OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Mid-America Christian University Softball team has been selected to receive the prestigious National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) Scholar Team Award, the organization has announced.

To qualify for this award, a team must have a minimum 3.4 grade-point-average (GPA) on a 4.0 scale for all combined student-athletes. The Lady Evangels' cumulative GPA was a 3.43 this past season.

In his first season, head coach Robert Wakefield is pleased to see the commitment to academic success within his unit.

"I am very honored by having a team do so well academicallywith a 3.43 overall GPA," Wakefield said. "This showed that the girls took pride in the classroom as well as on the softball field."

On the field, the Lady Evangels earned a spot in the NCCAA Central Regional Tournament and defeated Southwestern Christian University 3-0 in the tourney opener. The Lady Evangels' season then came to an end with losses to eventual tournament champ Central Baptist College and SWCU.