In a tradition that began when the conference was first founded in 1986-87, the CUNYAC annually recognizes two of its graduating student-athletes, rich in both academics and athletics, as its Scholar-Athletes of the Year.
 

Year	Name	School	Sport
2024-25	Conor Sullivan	Hunter	Soccer, T&F
	Ava Deguzman	Baruch	Tennis
2023-24	Philip Park	Queensborough	Track & Field
	Jae'Oni Davis	Hostos	Basketball
	Cooper Moran	Hunter	Volleyball
	Carly Quint	Baruch	Softball
2022-23	El Hadji Gaye	BMCC	Soccer
	Valerie Muse	Queensborough	T&F, Volleyball
	Robert Novo	Hunter	T&F, Cross Country
	Katie Healy	John Jay	Basketball, Soccer
2021-22	Neilon Bridgeman	Kingsborough	Basketball
	Amira Durkovic	Queensborough	Volleyball
	Nicholas Karkut	CCNY	Soccer
	Lauren Kraker	Baruch	Tennis
2019-20	Lamarano Diallo	BMCC	Soccer
	Prishany Skinner	Kingsborough	Volleyball
	Aleigh McIntyre	Medgar Evers	Track & Field
	Asimina Hamakiotes	Baruch	Swimming
2018-19	Zenron Chance	Kingborough	Track & Field
	Paola Beniquez	Queensborough	Volleyball
	Michael Jazgarski	Hunter	Volleyball
	Taylor Haiduk	Hunter	Volleyball
2017-18	Asaph Charles	Kingsborough	Basketball
	Stela Vaso	BMCC	Volleyball
	Anthony Cacchione	CCNY	Baseball
	Ewa Wojciechowska	Staten Island	Swimming
2016-17	Stephen Cadogan	Kingsborough	Track & Field
	Carmen Clavijo	Queensborough	Volleyball
	Timothy Sweeney	Staten Island	Swimming
	Lindsey Pero	Hunter	Swimming
2015-16	Christian Pacode	BMCC	Soccer
	Daomi Burch	Queensborough	Basketball
	Dennis Melendez	Hunter	Wrestling
	Christina Tufano	Staten Island	Soccer
2014-15	Abdul Muftau	BMCC	Soccer
	Stephanie Ho	Queensborough	Volleyball
	Jesse Bader	Hunter	Wrestling
	Yuliya Orkis	Brooklyn	Tennis
2013-14	Oshae Miller	Bronx	Soccer
	Kararzyna Urena	Bronx	Volleyball
	Steven Coniglio	Baruch	Volleyball
	Ilona Stoyko	Staten Island	Tennis
2012-13	Anton Wessener	BMCC	Soccer
	Vlasta Safarova	Kingsborough	Volleyball
	Paul Dedewo	CCNY	Track & Field
	Alyssa Lubrino	Baruch	Swimming
2011-12	Gteni Mbeou	Queensborough	Soccer
	Zenia George	Kingsborough	Basketball
	Vladislav Romanov	Staten Island	Swimming
	Mallory Grubler	Hunter	Volleyball
2010-11	Victor Tlepshev	Kingsborough	Soccer
	Lisa Kurner	Queensborough	XC, T&F
	Augustin Lastra	Baruch	XC, SWIM
	Stella Shifrun	Hunter	Fencing
2009-10	Aleksandr Kopach	Kingsborough	Track & Field
	Stacy Geoghegan	BMCC	Swimming
	Justin Wong	Baruch	Swimming
	Evgeniya Kim	Hunter	Tennis
2008-09	Maksim Vergazov	Kingsborough	Tennis
	Marta Petryna	Kingsborough	Volleyball
	Brian Scher	Hunter	Wrestling
	Cat Alves	Hunter	Softball
2007-08	Chinedum Azikiwe	BMCC	Soccer
	Berbelin Jape	Hostos	Volleyball
	Kafui Kouakou	York	Soccer
	Allyshia West	Hunter	Softball
2006-07	Ohionameh Aregbeyen	BMCC	Soccer
	Hui Li Gan	Queensborough	Swimming
	Greg Waldvogel	Baruch	Volleyball
	Claudia Chan	Hunter	Swimming
2005-06	Nizar Chahbani	BMCC	Soccer
	Annelie Gregor	BMCC	Swimming
	Omri Holzman	Hunter	XC, T&F
	Katherine Maher	Baruch	Softball
2004-05	Marvin Campbell	Bronx	Track & Field
	Iva Skoch	BMCC	Volleyball
	David Kazadi	Hunter	Volleyball
	Erja Vettenranta	CCNY	Volleyball
2003-04	Adboulahat Diop	BMCC	Soccer
	Elena Dadanina	Kingsborough	Tennis
	Santiago Helman	CCNY	Soccer
	Tiffanie Clarke	Hunter	XC, T&F
2002-03	Israel Henriquez	Queensborough	XC, T&F
	Brigette Burke	Queensborough	SB, T&F
	Owen Niles	CCNY	Volleyball
	Maria Castro	Lehman	XC, T&F
2001-02	Jean Marc Legros	Queenborough	Soccer
	Tekela Robinson	BMCC	Volleyball
	Kirk-Dean Scarlett	CCNY	SOC, T&F
	Melissa Shea	Hunter	XC, SWIM, T&F
2000-01	Mukhtar Conry	Kingsborough	Basketball
	Marisa Duke	BMCC	Volleyball
	Arnold Zelaya	Baruch	Soccer
	Jana Makajeva	Lehman	SWIM, T&F
1999-00	Domenico Crocenzi	Kingsborough	Soccer
	Francesca Kennedy	Kingsborough	SB, VB
	Alejandro Romero	CCNY	Volleyball
	Zoya Koroleva	Hunter	Tennis
1998-99	Stephen Aboagye	Bronx	Soccer
	Laura Viligiardi	BMCC	Volleyball
	Grzegorz Lada	Hunter	Soccer
	Gabriella Nagy	Staten Island	SB, TEN
1997-98	Roan Dawkins	Bronx	Soccer
	Jennifer Szalajko	Kingsborough	BB, SB
	Nigel Franklyn	Hunter	SB, T&F
	Collette Henry	York	Track & Field
1996-97	Artem Gonopolskiy	Kingsborough	Tennis
	Jenifer Edwards	BMCC	Basketball
	Juan Coronado	Lehman	Baseball
	Cathy Luksa	Hunter	Softball
1995-96	Samuel Martin-Yeboah	Bronx	Soccer
	Jennifer Schojan	Queensborough	Basketball
	Sean McGee	Baruch	Basketball
	Moriah Eskow	Hunter	XC, T&F
1994-95	Junior Baptiste	Bronx	Soccer
	Marjorie Bien-Aime	Bronx	Volleyball
	Mark Carbone	Hunter	XC, T&F
	Sybil Smith	Baruch	BB, VB
1993-94	Roger Aldridge	Queensborough	Soccer
	Diane Augustus	Bronx	T&F, VB
	Ajay Bajwa	CCNY	Lacrosse
	Renee Piechocki	Hunter	Tennis
1992-93	Oral Griffiths	Bronx	Soccer
	Luciana Mauro	Queensborough	BB, VB
	Trevor Payne	CCNY	Soccer
	Kerry Lewis	John Jay	BB, SB, VB
1991-92	Hayden Wilson	City Tech	Soccer
	Lori Dambrosio	Kingsborough	SB
	Christie Alcid	Lehman	XC, T&F
	Caroline Barangan	Hunter	Tennis
1990-91	Koray Yilmaz	City Tech	Soccer
	Lisa Daley	Bronx	Track & Field
	Fred Marinaccio	Staten Island	Basketball
	Hilary Williams	Baruch	Basketball
1989-90	Brian Sullivan	Kingsborough	Baseball
	Annie Boucher	Queensborough	Tennis
	Marc Wilkins	CCNY	Swimming
	Krista Brooks	Hunter	BB, VB
1988-89	Jeff Koinange	Kingsborough	Soccer
	Misao Ikushima	BMCC	Volleyball
	Rob Roesch	Staten Island	Basketball
	Novella Lewis	Baruch	Basketball
1987-88	Steven Service	Bronx	Soccer
	Brenda Deane	BMCC	Volleyball
	Mark Green	York	Basketball
	Liz Bevacqua	Hunter	Softball
1986-87	Wady Cruz	Bronx	Baseball
	Sophia Fasolikas	Queensborough	BB, SB, VB
	Duwayne Boyce	John Jay	SOC, TEN
	Margaret Bernard	Hunter	SB, VB