KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Slippery Rock University women's soccer team was selected as a recipient of the United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award, based on the group's exceptional cumulative GPA during the 2021-22 academic year.
 
The USC Team Academic Award honors college soccer teams that exemplified excellence in the classroom during the school year by maintaining at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA on a 4.0 scale.
 
Slippery Rock concluded the 2021-22 academic year with a team GPA of 3.688, its third-highest mark for the program over the last 11 years.
 
Rock soccer had 23 student-athletes that maintained a GPA of at least 3.25 last year including Emily Arnold, Jordan Barnhill, Katlynn Bradford, Maddie DeLucio, Jaime Dermotta, Faith Diffenbacher, Lizzy Edwards, Katy Ericson, Nina King, Kylee Kosek, Sierra Lawler, Brooke Lively, Julia Mascaro, Alaina Mihalik, Jordyn Minda, Georgia Nagucki, Sydney Patrick, Ashley Rea, Brooke Riefenstahl, Kayla Swope, Sophia Tyler, Olivia Yoder and Emma Yoder.
 
Of SRU's academic standouts, Dermotta, Kosek, Mascaro and Olivia Yoder maintained perfect 4.0 GPAs while Minda was named to the CoSIDA Academic All-America Team.
 
Slippery Rock ranked first out of the 18 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference institutions that sponsor soccer, as well as first among all Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) institutions. Additionally, SRU posted its fourth consecutive year earning the PSAC Team GPA Award.
 
The Rock not only displayed their excellence in the classroom, but also on the field posting a 12-4-3 record in 2021 including a trip to the PSAC Tournament quarterfinals to end the season. SRU has established itself as one of the top programs in all of NCAA Division ll with 25 consecutive winning seasons. The streak is the seventh longest in NCAA history.


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