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Women's Soccer:
Nine Women's Soccer Players Named Scholar-Athletes
May 14, 2008
IRVINE, Calif. - UC Irvine Athletics honored a school-record 188 student-athletes as 2007-08 Big West Conference Scholar-Athletes at the program's annual banquet Monday night (May 12) at the Radisson Hotel in Newport Beach. A total of nine women's soccer players were honored at the banquet. Makenzie Beahm, Kate Berrini, Brittany Del Soldato, Nina Ferrigno, Christina Gorospe, Erin Henry, Frankee Kelly, Kathleen Lemieux and Kellie Murphy each were named Big West Scholar-Athletes. This year's list brings UCI's total to 3,082 conference scholar-athletes since 1983. Requirements for this award include maintaining a 3.0 grade-point average (GPA) over three quarters or a 3.2 GPA over two quarters for freshmen. Student-athletes must also earn letters in their sports. The Scholar-Athlete award was implemented by the Big West Conference to honor those student-athletes that have maintained a high level of scholastic excellence while participating in intercollegiate athletics. UCI expanded the award to include teams that do not participate in Big West-sponsored sports.
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