2010 NSCAA TEAM ACADEMIC AWARD

MINNEAPOLIS -- For the fifth straight year, the Augsburg College men's soccer team earned the National Soccer Coaches Association of America's Team Academic Award, with a team grade-point average of 3.23 this season.

A total of 195 men's soccer teams in all NCAA and NAIA divisions posted team GPAs of 3.00 or higher on a 4.00 scale to earn NSCAA Team Academic Award honors. There were a total of 632 programs in college soccer (195 men, 437 women) to earn NSCAA Team Academic Award honors with team GPAs of 3.00 or higher.

It is the fifth straight year that Augsburg's men's soccer team has earned the NSCAA academic honor, after recording a 3.42 team GPA in 2009, 3.29 team GPA in 2008, a 3.20 team GPA in 2007 and a 3.08 team GPA in 2006. Augsburg is one of six Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference schools to receive the NSCAA academic honor.

Under seventh-year head coach Greg Holker, Augsburg finished the 2010 season with one of the best records in school history, finishing with a school-record 16 victories (16-5-1) and the MIAC's postseason playoff championship. Augsburg qualified for the NCAA Division III national playoffs for the second time in the last three years, and finished with a double-digit win record for the fourth time in the last five years.