Closure to the academic and athletic calendar for 2016-17 has the Falcons perched on top of the conference for the 8th straight year with their performance in the classroom. Each year the Missouri Community College Athletic Conference honors the highest overall grade point average from the conference with the Harold Oetting Award. Collecting the honor from 2010-2017 has given the athletic department at East Central College almost a decade long of excellence in academics. True dedication to academics by the student athletes along with support provided from numerous areas on campus have been key factors to this success. Twenty student athletes also received NJCAA Academic Honors.
| Name | Sport | NJCAA Academic Team |
| Sarah Borgerding | Volleyball | First Team |
| Monica Kelley | Softball | First Team |
| Ashley Blanton | Softball | Second Team |
| Andrei Ciot | Soccer | Second Team |
| Skylar Evans | Volleyball | Second Team |
| Eden Henry | Softball | Second Team |
| Chukwujindu Israel-Bolarinwa | Soccer | Second Team |
| Umoh Ufot | Soccer | Second Team |
| Samantha White | Softball | Second Team |
| Alayna Abney | Softball | Third Team |
| Magnus Andersen | Soccer | Third Team |
| Connor Bandre | Soccer | Third Team |
| Kayla Borcherding | Volleyball | Third Team |
| Kai Bucciero | Soccer | Third Team |
| Archibald Darko-Boateng | Soccer | Third Team |
| Jensen Crenshaw | Softball | Third Team |
| Grace Goedde | Volleyball | Third Team |
| Jacob Moore | Soccer | Third Team |
| Makayla Schumann | Softball | Third Team |
| Mackenzy Vedder | Volleyball | Third Team |