CHARLOTTE, N.C., July 13, 2020 – The NJCAA announced the 2019-20 NJCAA Academic Teams of the Year this past Thursday, in which we learned that the Monroe College Mustangs women's indoor and outdoor track and field teams once again took home the NJCAA Academic Team of the Year awards for their respective seasons. In addition, the NJCAA announced all of the teams that qualified for Academic Team nomination, in which 10 more Monroe Mustang programs earned NJCAA Academic Team Honorable Mention honors.
 
The Mustangs set a new record with 10 programs earning honorable mention status in addition to two teams taking home Academic Team of the Year distinction. The Mustangs had previously set a new program high in 2018-19 with six teams qualifying for Academic Team of the Year nomination in addition to two Academic Team of the Year award winners.
 
NJCAA teams qualify for the 2019-20 NJCAA Academic Team of the Year award by achieving a combined team GPA of 3.0 or higher for the 2019-20 academic year. The Mustangs were highly impressive in 2019-20, with 85.7 percent of eligible programs attaining team GPAs greater than the 3.00 qualifying minimum.
 
The following Monroe College Mustangs programs earned NJCAA Academic Team Honorable Mention distinction:
 

Team	GPA
Women's Cross Country	3.69
Men's Cross Country	3.58
Women's Volleyball	3.42
Men's Indoor Track and Field	3.34
Men's Outdoor Track and Field	3.34
Women's Soccer	3.31
Women's Basketball	3.22
Softball	3.14
Men's Soccer	3.08
Men's Basketball	3.06

 
65 Mustangs were named to the 2019-20 NJCAA All-Academic Team this past Friday. A record 13 student-athletes earned First-Team honors by accumulating a perfect 4.00 GPA during the 2019-20 academic year. Monroe also had 20 student-athletes achieve this accomplishment for the second straight year.
 
ABOUT THE ATHLETIC PROGRAM AT MONROE COLLEGE
The athletic program at Monroe College encompasses a total of 36 teams competing across nine sports. There are 19 varsity and junior varsity programs, as well as club men's and women's rugby, and the newly added esports program, competing on the New Rochelle campus as the Mustangs (NJCAA Division I). The Monroe Express, based out of the Bronx campus, has 17 teams competing at the NJCAA Division III level.
 
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