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Team Academic Excellence Winners Announced for 2023-24

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Bentley with League-High Five Programs Recognized.

MANSFIELD, Mass. – Bentley highlighted the Northeast-10 Conference's release of its Team Academic Excellence Award winners for the 2023-24 season, recognizing the NE10 programs with the highest team GPA in each sport. The announcement was made by the league office on Tuesday morning. 
 

A remarkable 204 of 242 NE10 programs, or 84.3%, earned a GPA of 3.0 or higher during the past year. Five schools - Adelphi, Bentley, Pace, Saint Rose and Southern New Hampshire - had all of their teams over a 3.0 GPA. In total, 22 sports are honored, with indoor and outdoor track & field combined due to the same roster of student-athletes competing in both seasons. The NE10 sponsors 24 sports overall. 
 

To see the complete list of honorees, please see below. 
 

The NE10's full membership posted an overall GPA of 3.197 for the 2023-24 season. When the conference's five associate members are added (Mercy, Molloy, Post, STAC, Staten Island), it increases to a 3.202 GPA. Among the 12 full member institutions, 11 of them had a student-athlete GPA for the year of 3.0 or better. 
 

Overall, there were 117 teams that achieved a 3.3 GPA or higher, while 51 teams posted a 3.5 GPA or better. 
 

Six different institutions had multiple teams honored, including Bentley which earned a league-high five selections for the Team Academic Excellence Award. Adelphi was second with four honorees, SNHU had three teams and AIC, Pace and Saint Rose each had two. 
 

For the second-straight year, Adelphi men's tennis had the single-highest GPA of all NE10 teams with a 3.959. Among all honorees were two NE10 champions in Adelphi men's and women's tennis. 
 

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ABOUT THE NE10
The NE10 is an association of 11 diverse institutions serving student-athletes across 24 NCAA Division II sports. Together we build brilliant futures by embracing the journey of every student-athlete.
 

Each year, 4,500 of those student-athletes compete in conference championships in 24 sports, making the NE10 the largest DII conference in the country in terms of sport sponsorship. Leading the way in the classroom, on the field and within the community, the NE10 is proud of its comprehensive program and the experience it provides student-athletes.