Commodores place 24 on BIG EAST All-Academic Team

July 30, 2015

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Vanderbilt is a member of the BIG EAST Conference in just one sport. But when the league announced its 2014-15 All-Academic Team on Thursday, the Commodore women’s lacrosse team had a huge presence.

Vanderbilt had 24 players make the BIG EAST All-Academic Team, contributing to more than 2,000 student-athletes across 22 sports at 17 institutions that were honored.

Nominations for the All-Academic Team are submitted by each of the BIG EAST’s 10 member and seven 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. There are 2,197 honorees for the 2014-15 academic year  100 more than were honored in 2013-14  with Georgetown leading all schools with 286 student-athletes recognized.

BIG EAST All-Academic Team  Vanderbilt Lacrosse