Gamecocks Earn United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Awards

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — South Carolina men’s and women’s soccer were each awarded United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Awards for the 2018-19 academic year, the organization announced on Thursday. Teams must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher to be eligible for the award.
 
A total of 989 college teams (345 men, 644 women) earned the Team Academic Award. Carolina was one of 255 schools that had both its men’s and women’s programs among the recipients.
 
Mark Berson’s men’s team has earned the award on 14 occasions, twice recording the highest GPA in the country (2010-11, 2013-14). The Gamecocks’ GPA of 3.521 this past year was the highest in Conference USA for the third-consecutive season.
 
Shelley Smith’s women’s team has taken the honor now 17 times in program history, including each of the last 12 seasons.
 
The No. 7 Gamecock women’s soccer team (10-1-0, 4-0-0 SEC) remain on the road to take on Kentucky on Oct. 10 at 7:30 p.m. The Gamecocks then return home for a matchup with Vanderbilt on SEC Network on Oct. 13 at 3 p.m.
 
The men’s team (5-5-0, 0-3-0 C-USA) plays on Tuesday at Stone Stadium vs. Georgia Southern (5-5-0, 0-0-0 Sun Belt) at 7 p.m. The Gamecocks are 5-1 at Stone Stadium and have not lost a home non-conference match this season.
 
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