For the Fifth Consecutive Year, Women’s Soccer Earns National Academic Award

BOCA RATON, Fla. – With Thursday's announcement, the United Soccer Coaches have now bestowed the Team Academic Award for five straight seasons to the Florida Atlantic University women's soccer program.

"We are honored to be recognized by United Soccer Coaches for our young ladies' accomplishments in the classroom last year," said head coach Patrick Baker. "The award marks our fifth consecutive year of recognition and I'm proud of our players for their academic success. Many people watched us win another C-USA Championship last fall, but few realized the academic marks set by our student athletes through the fall. Then when COVID-19 hit, our players dealt with this adversity with a remarkable 3.52 GPA for the Spring semester. The hard work and standard of academic excellence by our players in the classroom year-round is something they take great pride in. The United Soccer Coaches academic award reflects the true dedication of a student-athlete and we are pleased to have achieved this honor for the FAU athletic department and our women's soccer program. We continue to recruit highly-touted student-athletes that want to excel in school and on the soccer field."

In 2019-20, FAU women's soccer posted a 3.51 GPA. The Team Academic Award recognizes exemplary performance in the classroom; on the collegiate level, for those teams with a composite GPA of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale for all players on the roster for the full academic year. The Owls as a team have eclipsed this mark every year since 2016 (as well as, previously, in 2011 and 2012). Less than half of Conference USA member schools can boast of a current five-year streak, the others being Charlotte, Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee and Rice.

Stay tuned for more offseason news for the program here and on Twitter @FAUWSoccer.

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