For the second consecutive year, the Cal State Stanislaus women's soccer program received an honor that no other California Collegiate Athletic Association team can say it has.

The Warriors once again received a College Team Academic Award from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America for the 2007-08 Academic Year. The Warriors posted a 3.41 grade point average as a team.

"The women on our team work very hard in the classroom and take their academics very seriously," Head coach Gabe Bolton said. "It is nice to see that effort recognized at the national level.  We are all very proud of them."

Cal State Stanislaus is among the 262 NCAA Division I, II, III and NAIA women's soccer teams on the list. However, the Warriors is the only one of four Division II teams from the West Region and the only one in the CCAA, to earn the award. Central Washington, Montana State-Billings and Seattle Pacific -- all of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference -- also made the list.
 
"A lot of credit for this award also goes to our academic advisor Amye Leon, our associate athletic director Kim Duyst, and our faculty athletic representative John Mayer," Bolton added. "They work tirelessly on behalf of our student-athletes.  It is also important to recognize the caring faculty we have on our campus.  We are extremely lucky to have professors and support staff that care deeply for our student-athletes."

In recent years, many student-athletes from the Cal State Stanislaus women's soccer program have earned individual academic awards at the national, regional and conference levels.

To earn the NSCAA College Team Academic Award a team must post a team grade point average of 3.0 or higher. A total of 366 men's and women's soccer programs made this year's list with 60 schools having both their men's and women's programs recognized.