GORHAM, Maine – The Little East Conference (LEC) announced the recipients of its 2023-24 Team Academic Awards with the University of Southern Maine team winning the award for women's tennis. The LEC Team Academic Award is given to the team with the highest grade point average (GPA) during the current academic year among each of the Little East's 21 championship sport offerings.
 
The team's roster had a cumulative 3.65 GPA led by four College Sports Communicators (CSC) Academic All-District honorees in sophomore Abby Emerson (Gorham, Maine), junior Rebecca Hamel (Windham, Maine), sophomore Muriel Lattin (Litchfield, Maine) and sophomore Olivia Vance (Winthrop, Maine). Emerson, Lattin and Vance, along with seniors Maggie Brock (Plymouth, Mass./Plymouth North) and Jordan Cote (Hope, Maine/Camden Hills) and junior Chloe McVetty (Windham, Maine), were named to the Fall 2023 Little East Conference All-Academic Team.
 
RECIPIENTS BY SPORT
Baseball: Vermont State Castleton (3.16)
Men's Basketball: Vermont State Castleton (3.34)
Women's Basketball: Plymouth State (3.57)
Men's Cross Country: Plymouth State (3.57)
Women's Cross Country: Plymouth State (3.75)
Field Hockey: UMass Dartmouth (3.56), Plymouth State (3.56)
Men's Golf: Western Connecticut (3.31)
Men's Lacrosse: Plymouth State (3.09)
Women's Lacrosse: Eastern Connecticut (3.43)
Men's Soccer: Eastern Connecticut (3.53)
Women's Soccer: Eastern Connecticut (3.60)
Softball: Eastern Connecticut (3.62)
Men's Swimming & Diving: Keene State (3.33)
Women's Swimming & Diving: UMass Dartmouth (3.71)
Men's Tennis: Rhode Island College (3.46)
Women's Tennis: Southern Maine (3.65)
Men's Indoor Track & Field: Plymouth State (3.44)
Men's Outdoor Track & Field: Plymouth State (3.44)
Women's Indoor Track & Field: Plymouth State (3.64)
Women's Outdoor Track & Field: Plymouth State (3.64)
Women's Volleyball: UMass Boston (3.74)
 
RECIPIENTS BY INSTITUTION
Eastern Connecticut: Women's Lacrosse (3.43), Men's Soccer (3.53), Women's Soccer (3.60), Softball (3.62)
Keene State: Men's Swimming & Diving (3.33)
UMass Boston: Women's Volleyball (3.74)
UMass Dartmouth: Field Hockey (3.56), Women's Swimming & Diving (3.71)
Plymouth State: Women's Basketball (3.57), Men's Cross Country (3.57), Women's Cross Country (3.75), Field Hockey
(3.56), Men's Lacrosse (3.09), Men's Indoor Track & Field (3.44), Men's Outdoor Track & Field (3.44), Women's Indoor
Track & Field (3.44), Women's Outdoor Track & Field (3.44)
Rhode Island College: Men's Tennis (3.46)
Southern Maine: Women's Tennis (3.65)
Vermont State Castleton: Baseball (3.16), Men's Basketball (3.34)
Western Connecticut: Men's Golf (3.56)