Academic Awards

Student-athletes are eligible to receive a variety of academic awards while competing as student-athletes at the University of Memphis. The academic awards include, but are not limited to:

CAAS Awards
*Tiger 3.0 Club, an award that recognizes Memphis student-athletes who earn a GPA of 3.0 or higher for a particular semester.

*Tiger Academic Thirty, an award that honors student-athletes with the best grade-point average on each team (minimum 3.0 GPA) and then the next best group of athletes, totaling 30 student-athletes.

*Team GPA Award, an award that honors the male and female team with the best grade-point average for the semester.

*CAAS Study Hall Awards, a monthly recognition program that honors all student-athletes participating in study hall who demonstrate a Commitment to Achieving Academic Success.


Conference USA Awards
(All CUSA Academic Awards are recognized during the spring semester.)

*CUSA Commissioner’s Honor Roll, an award given for achieving a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher at the completion of the fall semester.

*CUSA Academic Medal, an award given for achieving a cumulative GPA of 3.75 or higher at the completion of the fall semester.

*CUSA Scholar-Athlete of the Year, an award given to only one Conference USA student-athlete per sport for academic, athletic and service excellence.

*CUSA All Academic Team, an award given to top student-athletes in each sport as determined by Conference USA at the time of each sport's conference championship.

*CUSA Postgraduate Award, an award given to only twelve senior Conference USA athletes per year. The recipient is given a one-time scholarship of $4,000.

Additional Awards
*CoSIDA Academic All-America, an award that nationally recognizes student-athletes for outstanding accomplishments on the field and in the classroom. To be nominated, students must participate in at least 50% of competitions and maintain at least a 3.20 cumulative GPA.