The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) has recognized four Fayette County soccer teams, spanning across three high schools, for maintaining at least a combined 3.25 grade point average (GPA) for the entire academic year.
Whitewater High is the only high school in the county, and one of just 53 nationwide, with both their boys’ and girls’ teams earning the NSCAA 2014-2015 High School Team Academic Award. The boys’ team finished the year with a combined GPA of 3.67, and the girls’ team had a combined GPA of 3.87. Whitewater’s boys’ and girls’ teams have received this award for past nine years, since the opening of the school.
The McIntosh High boys’ soccer team earned the High School Academic Team Award with a combined 3.53 GPA. The team has received the award a total of 14 years.
The Starr’s Mill High girls’ soccer also earned the High School Academic Team Award with their combined GPA of 3.81. The team has received the award a total of nine years.
Throughout the United States, 401 soccer teams (152 boys’ and 249 girls’) earned the NSCAA Team Academic Award for exemplary performance in the classroom as a team during the 2014-2015 academic year.
