The following is a list of all intercollegiate institutions (and the year(s) the institution received the honor) who have received the NSCAA/adidas College Men's Soccer Team Academic Award since the award was instituted in 1996. 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
Boys:
Amherst College (2008)
Bates College (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007)
Colby College (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
Connecticut College (2001, 2003)
Tufts University (1999, 2000)
Williams College (1998, 1999, 2000)
GIRLS
Amherst College (1998, 2000, 2001)
Connecticut College (2000)
Hamilton College (2003, 2004)
Middlebury College (1998, 1999, 2001, 2001, 2002, 2008)
Tufts University (1999, 2006, 2007, 2008)
Williams College (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2008)
2008-2009 BOYS + coach
Amherst College, Justin Serpone, 3.47
Colby College, Mark Serdjenian, 3.34
Connecticut College, Kenny Murphy, 3.25
2008-2009 GIRLS + coach
Williams College, Michelyne Pinard, 3.37
Interesting to note the omissions from this list. Gives you an idea who can get good soccer players in who are average students. No Middlebury or Bowdoin on the boys side and no Williams since 2000! On the girls side looks like Williams girls are great players and great students!
Kudos to Serpone at Amherst for the last two years and Serdjenian at Colby for a lot of years.....maybe that's why Colby is usually at the bottom of the NESCAC.
Before you read too much into that list, you should know that only schools who are paid NSCAA members are eligible. There are a lot more schools who have teams with the needed GPA who don't belong to the NSCAA.
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