Kentucky Named 2019-20 United Soccer Coaches Academic Team

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The University of Kentucky women’s soccer program has been presented with the 2019-20 United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award for the first time in two years and the 14th time overall, after boasting a 3.536 cumulative grade-point average in the last academic year.
 
Kentucky is one of 172 schools to have both the men’s and women’s soccer programs recognized for the award, while a total of 889 college teams (335 men, 556 women) are featured on the list.
 
United Soccer Coaches annually celebrates the academic achievements of high school and college soccer teams whose student-athletes collectively demonstrate a commitment to excellence in their studies over the course of a full academic year.
 
College Team Academic Award recipients are active members of the United Soccer Coaches College Services Program with a composite grade point average of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale for all players on the roster for the 2019-20 academic year.
 
The Kentucky women’s soccer program has been recognized for this award in 1998, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2020.
 
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