Big East News Articles

Villanova Athletics held their first ever student-athlete internship panel comprising students from all four colleges and across all sports

SAAC Spotlight - Cincinnati's Amanda Hardewig

SAAC Spotlight - Louisville's Kevin Bandy

The winners were chosen based on the 2011-12 grade-point average of each student-athlete who appeared on an institution’s roster as of the last contest of the championship segment in each conference-sponsored sport.

The Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Awards are given to one student-athlete in each BIG EAST-sponsored sport based on academic credentials, athletic accolades or performances and volunteer service to the community.

The awards are given each year to teams with APRs in the top 10 percent in their respective sports. A total of 263 schools, out of 347 Division I colleges and universities, placed at least one team on the top APR list, including 15 of the 16 BIG EAST schools.

Rutgers' Benjamin Forrest and Notre Dame's Allison Schroeder to receive $5,000 scholarships in recognition of outstanding leadership, academics, athletic performance and community service.

Kulla receives a $4,000 scholarship, which may be applied to graduate or professional studies. Conference also announces the female winners of the 2011-12 American Eagle Outfitters BIG EAST Institutional Scholar-Athlete Scholarships.

University of Notre Dame tennis player Tyler Davis and Rutgers University tennis player Amy Zhang have been chosen as the first winners of the American Eagle Outfitters Michael Tranghese Postgraduate Leadership Award, as chosen by the BIG EAST Conference Academic Affairs Committee.

National STUDENT-Athlete Day, a program of the National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS), has been celebrated annually on April 6 since 1987.

Sixteen student-athletes – one from each BIG EAST institution – have been awarded $2,000 scholarships as the winners of the 2010-11 American Eagle Outfitters BIG EAST Institutional Female Scholar-Athlete Awards. The selections were made by the conference’s Academic Affairs Committee

The BIG EAST Conference has announced the names of more than 3,100 student-athletes who have been selected to the 2009-10 BIG EAST All-Academic Team.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The NCAA has recognized 70 teams from 14 BIG EAST institutions for their commitment to academic progress and student-athlete retention as part of the 2010 NCAA Division I Academic Performance Program.

Sixteen student-athletes – one from each BIG EAST institution – have been awarded $2,000 scholarships as the winners of the 2010-11 American Eagle Outfitters BIG EAST Institutional Female Scholar-Athlete Awards. The selections were made by the conference’s Academic Affairs Committee

The winners were chosen based on the 2010-11 grade-point average of each student-athlete who appeared on an institution’s roster as of the last contest of the championship segment in each conference-sponsored sport.

St. John’s SAAC hosted a Student Development Orientation for all incoming freshmen