The St. Thomas Aquinas Women's Basketball Team is the first annual East Coast Conference Academic Team of Excellence Award recipient.  This award is presented to the team with the highest cumulative grade point average in their respective sport.

"The East Coast Conference believes in the 'collegiate model' of Division II, which focuses on students and programs committed to the values and mission of higher education," said ECC Commissioner, Dr. Robert Dranoff. "We are very proud of the over 975 student-athletes who were named to the Commissioner's Honor Roll for this past year and are equally as proud of the 17 men's and women's teams that earned the first ever ECC Academic Teams of Excellence honors for 2012-13."

Dranoff also stated, "The opportunity to honor student-athlete achievement and success in the classroom, in service to the community and on the playing field, is always a priority for our conference and we congratulate all these deserving institutions, teams, and team members."