Salisbury men's soccer earns NSCAA Team Academic Award
KANSAS CITY, Kan - The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) released its 2007-2008 Team Academic Awards and the Salisbury University men's soccer team was honored. Salisbury is one of 364 teams nationwide that met an overall grade point average of 3.0 or higher for the academic year.
This is the third time the Sea Gulls have won this award since the NSCAA College Men's Team Academic Award since the award was instituted in 1996. The first-ever award in SU program history was in 2002 followed by a repeat performance in '03.
The Sea Gulls posted a team GPA of 3.10 and are one of 104 men's programs from all divisions (I, II, III) to earn this honor. The highest GPA was 3.48 earned by Case Western Reserve (Ohio) and Amherst (Mass.) College. In the state of Maryland, Johns Hopkins University (3.26) was represented as was Loyola College of Maryland (3.00). Salisbury is the only program from the Capital Athletic Conference (CAC) to earn a men's team award this season.
Of the 364 teams honored, 264 are women's teams and 59 programs were represented on both the men's and women's teams.
SU went 15-4-3 on the season and won the CAC championship for a second consecutive year. The Sea Gulls earned an automatic berth into the NCAA tournament. The 28-member squad consists of 10 juniors, eight sophomores, six freshmen and four seniors.
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