Bucknell University Athletics
Bucknell Men's Soccer Team Earns Team Academic Award
1/3/2003 7:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
Jan. 3, 2003
LEWISBURG, Pa. - For the seventh time in the last eight years, the Bucknell men's soccer team has earned the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Team Academic Award. The eight-year-old award has consistently grown with only nine schools honored the first year and 280 (men's and women's combined) earning this season's accolades.
The award, which will be presented during the 2003 NSCAA Convention in Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 15-19, is based on the academic performance of a team during the previous academic year (both semesters). To be eligible for the award a team must have a minimum grade point average of 3.00 for the year based on a 4.00 scale. Only athletes who appear on a varsity roster during the soccer season are eligible in calculating the grade point average. All soccer players on the roster must be included in the calculation.
Bucknell ranked seventh among the 67 men's teams honored with a 3.31 gpa.
Following is a list of the top-20 men's teams on the list:
| The 2001-02 NSCAA Academic Awards Top 20 | ||
| 1. | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges | 3.46 |
| 2. | Emory | 3.43 |
| 3. | University of Rochester | 3.41 |
| 4. | Haverford College | 3.37 |
| ? | Mid-Continent College | 3.37 |
| 6. | Carleton College | 3.33 |
| 7. | Bucknell University | 3.31 |
| ? | Coastal Carolina | 3.31 |
| ? | Davidson College | 3.31 |
| 10. | Northwestern | 3.30 |
| ? | Piedmont College | 3.30 |
| 12. | Principia College | 3.29 |
| 13. | University of Dayton | 3.26 |
| ? | Stanford | 3.26 |
| 15. | Hope College | 3.25 |
| 16. | Colorado College | 3.24 |
| 17. | George Fox | 3.23 |
| ? | Salisbury | 3.23 |
| 19. | Northern Illinois | 3.22 |
| ? | St. Mary's College | 3.22 |
