VILLANOVA, Pa. – The Colonial States Athletic Conference (CSAC) has announced the recipients of the Team Academic Awards for Winter and Spring 2023.  Eligible teams come from the conference's ten core and six associate members institutions during the Spring 2023 semester.

Established prior to the start of the 2013-14 academic year, the CSAC Team Academic Award is given annually to each varsity sports team whose student-athletes, while competing in conference-sponsored sports, achieve the highest combined grade point average. Grade point average calculations correspond with the student-athletes' season of participation during the sport's traditional season. The Spring 2023 Team Academic Awards are based on each team's combined GPA from the Spring 2023 semester only.

Cairn University took home two awards, scoring the top GPA in Women's Basketball with a 3.291 and Softball with a 3.567.

Penn St. Behrend swept the Outdoor Track and Field awards with the men securing a 2.991 GPA and the Women getting a 3.315 GPA. 

Bryn Athyn College took home the top GPA in Men's Lacrosse with a 2.785.

Cedar Crest College Women's Tennis team reached a 3.842, the highest of any team in the Winter/Spring 2023 semester.

Saint Elizabeth College earned the top GPA in Baseball with a 3.388 GPA.
In Men's Basketball,

Clarks Summit University topped the league with a 3.293 GPA. 

Keystone College had the highest GPA in Women's Lacrosse with a 3.384.

In Men's Volleyball, Pratt Institute had the top GPA with a 3.523.

The CSAC is comprised of ten core members: Bryn Athyn College, Cairn University, Cedar Crest College, Clarks Summit University, Keystone College, Notre Dame University of Maryland, Rosemont College, St. Elizabeth University, University of Valley Forge, and Wilson College.  Associate members include Lancaster Bible College (field hockey & men's volleyball), Sweet Briar College (field hockey & women's lacrosse), Pratt Institute (men's volleyball), Penn State-Behrend (men's & women's outdoor track & field), Alfred State College (men's and women's outdoor track & field), and Gallaudet University (men's and women's outdoor track & field).