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Women's Soccer Has 10 Earn UAA Fall All-Academic Recognition

10/26/06

Sixty-one New York University student-athletes earned 2006 University Athletic Association (UAA) Fall All-Academic recognition, the UAA announced Thursday, including 10 women's soccer players.

The women's soccer honorees included: Katie Barnes; Laura Buckley; Whitney Dipollina; Michele Gore; Sasha Klupchak; Jillian Konarski; Danielle Patterson; Sarah Pillemer; Alyssa Simon, and Jennifer Tavares.

Overall, 490 student-athletes from UAA's eight institutions who completed one full year of college study and carried a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.200 were honored. The 490 student-athletes represent approximately 60 percent of the total eligible UAA student-athletes.

The UAA Presidents Council established a program of All-Academic Recognition in April 1998. Qualifying student-athletes are recognized at the completion of the fall, winter, and spring seasons each year. The honor is intended to recognize the high level of academic achievement demonstrated by student-athletes who effectively balance their significant commitment of time, effort, and energy in athletic endeavor with their highly challenging academic responsibilities.

Biennial studies completed by the Association over the last ten years have consistently shown that the cumulative grade point averages of athletic teams have been statistically equal to or greater than the campus population GPA. In the most recent study, covering the 2004-05 academic year, 52 percent of all women’s teams and 44 percent of all men’s teams across the UAA had average cumulative GPA’s equal to or higher than the overall average for their respective campuses. Of the 64 women’s teams and 70 men’s teams included in the study, 54 women’s teams (84 percent) and 43 men’s teams (61 percent) met or exceeded the 3.20 GPA standard for nominating individuals for Academic All-America® recognition.

Individuals and teams throughout the UAA have been consistently recognized for their academic and athletic achievements. During the 2005-06 academic year, 18 student-athletes from UAA institutions were recognized as Academic All-Americans, 86 received All-America honors in team or individual sports, and six were individual national champions or national players of the year. In addition, eight student-athletes were among the select group of seniors across the country named NCAA Postgraduate Scholars, and one was honored as a Rhodes Scholar. In 2005-06 NCAA championship competition, 14 UAA teams finished in the top ten in their national championships, while another eight finished in the top twenty.