Nearly 90 Percent of Student-Athletes Named to BIG EAST All-Academic Team
8/3/2020 12:05:00 PM | Baseball, General, Men's Basketball, Men's Cross Country, Men's Golf, Men's Soccer, Men's Swimming and Diving, Softball, Women's Basketball, Women's Cross Country, Women's Golf, Women's Soccer, Women's Swimming and Diving, Women's Tennis, Women's Volleyball, H.A.L.L. Program
NEW YORK - Seton Hall student-athletes posted incredible grades in 2019-20, and the BIG EAST Conference has recognized the success by placing 229 Pirates on its All-Academic team for recording a grade point average of 3.0 and above, the league announced Monday. This number represents 88 percent of the Seton Hall student-athlete population.
Nominations for the All-Academic Team are submitted by each of the BIG EAST's 10 member and six affiliate institutions. To be eligible for the honor, a nominee must have competed in a BIG EAST-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.
The nominations are reviewed and approved by the BIG EAST Academic Affairs Committee.
Student-athlete academic success at Seton Hall is at an all-time high with the department currently boasting a record-high cumulative GPA of 3.464. Student-athletes combined to deliver a 3.508 GPA during the 2019-20 academic year and a 3.593 GPA in the Spring 2020 semester alone. All 14 varsity programs concluded 2019-20 with cumulative, year and semester GPAs above 3.0, and 157 student-athletes made the Spring 2020 Seton Hall Dean's List for having a GPA of 3.4 or higher.
