August 2, 2010

For Immediate Release

Kansas City, MO – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced the Scholar Team Awards last Tuesday and Indiana Tech had seven teams honored. Among the seven teams were women’s tennis (3.62 GPA), men’s tennis (3.49), women's volleyball (3.41), women’s soccer (3.26), men’s soccer (3.12), baseball (3.10), and softball (3.03).

The Warriors women's tennis, men's tennis, and men's soccer teams were the only teams in thier respective sports in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference to receive the award.

For a team to be considered for the NAIA Scholar Team award, it must have a minimum 3.0 grade point average as defined by the institution. The team grade point average must include all varsity student-athletes certified as eligible. A record total of 857 teams received the award and over 14% of the schools receiving the award had a 3.5 or higher grade point average.

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