DALLAS - UAB earned Conference USA’s Institutional Excellence Award for the 22-23 academic year as the Blazers combined for an annual grade-point average (GPA) of 3.331, Conference USA announced Wednesday. The Institutional Excellence Award is given to the C-USA institution with the highest GPA during each academic year for all student-athletes in conference-sponsored sports.
 
The Sport Academic Award is given to the team in each conference-sponsored sport with the highest GPA for the academic year. Rice led the league as seven different teams recorded the highest GPA for their respective sports. UAB followed with three teams, respectively. Six other institutions were represented.
 
The following is a list of all Sport Academic Award honorees:

Sport	Institution
Baseball	DBU
Men's Basketball	Rice
Women's Basketball	UAB
Men's Cross Country	Rice
Women's Cross Country	Rice
Football	Rice
Men's Golf	Rice
Women's Golf	North Texas
Women's Soccer	UAB
Men's Tennis	UAB
Women's Tennis	UTEP
Men's Track and Field	Rice
Women's Track and Field	Rice
Softball	Middle Tennessee
Volleyball	Charlotte
Beach Volleyball	Florida Atlantic