Hokie ClubBLACKSBURG - The United Soccer Coaches announced Thursday the Team Academic Award winners at the college level which recognizes exemplary performance in the classroom during the 2017-18 academic year and for the sixth time in eight seasons, the Virginia Tech women's soccer team has been honored by the organization.
A total of 773 collegiate teams (289 men, 484 women) earned the Team Academic Award, including 191 schools who had both their men's and women's programs among the recipients.
The Hokies were first honored for four straight years from 2011-14 and have now been recognized in back-to-back seasons. Tech had a cumulative GPA of 3.44 and was one of six Atlantic Coast Conference women's soccer programs to be recognized this year, The Hokies tied for the second-best cumulative GPA among the league's teams.
"I'm very proud of our student-athletes, showing how well they balance their devotion to school work and to the team," Tech head coach Chugger Adair said. "This is a collective effort from the entire team and I'm excited that we can represent Virginia Tech with this achievement and it shows how much we work both on and off the field."
United Soccer Coaches annually celebrates the academic achievements of high school and college soccer teams whose student-athletes collectively demonstrate a commitment to excellence in their studies over the course of a full school year.
College Team Academic Award recipients are active members of the United Soccer Coaches College Services Program with a composite grade point of average of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale for all players on the roster.
For the 2018 award winners, CLICK HERE. To see the all-time, women's program recipients, CLICK HERE.