MAAC Women’s Soccer Teams Honored by United Soccer Coaches
MAAC Women’s Soccer Teams Honored by United Soccer Coaches
Edison, NJ – The United Soccer Coaches announced its 2017-18 College Team Academic Award winners on Wednesday, November 28.
A total of 513 women’s teams earned the Team Academic Award. To qualify for the award, a team must have a minimum grade point average of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) to be eligible.
Six MAAC Women’s teams – Iona College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, and Siena College – were named Team Academic Award winners for the 2017-18 academic year.
Iona College earned the program’s eight all-time award with an overall grade point average of 3.69.
Marist College earned the program’s twelfth all-time award and the College’s fourth in a row with an overall grade point average of 3.53.
The 2018 MAAC-Champion Monmouth University Hawks earned the program’s sixteenth overall award with a grade point average of 3.03, marking the sixth consecutive year the Hawks have received the award.
Quinnipiac University was named to the list for the fourteenth consecutive year with a grade point average of 3.47. The Bobcats have received this award every year since 2005.
The Rider University Broncs received the award for the tenth time in program history and seventh in a row, having a grade point average of 3.58.
Siena College earned the program’s sixteenth consecutive award with a grade point average of 3.54. The Saints have made the list every year since 2003.
About United Soccer Coaches:
Founded in 1941 and based in Kansas City, Mo.,
United Soccer Coaches has grown into the world’s largest soccer coaches’ organization that serves members at every level of the game. United Soccer Coaches works every day to inspire coaches and ignite their passion for the game so they pass it on to players and others in the soccer community.
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 38
th year of competition during the 2018-19 academic year. Current Conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.