WASHINGTON – Georgetown University placed 425 student-athletes from 22 different sports on the 2023-24 BIG EAST All-Academic Team, when the conference announced the honors on Monday. The Hoyas garnered the most honorees in the league for the second-straight season.
 
More than 3,100 BIG EAST student-athletes were selected from the 11 member institutions, along with six affiliate members. The 425 student-athletes selected from Georgetown led the conference with Villanova in second at 390. UConn and Xavier rounded out the top four programs with 288 and 279 honorees, respectively. Affiliate student-athletes made up 189 of the honorees.
 
Men's lacrosse led all Hoya programs with 47 student-athletes selected, while baseball was second with 41 honorees. Women's lacrosse had 37 student-athletes recognized, while women's track & field/cross country boasted 35. Women's soccer had 31 and both women's swimming & diving and men's track & field/cross country rounded out top squads at 30.
 
Nominations for the All-Academic Team are submitted by each of the BIG EAST's 11 member schools 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. There were 3,150 honorees for the 2023-24 academic year.