NEW HAVEN, Conn. (July 17, 2025) – The winners of the 2024-25 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Team GPA Awards were announced on Thursday by CACC Commissioner Dan Mara. The awards were bestowed upon the programs with the highest team grade-point average for the academic year in each of the CACC’s 16 championship sports.

Seven different member schools earned at least one CACC Team GPA Award in 2024-25, with Post University leading the conference with seven. Thomas Jefferson University claimed three honors and Felician University captured two. Earning one Team GPA Award apiece were the University of Bridgeport, Georgian Court University, Goldey-Beacom College and Holy Family University.

Three Team GPA Award winners also captured this year’s conference championship in their sport. That group included Jefferson women’s cross-country, Holy Family women’s basketball, and Felician women’s bowling.

“The CACC Team GPA Award demonstrates a commitment to academic success across a team’s entire roster,” Mara said. “The award illustrates a coach’s commitment to their student-athletes performing well in the classroom and the team’s upper class leadership mentoring the underclassmen to make sure they are committed to their studies.”

League-wide, 80.1 percent of teams (129 of 161) that met NCAA sport-sponsorship standards produced a GPA of 3.00 or better for the 2024-25 campaign. Three sports – women’s soccer, women’s tennis and women’s volleyball – saw all competing teams achieve a mark of 3.00 or higher. Institutionally, all 14 of Holy Family’s CACC squads turned in GPAs above 3.00. Jefferson (13 of 14) and Chestnut Hill College (13 of 14) placed all but one team above that mark.

2024-25 CACC Team GPA Award Winners
Baseball – Post University (3.58)
Men’s Basketball – Post University (3.27)
Women’s Basketball – Holy Family University (3.92)*
Women’s Bowling – Felician University (3.76)*
Men’s Cross-Country – Georgian Court University (3.68)
Women’s Cross-Country – Thomas Jefferson University (3.71)*
Men’s Golf – Felician University (3.62)
Men’s Lacrosse – Post University (3.72)
Women’s Lacrosse – Post University (3.82)
Men’s Soccer – Thomas Jefferson University (3.50)
Women’s Soccer – Post University (3.79)
Softball – Goldey-Beacom College (3.65)
Women’s Tennis – Post University (3.93)
Men’s Track & Field – University of Bridgeport (3.31)
Women’s Track & Field – Thomas Jefferson University (3.59)
Women’s Volleyball – Post University (3.83)
* Conference champion

Founded in 1961, the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference has been affiliated with NCAA Division II for 20 years. Conference institutions compete for championships in 17 sports – seven for men, nine for women, and one co-ed. The CACC contains 11 full members in Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. Membership includes the University of Bridgeport, Caldwell University, Chestnut Hill College, Dominican University New York, Felician University, Georgian Court University, Goldey-Beacom College, Holy Family University, Post University, Thomas Jefferson University, and Wilmington University.