	3.41
Women's Tennis	3.40
Penn State Brandywine
Men's Golf*	3.55
Softball	3.53
Women's Cross Country	3.66
Women's Tennis	3.56
Women's Volleyball	3.53
Penn State Harrisburg
Baseball	3.39
Men's Cross Country*	3.46
Men's Golf	3.31
Men's Indoor Track & Field*	3.28
Men's Outdoor Track & Field*	3.31
Men's Tennis	3.31
Softball	3.62
Women's Basketball	3.57
Women's Cross Country	3.45
Women's Indoor Track & Field	3.50
Women's Outdoor Track & Field	3.50
Women's Soccer	3.36
Women's Volleyball*	3.70
Rosemont College
Baseball	3.38
Men's Basketball*	3.32
Women's Volleyball	3.26
St. Mary's College of Maryland
Baseball	3.25
Field Hockey*	3.64
Men's Lacrosse*	3.32
Men's Soccer	3.27
Men's Tennis	3.58
Women's Basketball	3.37
Women's Cross Country	3.61
Women's Indoor Track & Field	3.45
Women's Lacrosse*	3.57
Women's Outdoor Track & Field	3.45
Women's Soccer	3.40
Women's Tennis	3.54
Women's Volleyball	3.61
University of Valley Forge
Baseball	3.31
Men's Cross Country	3.32
Men's Soccer	3.30
Men's Volleyball	3.37
Softball	3.38
Women's Cross Country	3.62
Women's Outdoor Track & Field	3.46
Women's Soccer	3.38
Women's Volleyball	3.38
Wilson College
Field Hockey*	3.64
Men's Golf	3.26
Men's Soccer	3.38
Men's Volleyball	3.28
Women's Lacrosse	3.52
Women's Soccer	3.47