July 11, 2008

IRVING, TEXAS - - The University of Memphis women's cross country and volleyball teams received Conference USA Sport Academic Awards it was announced by the league office, Friday.

The Sport Academic Award is given to the team with the highest grade point average in its respective sport for the 2007-08 academic school year. The Memphis women's corss country team posted the highest annual team GPA of any sport with a 3.713. The volleyball team was honored for having a team GPA of 3.580, the highest GPA of all 12 C-USA volleyball programs.

Following is a list of all the Sport Academic award honorees:

Sport  				Recipient			GPA
Baseball			UAB				3.060
Men's Basketball		East Carolina			2.781
Women's Basketball		Rice				3.153
Men's Cross Country		Houston			        3.500
Women's Cross Country	        Memphis			        3.713
Football			Rice				2.786
Men's Golf			East Carolina			3.506
Women's Golf			Marshall			3.650
Men's Soccer			Tulsa				2.990
Women's Soccer		        Colorado College		3.344
Softball			East Carolina			3.257
Women's Swimming		Rice				3.266
Men's Tennis			East Carolina			3.692
Women's Tennis		        Rice				3.556
Men's Track and Field		Rice				3.148
Women's Track and Field	        Tulsa			 	3.290
Volleyball			Memphis			        3.580