Villanova earned three BIG EAST Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Awards on Wednesday afternoon when the conference announced its annual award winners in each BIG EAST sponsored sport. One student-athlete from each sport was selected as the 2017-18 Sport Excellence Award recipient based on their academic and athletic achievement as well as community service. The winners from the Wildcats were Jalen Brunson for men's basketball and Siofra Cleirigh Buttner for both women's indoor track & field and women's outdoor track & field.