Women's Golf and Women's Soccer Earn NEC Team GPA Awards
Two Blue Devils programs post highest GPA in their respective sports.
The Northeast Conference announced the 2015-16 Institutional Academic Award and the Team GPA Awards on Thursday and the Central Connecticut women's golf and women's soccer programs were among the honorees. Both squads posted the highest grade point average among all conference teams in their respective sports.
The Blue Devils' women's golf team posted a cumulative 3.660 grade point average, while the women's soccer team compiled a 3.510 GPA for the 2015-16 academic year.
All six members of the CCSU women's golf team earned a spot on the NEC Spring Academic Honor Roll by posting a GPA of at least 3.2. Abby Underwood also earned a spot on the Commissioner's Honor Roll for posting a GPA of 3.75 or better.
The women's soccer team had a total of 18 student-athletes named to the NEC Fall Academic Honor Roll, including six who were named to the Commissioner's Honor Roll.
Overall, the NEC's 4,000+ student-athletes averaged an all-time high 3.201 GPA for the 2015-16 academic year. Similarly, 84.0 percent of NEC teams finished with a 3.0 or better GPA. CCSU student-athletes had a cumulative 2.96 GPA across 18 sponsored sports.
The league also announced the winners of its NEC Institutional Academic Award and the NEC Female Scholar-Athlete of the Year and NEC Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year. The Institutional Academic Award is presented annually to the NEC member who attains the highest overall institutional grade-point average amongst student-athletes competing in sports sponsored by the NCAA Division I conference. The NEC currently sponsors 22 sports.
Central was one of seven schools to have multiple teams win NEC Team GPA Awards. The complete list of NEC Team GPA Award winners is below:
2015-16 NEC Team GPA Awards
Sport School GPA
Baseball LIU Brooklyn 3.257
Men's Basketball Fairleigh Dickinson 3.001
Women's Basketball St. Francis Brooklyn 3.706
Women's Bowling LIU Brooklyn 3.709
Men's Cross Country Saint Francis U 3.473
Women's Cross Country Saint Francis U 3.701
Football Wagner 3.014
Men's Golf LIU Brooklyn 3.514
Women's Golf Central Connecticut 3.660
Men's Indoor Track & Field Wagner 3.382
Women's Indoor Track & Field Saint Francis U 3.585
Men's Lacrosse Sacred Heart 3.270
Women's Lacrosse Sacred Heart 3.520
Men's Outdoor Track & Field Wagner 3.382
Women's Outdoor Track & Field Saint Francis U 3.585
Men's Soccer LIU Brooklyn 3.315
Women's Soccer Central Connecticut 3.510
Softball Saint Francis U 3.552
Women's Swimming & Diving Wagner 3.568
Men's Tennis Saint Francis U 3.569
Women's Tennis LIU Brooklyn 3.818
Women's Volleyball LIU Brooklyn 3.723