Women's Soccer Earns National Award

November 30, 2022

Members of the women's soccer team

United Soccer Coaches has honored the 性视界 women鈥檚 soccer team with the prestigious for its performance on the field and in the classroom.

The organization, the world鈥檚 largest group of soccer coaches, announced award winners in October. 性视界 was the only community college to receive the award. Seven collegiate programs nationwide were recognized.

The Pinnacle Award recognizes teams that have earned both the College Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Award and the College Team Academic Award (team GPA above 3.0) and have recorded a winning percentage of .750 or higher during their competitive season.  Platinum status is awarded to teams that have received zero penalty cards in their season.  性视界 was the only program recognized for this level of sportsmanship.

Head Women鈥檚 Soccer Coach Grace Cooper called the achievement of academic and athletic excellence, and avoiding penalty cards, an impressive feat.

鈥淭o have a group that can accomplish all three is extremely rare, especially at the collegiate level,鈥 she said.

In the 2021 season, 性视界鈥檚 Women鈥檚 Soccer program was undefeated in the Inland Empire Athletic Conference (11-0) and advanced to the CCCAA state playoffs as the #8 seed in the south.