It’s the 12th time in program history the Purple Aces have been named to the award list
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the seventh time in nine years, the University of Evansville men’s soccer team has been recognized for its academic performance.
On Wednesday morning United Soccer Coaches announced their 2022-23 College Team Academic Award Winners. With a 3.27 overall GPA through the academic year, the Purple Aces where one of 318 men’s teams named a Team Academic Award Winner. Evansville last earned the prestigious academic honor for the 2019-20 school year.
United Soccer Coaches annually celebrates the academic achievements of high school and college soccer teams whose student-athletes collectively demonstrate a commitment to excellence in their studies over the course of a full academic year. College Team Academic Award recipients are active members of the United Soccer Coaches College Services Program with a composite grade point average of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale for all players on the roster.
UE is one of 187 schools whose men’s and women’s programs both earned the College Team Academic Award. Evansville was also one of several Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) schools to make the United Soccer Coaches list including Belmont, Bowling Green, Bradley, Missouri State, Northern Illinois, and Western Michigan.
