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The NCAA News -- March 1, 1999

NSCAA recognizes 114 institutions with 1998 Team Academic Awards

The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) has named 114 NCAA soccer teams as recipients of the NSCAA's fourth annual Team Academic Award.

The award recognizes teams' academic performances during the calendar year. To be eligible, teams must have a minimum grade-point average of 3.000 or higher (4.000 scale) for the year. Only those athletes who appear on the official NCAA squad list for fall 1998 are eligible in calculating the grade-point average.

Women's teams from Case Western Reserve and New Mexico earned the award for a fourth consecutive season.

The NSCAA also named its second annual men's and women's Scholar Athletes of the Year. They are senior forward Jay Heaps of Duke and senior midfielder Emily Stauffer of Harvard.

The award honors the top male and female collegiate soccer player based on academic and athletics performance. They head the NSCAA's men's and women's Scholar-Athlete All-America teams.

Stauffer is Harvard's all-time assists leader and graduated with honors in January. A team captain, Stauffer is a two-time Ivy Group player of the year.

Heaps shared top goal-scoring honors for the Blue Devils and led the team in points scored with 34. Heaps also was among Atlantic Coast Conference leaders in points, goals and assists.

The individual and team awards were presented at the NSCAA's annual convention in January in Philadelphia.

Following is a list of 1998 award winners:

Men's Teams

Adelphi, Brown, Bucknell, Chattanooga, Colorado College, Davidson, Dayton, Duquesne, Emory, Harvard, Haverford, Illinois-Chicago, Lafayette, Lincoln Memorial, Lynn, Manhattan, Regis (Colorado), Rhodes, Richmond, St. Bonaventure, South Carolina, Southwest Missouri State, Stanford, Towson, Tufts, Williams.

Women's Teams

Adelphi, Alabama, Alabama-Birmingham, Anderson (Indiana), Arkansas-Little Rock, Ashland, Beaver, Boston U., Bryn Mawr, Bucknell, California, Case Western Reserve, Centre, Chicago, Colgate, Creighton, Davidson, Dayton, Denison, Duquesne, East Carolina, Eastern Illinois, Eckerd, Elmira, Elon, Emory, Florida, Georgia Southern, Grove City, Hartford, Haverford, Indiana (Pennsylvania), Indianapolis, Iowa, Ithaca, Johns Hopkins, Lafayette, Lawrence, Lincoln Memorial, Long Island-Brooklyn, LSU, Loyola Marymount, Manhattan, Marquette, Maryville (Tennessee), Memphis, Middlebury, Minnesota-Duluth, Misericordia, Mississippi State, Muskingum, Nebraska Wesleyan, New Mexico, Northern Illinois, Northwestern, Oberlin, Ohio Wesleyan, Oregon, Pomona-Pitzer, Principia, Quincy, Rhodes, Richmond, Russell Sage, St. Peter's, Scranton, Simmons, Southwestern (Texas), Stanford, Temple, Tennessee, Texas Tech, Trinity (Texas), Tufts, Tulsa, Utah, Villanova, Virginia Commonwealth, Washington, Weber State, Wellesley, West Texas A&M, Williams, Wilmington (Ohio), Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wisconsin-Parkside, Wittenberg, Wooster.

Men's Individuals

First team: Goalkeeper -- Pete Van De Ven, Washington. Defense -- Kevin Kalish, Saint Louis; Justin Millard, Akron; Mats Nyqvist, New Hampshire College; Darren Warham, Lynn; Luc Cisna, Fort Lewis. Midfield -- Aaron Jones, Stanford; Scott Mury, Trinity (Texas); Assaf Dagai, Southern Connecticut State; Pedro Delgado, Evansville. Forwards -- Jay Heaps, Duke; Micheal Giuffrida, Salisbury State; Ahmed Mohyeldin, Emory.

Second team: Goalkeeper -- Atli Knutsson, Duke. Defense -- Seth Marks, Furman; Erwan LeCrom, Virginia Commonwealth; Christian Lund, North Carolina-Charlotte. Midfield -- Stefani Miglioranzi, St. John's (New York); Kevin Knight, James Madison; Theodore Lawler, UMBC. Forwards -- Dan Goldstein, Bradley; Richie Moller, Towson; Federico Arroyo, Cal State Northridge; Ricardo Capilla, Virginia Commonwealth.

Third team: Goalkeeper -- Jordan Dupuis, Harvard. Defense -- Marke Schulte, Dayton; Scott Campagna, South Carolina. Midfield -- Jeremy Iwaskowiec, Clemson; T. K. Inbody, Stanford; Paul Jost, Southwest Missouri State; Ryan O'Neil, South Carolina; Dustin Otteson, Evansville. Forwards -- Leidy Klotz, Lafayette; Greg Ruebusch, Cincinnati; Oskar Kantoft, Cal Lutheran.

Women's Individuals

First team: Goalkeeper -- Stacey Nagle, Seton Hall. Defense -- Shannon Brown, Wisconsin; Lindsey Grossman, Georgia Southern; Sarah Newland, Trinity (Texas). Midfield -- Pauliina Auveri, Franklin Pierce; Erin Baxter, Florida; Ashley Scott, Cal Lutheran; Emily Stauffer, Harvard. Forwards -- Tara Ferrin, Weber State; Pauliina Miettinen, Franklin Pierce; Jessica Powers, Creighton.

Second team: Goalkeeper -- Michelle Harris, Florida. Defense -- Nicole Aunapu, Navy; Jamie Storm, St. Mary's (California); Brenda van Stralen, Franklin Pierce. Midfield -- Melanie Forster, Hardin-Simmons; Jamie May, Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Kelly Shea, Minnesota; Margo Tufts, Montana. Forwards -- Kathleen Cello, Santa Clara; Anne Mucci, Northern Illinois; Jennifer Ramp, Rhodes.

Third team: Goalkeeper -- Kimberlee Madsen, Weber State. Defense -- Sara Barnett, Santa Clara; Tricia Ferrin, Weber State; Melissa Fronk, Tiffin; Erin Lough, DePaul. Midfield -- Julie Bugg, Bloomsburg; Maria DeGiovanni, Wisconsin; Maria Masdon, Bartlesville Wesleyan; Christine Miller, Alabama; Kelly Roethe, Marquette. Forward -- Sophie Lecot, Massachusetts.