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SALVE REGINA UNIVERSITY SEAHAWKS
Posted: Dec 17, 2014

Marino, Pate, Weinshank on all-academic region team

Eyes on the prize (from left to right): Mark Marino, Joseph Pate, and Jake Weinshank earned recognition from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) for their work in the classroom and on the playing field.
Eyes on the prize (from left to right): Mark Marino, Joseph Pate, and Jake Weinshank earned recognition from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) for their work in the classroom and on the playing field.

NEWPORT, R.I. - Salve Regina University men's soccer team had three members selected to the 2014 NSCAA Men's College Division Scholar All-East Region Team - juniors Mark Marino and Joseph Pate (both of Smithfield, R.I.), and senior Jake Weinshank (Stuart, Fla.).

To be nominated, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) throughout his or her career; start more than 50 percent of all games and be a significant contributor to the team; be nominated by an institution that is a current NSCAA College Services member; be a junior or above in academic standing at the current institution; be in his or her second year at the current school if he or she is a transfer student; and submit the Junior or Senior College Scholar All-America GPA Certification and Signature Release Form.

Those meeting the above criteria will be considered by the committee for one of the Scholar All-America teams. The committee reviews both the academic and athletic accomplishments of the nominees. The NSCAA Scholar Athletes of the Year for men and women are selected by the national selection committee from all levels of the Scholar All-America teams.

Weinshank, an anthropology major, won the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) Senior Scholar Athlete Award earlier this year and carries a 3.98 grade point average to lead the Seahawks.

Marino and Pate, both accounting majors, carry a 3.69 and 3.93 grade point average, respectively.

"I am very happy to see Mark, Joe, and Jake be recognized in this manner as I strongly feel that they all embody the term 'student-athlete,'" said Seahawk head coach Craig O'Rourke II. "Their commitment in the classroom, as well as on the playing field, is exemplary, and they each were major contributing factors to our team winning the NSCAA Team Academic Achievement Award earlier this year."