Baylor women's and men's soccer teams both won the National Soccer Coaches Association of America "Team Academic Award" for this past year.
"This award is what we want our soccer program to be represented for in high school athletics," Baylor head soccer coach Curtis Blair said. "We want to excel in the classroom and on the soccer field. This award is dedicated to all the wonderful faculty and teachers that spend so much time with our student-athetes. This award is dedicated to them."
"To be recognized in top 50 high schools in America with BOTH programs winning this award is outstanding. I am excited for our school, community, and our soccer program."
The NSCAA annually recognizes high school soccer programs that have excelled in the classroom, in addition to their work on the field. A total of 390 soccer teams (146 boys, 244 girls) from throughout the United States have earned the NSCAA Team Academic Award for exemplary performance in the classroom as a team during the 2014-15 academic year.
To qualify for the award, the team must have a minimum grade point average of 3.25 for the entire academic year. The team GPA is determined by adding every player's GPA, then dividing by the number of players.
Among these programs are 49 schools receiving honors for both their boys and girls teams. The double honorees are:
Academic Magnet High School, North Charleston, S.C.
Alma High School, Alma, Mich.
Batavia High School, Batavia, Ill.
Baylor School, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Blackman High School, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Blacksburg High School, Blacksburg, Va.
Caddo Parish Magnet High School, Shreveport, La.
Cambridge Christian School, Tampa, Fla.
Cannon School, Concord, N.C.
Canterbury School, Fort Wayne, Ind.
Cardinal Newman School, Columbia, S.C.
Cedarburg High School, Cedarburg, Wis.
Charlotte Latin School, Charlotte, N.C.
Christian Brothers High School, Sacramento, Calif.
Christian Life School, Kenosha, Wis.
Christ Church Episcopal School, Greenville, S.C.
Community School, Sun Valley , Idaho
Conestoga Valley High School, Lancaster, Pa.
Danville High School, Danville, Ky.
Dorman High School, Roebuck, S.C.
Durham School of the Arts, Durham, N.C.
East Limestone High School, Athens, Ala.
First Presbyterian Day School, Macon, Ga.
Friendswood High School, Friendswood, Texas
Fort Zumwalt East High School, St. Peters, Mo.
John Handley High School, Winchester, Va.
Walter Johnson High School, Bethesda, Md.
Lafayette High School, Lexington, Ky.
Lake Forest High School, Lake Forest , Ill.
Metuchen High School, Metuchen, N.J.
Middletown High School, Middletown, Md.
Menomonee Falls High School, Menomonee Falls, Wis.
Mount de Sales Academy, Macon, Ga.
Mountain View High School, Lawrenceville, Ga.
Newton Conover High School, Newton, N.C.
Northside Christian Academy, Charlotte, N.C.
Oak Mountain High School, Birmingham, Ala.
Ocean Lakes High School, Virginia Beach, Va.
Royal High School, Simi Valley, Calif.
St. Louis Catholic High School, Lake Charles, La.
Salem Hills High School, Salem, Utah
Smyrna High School, Smyrna, Tenn.
Summit Country Day School, Cincinnati, Ohio
Swansboro High School, Swansboro, N.C.
Urbandale High School, Urbandale, Iowa
Wasatch High School, Heber City, Utah
White Knoll High School, Lexington, S.C.
Whitewater High School, Fayetteville, Ga.
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