BUIES CREEK, N.C. - With a 3.18 cumulative team grade-point average, Campbell University earned the NSCAA Team Academic Award from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

Twelve members of the Campbell women's program also were named to the 2009-10 Atlantic Sun Conference All-Academic Team after compiling grade-point averages of 3.0 or better during the fall semester.

Four players - Anna DiTommaso, Ilene Fahle, Tori Hoagland and Hanna Salmen - earned A-Sun All-Academic recognition for the third-straight year. A graphic design major, DiTommaso also was presented the team's Eric Brodin Award for Academic Excellence for the second year in a row.

"To gain these awards are always goals the ladies set for themselves and it is an accomplishment they are rightly proud of this year," said head coach Todd Clark. "These awards demonstrate the commitment both on and off the field of our program and our athletics department as a whole. It further exhibits just what an exceptional place Campbell University is to study and play."

Last fall, Campbell (9-9-2, 4-4-2) rode a tight defense and timely scoring to its first Atlantic Sun Championship tournament berth since 2005. Eight of CU's nine victories came by one-goal margins, including league wins over Lipscomb, Florida Gulf Coast, East Tennessee State and USC Upstate.

Sixteen letter winners, including 10 starters, return from the 2009 squad.

Campbell Women's Soccer 2009-10 Atlantic Sun All-Academic Team
Kristen Baker (Freshman, Fuquay-Varina, N.C.)
Anna DiTommaso (Junior, Sarasota, Fla.)
Taylor Ellington (Sophomore, Cary, N.C.)
Ilene Fahle (Senior, Oslo, Norway)
Tori Hoagland (Junior, Garland, Texas)
Anna Lindblad (Freshman, Lerum, Sweden)
Cissy Nitz (Freshman, Greensboro, N.C.)
Tove Nordlander (Freshman, Stockholm, Sweden)
Jamie Panfil (Sophomore, New Lenox, Ill.)
Rhonda Runion (Sophomore, Winchester, Va.)
Hanna Salmen (Junior, Aland, Finland)
Kaili Terry (Junior-Red Shirt, Carrollton, Texas)