Simmons Soccer received the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Team Academic Award for the 2008-09 academic year, the NSCAA announced recently. The Sharks are one of three women's teams in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference to earn the award, out of a total of 337 women's teams in the country to receive the honor, boasting a 3.35 grade point average as a team. Programs must post a team grade point average of 3.0 or higher to earn the NSCAA Team Academic Award.

"I am pleased to see our name on this list," said Head Coach Erica Mastrogiacomo. "Our student-athletes continue to prove that their hard work and dedication exceeds the playing field and into the classroom. I know the level of maturity and responsibility it takes to be a collegiate student-athlete, and to maintain such a quality GPA as a team is an example of the pride these young women have in themselves and in our program."

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