Four Tiger Soccer Players Receive Academic Honor
December 3, 2010
DECATUR, Ala. -The NAIA has announced that 446 women's soccer student-athletes have been named 2010 Daktronics-NAIA Scholar-Athletes.
In order to be nominated by an institution's head coach, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and must have achieved a junior academic status to qualify for this honor. Brenau University is represented on this year's team by Junior defender Laura Hirst (Huddersfield, England), Junior defender Tori Futrell (Savannah), Senior midfielder Dolapo Obahor (Kaduna, Nigeria) and Senior forward Lauren Hagin (Hiram).
In order to be nominated by an institution's head coach, a student-athlete must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and must have achieved a junior academic status to qualify for this honor. Brenau University is represented on this year's team by Junior defender Laura Hirst (Huddersfield, England), Junior defender Tori Futrell (Savannah), Senior midfielder Dolapo Obahor (Kaduna, Nigeria) and Senior forward Lauren Hagin (Hiram).
"To maintain excellence in the classroom is at the top of our list in importance for our student athletes," said Athletic Director and Head Soccer Coach Mike Lochstampfor. "These young ladies bring honor to our program and the university with this accomplishment."