During halftime of December 10 Vermont/Iona men's basketball game, America East Commissioner Patrick Nero presented the Catamounts with the 2005-06 Academic Cup. The Academic Cup, established by the America East Board of Directors in 1995, is presented to the institution whose student-athletes post the highest grade-point averages during that academic year.

University of Vermont, whose student-athletes maintained a 3.14 grade-point average, has been awarded the America East Academic Cup for the second-consecutive season and becomes the first institution in conference history to win the award three times. It ties the highest grade-point average in the 11-year history of the award, which the Catamounts set last season.