LOUDONVILLE, N.Y. – For the 14th consecutive season the Siena Women's Soccer program has been honored by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America with a 2015-16 NSCAA Team Academic Award. The Saints received the honor for meeting the criteria of achieving a minimum team grade point average of 3.0 or higher for the entirety of the 2015-16 academic year.

The Saints excelled both athletically and academically during a banner 2015-16 school year. On the field the team captured the program's second MAAC Tournament Championship, while in the classroom they boasted a 3.40 cumulative team GPA.

Siena led all of the department's 22 Division I athletic programs with 17 student athletes named to the MAAC Academic Honor Roll during the 2015-16 school year, and set a program record with 13 MAAC All-Academic Team selections. While inclusion on the MAAC All-Academic Team also necessitates a 3.20 cumulative GPA or higher, it does not include freshmen or first-year student athletes whereas the MAAC Academic Honor Roll does. Kirby O'Keefe '16 highlighted the team's individual academic honorees in being tabbed a CoSIDA Academic All-District I First Team selection.

About the NSCAA
Celebrating its 75th Anniversary in 2016, the National Soccer Coaches Association was founded in 1941 and is based in Kansas City, Missouri. It is a non-profit organization with the mission of advocating for, educating and serving soccer coaches to encourage excellence and elevate the game. The NSCAA is the world's largest soccer coaches' organization with members at every level of the game from youth to professional. Benefits of membership are wide ranging including a national coaching education program, $1 million of general liability insurance, recognition for players and coaches as All Americas and Coaches of the Year, the annual NSCAA Convention, networking and mentor opportunities, Soccer Journal magazine and much more. To learn more, visit www.nscaa.com.