Women’s Soccer Has Seven Members Named To 2023 CACC All-Academic Team

New Haven, Conn. – The University of Bridgeport women's soccer team had seven members of the program honored by the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) on Wednesday morning. For three of the seven honored members, this is their second year garnering the academic award.

Second time recipients for UB were the three captains: Health Science major Kayla Leake (Jr., Glen Burnie, Md.) with a 3.95 GPA, Mathematics major Vivien Ruettgers (Sr., Munich, Germany) with a 3.91 GPA and Nursing major Angelina LoFranco (Jr., Greenacres, Fla.) with a 3.90 GPA.

These captains were followed by first time honorees, Sports Management major Kate Thill (Jr., Goetzingen, Luxembourg) with a 3.63 GPA, Humans Services major Elizabeth Pitts (So., Raymond, N.H.) with a 3.66 GPA, Nursing major Tara DiMaio (So., Shirley, N.Y.) with a 3.70 GPA and Health Science major Solune Moll (So., Bern, Switzerland) with a 3.73 GPA.

NOTES ON ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

♦ Five student-athletes posted perfect 4.0 cumulative grade point averages (Felician University's Nicole Jenal, GCU's Emily Clayton, Goldey-Beacom College's Kaitlyn Nolan, Post's Hannah Marriott and Kaeleigh Serianni).

♦ Twenty-seven (27) student-athletes notched GPAs of 3.90 or higher.

♦ Eight student-athletes were placed on the academic team for the fourth time in their respective careers (Caldwell's Sarah Costanza, Megan Feehan and Lucy Rennar, GCU's Aliyah Canfield, HFU's Gianna Penecale, Post's Kayla Agostinelli, Wilmington University's Sammi Bennett and Kailey Hyland).

♦ Twelve (12) were named to the CACC Women's Volleyball All-Academic Team for the third time in their respective careers.

♦ Thirty-eight (38) 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 74 honorees make 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.

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