RIVERSIDE, Calif. - 31 UC Riverside fall student-athletes earned Big West All-Academic distinction, it was announced Tuesday by the conference office. 

Women's soccer led the way with 13 honorees, followed by five each from men's soccer, men's cross country and women's cross country. Volleyball earned three All-Academic honors. 

In order to qualify for the Academic All-Conference honor, a student-athlete must carry a minimum 3.00 cumulative institutional grade point average (GPA), must have completed one full academic year at the member institution prior to the season for which the award is being received, and must have competed in at least 50 percent of the institution's contests in the student-athlete's respective sport, with the exception of cross country student-athletes. In the sport of cross country, a student-athlete must have competed in either 50 percent of the institution's events or participated in the Conference Championship.