KANSAS CITY, Mo. – On Thursday, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs women's soccer team received the United Soccer Coaches 2021-22 Team Academic Award after boasting a 3.53 cumulative grade-point-average during the 2021-22 academic year, making it four consecutive years of receiving the award.
 
The Team Academic Award was created to recognize student athletes' commitment to excellence in the classroom. College Team Academic Award recipients are active members of the United Soccer Coaches College Services Program with a composite grade point average of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale for all players on the roster for the 2021-22 academic year.
 
In addition to the 2021 Mountain Lions' team academic award, UCCS garnered a program record 14 RMAC All-Academic honors with team captains Ella Fischer and Tarah Patterson receiving the nod for all-academic first team. Both Patterson and Ella moved on to earn CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team honors and later became the only Mountain Lions in program history to receive two CoSIDA Academic All-America honors in their careers after being named second team selections.
 
UCCS Women's Soccer ended the 2021 season in the NCAA Sweet 16 after winning both the RMAC Tournament and RMAC Regular Season Championships, becoming just the second program in department history (Men's Golf) to achieve both conference championships in the same year.

The Mountain Lions' 2022 season is slated to begin with their home opener on Thursday, Aug. 25 at 7 p.m. against Dallas Baptist University.