PROVIDENCE, R.I.-- The BIG EAST Conference announced that 141 Seton Hall student-athletes have been named BIG EAST Academic All-Stars. To be named a BIG EAST Academic All-Star, the student-athlete must have a 3.0 cumulative grade point average (GPA) for the fall and spring semesters of the 2006-07 Academic year.

Baseball led the Pirates with 19 Academic All-Stars, while softball and women's soccer closely followed with 18. All seven members of the golf team were named BIG EAST Academic All-Stars. Softball had all but one member of its squad receive the honor while volleyball had all but two members honored.