NEW HAVEN, Conn. - - One hundred and thirty five (135) student-athletes on Wednesday were named to the 2022 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Women's Soccer All-Academic Team, as announced by Commissioner Dan Mara. All 13 CACC schools that compete in the sport were represented on the All-Academic Team.
To be eligible for CACC All-Academic status, a student-athlete must: a) Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5 at the end of immediate preceding term (may include summer for fall sport participants); b) Minimum of two semesters enrolled as full-time student at member institution; c) Student-athlete must be second year student-athlete at member institution.
The Wildcats led the conference by placing 18 student-athletes on the 2022 All-Academic Team, led by four-time honoree Emily Navarette. The Wildcats also had three three-time honorees in Sammie Bennett, Samantha Emmi, Kailey Hyland, and Yazmyne Valencia. Two-time honorees include Jalah Turner and Julia Yuhase. New to the list this year was Jana Badia, Gabbi Corchiani, Alex Keck, Jasmine LeClair, Bella Lundberg, Lucia Moreno, Mio Nakajima, Kailynn Ortiz, Hannah Osbourne, Manuela Restrepo, and Hannah Schwartz.
Each of the 13 schools had a minimum of five student-athletes make the list, while seven teams had double-digit honorees including CACC Champion University of Bridgeport (10), Caldwell University (16), Georgian Court University (13), Goldey-Beacom College (10), Holy Family University (13), Thomas Jefferson University (15), and Wilmington University (18).
A link to the full 2022 CACC All-Academic Team: https://www.caccathletics.org/sports/wsoc/2022-23/releases/2022_CACC_WSOC_All-Academic.pdf
NOTES ON ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM:
- Nine student-athletes posted perfect 4.0 cumulative grade point averages (Alliance University's Maren Wolfe & Megan Ybarra; UB's Angelina LoFranco; Chestnut Hill College's Madeline Jimenez; Felician University's Nicole Jenal; GCU's Emily Clayton & Madison Faulkner; and HFU's Ava Hooten & Jacqueline Ziegler).
- Thirty-seven (37) student-athletes notched GPAs of 3.90 or higher.
- Four student-athletes were placed on the academic team for the fourth time in their respective careers (Alliance's Linda Grimminger & Shanice Rapp; GCU's Brianna Hillis; and WilmU's Emily Navarette).
- Twenty-five (25) were named to the CACC Women's Soccer All-Academic Team for the third time in their respective careers.
- Twenty-four (24) were named to the unit for the second time in their respective careers.
- The eight teams to qualify for the CACC post-season tournament combined to have 82 honorees make the all-academic team.