IRVING, Texas (July 11, 2024) – The American Athletic Conference (AAC) has named its 2023-24 Scholar-Athletes of the Year and All-Academic Team, the league announced on Thursday. The University of South Florida had 294 student-athletes earn All-Academic honors while four Bulls were named AAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for their respective sport.

Melanie Green was named the AAC Women's Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Jake Peacock the Men's Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Ajmeer Spengler the Men's Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year and Alvin Tudorica the Men's Tennis Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

South Florida's 294 total All-Academic Team recipients was up from its total of 235 during the 2023-23 academic year.

Green, Peacock, Spengler and Tudorica will each receive a $2,000 postgraduate scholarship for being named their respective sport's Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

Selections for the AAC's 23 Scholar-Athlete of the Year awards are made by the Academic Committee on the basis of academic credentials and athletic performance. Each conference school may nominate one student-athlete per sport who has achieved senior academic standing as determined by the institution. A winner is chosen from each of the conference's 21 sponsored sports in addition to at-large selections from sports not sponsored by the conference.  

Nominations for the All-Academic Team are submitted by each AAC member institution. To be eligible for the honor, a nominee must have competed in an AAC-sponsored sport, attained a minimum grade-point average of 3.00 for the preceding academic year, and completed a minimum of two consecutive semesters or three consecutive quarters of academic work, with a total of 18 semester or 27 quarter credits, not including remedial courses. The nominations are reviewed and approved by the AAC Academic Affairs Committee.

About USF Athletics

USF Athletics currently sponsors 21 varsity men's and women's teams that compete in 13 different sports, 20 at the NCAA Division I level in the American Athletic Conference, including the recent additions of women's lacrosse and women's beach volleyball. The Bulls' athletic program began in 1965 and is in its 58th season in 2023-24. More than 450 student-athletes train and compete in the athletic district located on the east end of the campus in Tampa, Fla. USF garnered two national championships in 2022-23 as Romaine Beckford won NCAA indoor and outdoor high jump titles. The Bulls have claimed 32 American Athletic Conference team titles since joining the conference in 2013, including four in 2023-24, and own 146 conference titles in 16 sports in department history, led by 20 each for men's tennis and men's soccer. USF has claimed 80 men's conference championships and 66 women's titles, led by 14 in women's tennis and 12 in volleyball. The Bulls have posted a combined annual grade-point average over 3.0 for a program record of 19 straight semesters as of spring 2024. USF has had over nearly 700 student-athletes earn their degree since 2016-17.

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