KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Mid-America Christian University softball team has received the NAIA Team Academic award, the organization released yesterday (July 16). 

The criteria for this honor is a minimum 3.0 grade-point average that includes all eligible varsity student-athletes.  

Under fourth-year head coach Robert Wakefield, the softball squad produced a 3.31 GPA this past season. 

This is the third team academic award the softball team has earned under Wakefield after garnering the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) team academic award in 2012 and 2014.