Courtesy: Mark Washburn Bryan Giudicelli

HANOVER, N.H. — Dartmouth men’s soccer players Craig Henderson (Wellington, New Zealand) and Bryan Giudicelli (Emerald Hills, Calif.) and the entire team have been recognized by the NSCAA for their academic success.

As a team, Dartmouth was named a Team Academic Award Winner by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America for the fourth straight season and fifth time overall. The award is given to teams with an overall cumulative grade point average (all players) of 3.0 or better. The 2009 award is based on the team gpa from the 2008-09 academic year. Dartmouth is one of 145 men’s teams across all three NCAA Divisions to earn the award and with a 3.46 grade point average, had the second highest gpa of the group and highest among Division I teams. Only Amherst College was higher at 3.47.

Individually, Dartmouth’s Henderson and Giudicelli were both honored as NSCAA Scholar All-East athletes. For the second straight season Henderson, a first team Scholar All-East selection, was also named to the NSCAA Scholar All-America second team. Henderson, a senior anthropology major, was also a CoSIDA Academic All-America second team and All-District first team selection this fall. The 2008 Ivy League Player of the Year, Henderson was named second team All-Ivy and second team NSCAA All-Northeast this season.

Giudicelli made his debut on the Scholar All-East squad, earning a spot on the third team. Giudicelli was tabbed to the CoSIDA Academic All-District first team earlier this fall. A junior defender, he is a double major in sociology and economics. A starter since his freshman year, Giuidicelli was hampered some by injury this fall but started 11 of 15 games played, tallying a goal and an assist. He was an honorable mention All-Ivy selection as a sophomore in 2008.

Dartmouth, which posted a 10-7-1 overall mark and a 4-3 Ivy record, finished fourth in a tight Ancient Eight race. The Big Green  advanced to its third straight NCAA Tournament, earning an at-large bid to the Field of 48.