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A graphic to announce the Providence College Women's Swim & Diving Team as a recipient of the 2025-26 BIG EAST Team Academic Excellence Award. The graphic also highlight's the team's 3.736 team GPA.

Women's Swimming And Diving Team Claims BIG EAST Team Academic Excellence Award

7/28/2026 10:00:00 AM | Swimming and Diving

Friars recognized as one of the BIG EAST's top-performing teams in the classroom across each of the league's 22 sponsored sports.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - The BIG EAST Conference announced the recipients of its 2025-26 Team Academic Excellence Awards today [July 28], recognizing the conference's top-performing teams in the classroom across each of its 22 sponsored sports. The Providence College women's swimming and diving team was among the list of honorees. The Friars earned a cumulative team GPA of 3.736 to lead all BIG EAST women's swim and dive programs.

The conference recognized one team in each sport, with the annual awards highlighting the outstanding academic achievements of BIG EAST student-athletes during the 2025-26 academic year.

The awards are presented annually to the team in each conference-sponsored sport that records the highest cumulative grade-point average. Team GPAs are calculated using every student-athlete listed on an institution's official roster at the conclusion of the championship segment in each sport.

A complete list of program's honored are below:

Sport, Institution, GPA
Baseball, St. John's, 3.591
Men's Basketball, Butler, 3.266
Women's Basketball, DePaul and Villanova (tie), 3.528
Men's Cross Country, Seton Hall, 3.811
Women's Cross Country, UConn, 3.810
Men's Indoor Track & Field, Creighton, 3.628
Women's Indoor Track & Field, Butler, 3.690
Men's Outdoor Track & Field, Creighton, 3.628
Women's Outdoor Track & Field, Butler, 3.690
Field Hockey, Georgetown, 3.752
Men's Golf, Xavier, 3.768
Women's Golf, St. John's, 3.887
Men's Lacrosse, St. John's, 3.544
Women's Lacrosse, Villanova, 3.570
Men's Soccer, DePaul, 3.670
Women's Soccer, Butler, 3.788
Softball, Butler, 3.847
Men's Swimming & Diving, Georgetown, 3.657
Women's Swimming & Diving, Providence, 3.736
Men's Tennis, Georgetown, 3.758
Women's Tennis, St. John's, 3.876
Volleyball, St. John's, 3.737

- GO FRIARS! -


 

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