KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Oct. 6, 2017) – Oklahoma Christian's men's team has been named as the recipient of a Team Academic Award for 2016-17 from the United Soccer Coaches.

The coaches' association, formerly known as the National Soccer Coaches Association of America, bestows the honor annually to teams that post a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher. OC, which had a team GPA of 3.005, was one of 282 collegiate men's teams that met that standard. OC was one of only two Heartland Conference men's programs to receive the honor.

OC also is one of 195 schools who had both its men's and women...