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demic Team of the Ycnr. East Central's womc•n'" Roccor team, Jed by Head Couch Gray Massey, complied an ovcrnll 3.53 grade-point average lo lend nil community college soc·eer pro– grams in t he nation. ll wus lhc fourth such honor si lll~e the prn– gram began Jn 2oor1. '!'he sqund also had a suc•c•e

Kristin Chuney. eompill·d an ovcr– alJ 3.63 GPA to lcucl all community college softball programs in the nation. Cbnrwy's squad ll11lshed the S<'Uson 1.,.1.t during spring 2015 and second in the N.JCAA Di– vision I1 Softball :\ationul Champi– onship tourrmmc•n l. Other ECCC tl'nms recognized by the l'IJGl\.\ for having an over– all team GPA of a.o or above in– cluded \Voffil'n's tennis, 3.45 GPA and 13th bcst in the nation; men's baseball, 3.11 GP!\ and 'fo. 33 in rankings; and men's soccer, 3.04

GPA 111ul No. 6 in the nation. "W1• pince a major cmphui::is on studc,111 i;uccess at East Central Community College in fulfillmont of our '.!020 Vision strategic plan," said l•:l'CC Presidcn.t Dr. Billy Stcwurt. "Our No. 1 priority i s to makt• 1iure we provide our stu– dents with ever y opportunity to suc<'l't·d academically. I'm cx– treml•ly pr oud of these student– athh•h·s and their coaches for being- winners both in the class– room 11nd on the playing fields."

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East Central Community Col– lege's women's soccer and softball teums have been nruned best in tho nation in tlwir r espective sports for academic rxc•cllence by the National .Junior College Ath– letic Association for ~w 14-15. . The East Ccntrul \\onum's soc– cer program w111:1 numed the N.JCAA WOIDl'll':-; !-\O('l'l'I' At'ademic Team of the 'r <'Ill' 1111d Ihe! women 's softball tt'um "'"" 1111mcd the N.JCAA WomtHI 'H Sort hnll Aca-

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