WHITEWATER, WI – The St. Francis College Brooklyn women's bowling team earned National Tenpin Coaches Association (NTCA) All-Academic Team honors as announced by the organization. Additionally, three student-athletes received individual accolades for academic excellence.
As a team, the Terriers posted a cumulative 3.36 GPA during the 2019-20 academic year. In order to be eligible for the NTCA Team Academic award, programs must have a cumulative team GPA of a 3.2 or higher for the academic school year. For the 2019-20 academic school year, 57 bowling programs achieved a cumulative team GPA of 3.2 or higher across the nation. St. Francis joins Fairleigh Dickinson, LIU, Sacred Heart, and Duquesne as the NEC recipients of the All-Academic Team awards.
Victoria Doto,
Lexis Ortiz, and
Taylor Waglione were the three student-athletes from St. Francis to collect individual academic honors. In order to receive individual academic honors, a student-athlete must have a cumulative GPA of 3.4 or higher for the academic school year to qualify for the award. This year there were 380 honorees, representing 69 NCAA bowling programs.
About the National Tenpin Coaches Association (NTCA):
Since its development, the National Tenpins Coaches Association (NTCA) has been a driving force in the advancement of NCAA Women's Bowling. More than half of the individuals who coach at NCAA institutions who sponsor women's bowling are NTCA members, and that number continues to grow each season. The NTCA's core mission is twofold. First, to facilitate dialogue between coaches and the NCAA in the development of bowling legislation and rules. Secondly, to provide coaches and institutions with the education necessary to grow the sport. The NTCA sponsors the NTCA Coaches Poll, which is the official poll for ranking the top 25 best NCAA women's bowling teams in the nation as well as a separate poll for Division II and Division III programs. In addition, the NTCA sponsors All American awards, as well as Rookie, Coach, and Bowler of the Year awards. The NTCA also provides a statistical reporting service that tracks player and team performance across multiple categories.
