Annie Alvarado (photo by Scott Chandler)
Annie Alvarado (photo by Scott Chandler)
Photo by: Scott Chandler

Seven Earn Pac-12 Academic Honors

November 17, 2015 | Women's Soccer

Seven members of the UCLA women's soccer team received Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention acclaim for 2015, led by four repeat selections.

Earning their second career All-Academic awards are junior midfielder Annie Alvarado, redshirt sophomore defender Zoey Goralski, junior forward Darian Jenkins, and junior midfielder/defender Gabbi Miranda. Junior midfielder Lauren Kaskie, sophomore defender Gabrielle Matulich and redshirt sophomore midfielder Claire Winter received their first.

Team captain Alvarado, a Political Science major, started all 19 games for the Bruins and ranked third on the team in goals (3) and points (8) and tied for the team lead in game-winning goals (2). Goralski, a Physiological Science major, started in 18 games and led the team in assists with five. Jenkins, who majors in American Literature & Culture, led UCLA in goals (5) and points (10) and received honorable mention All-Pac-12 honors. Miranda, a Psychobiology major, played in 13 games with seven starts and a goal.

Kaskie, who majors in Political Science, played in 19 games with 12 starts and scored two goals. Matulich, a Physiological Science major, played in 15 games and started five. Winter earned nine starts in 13 games and scored one goal.

To be eligible for selection to the academic team, a student-athlete must have a minimum 3.0 overall grade-point average and appear in at least 50 percent of their team's games.

Additionally, UCLA received the NSCAA Team Academic Award for the fourth consecutive year, posting a 3.03 overall cumulative GPA for the 2014-15 academic year.

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