Cowgirl Soccer Players Earn Scholar Award

December 14, 2006 | Cowgirl Soccer

Three Oklahoma State soccer players were honored by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America as All-South Region Scholars, it was announced today.

Yolanda Odenyo leads the honorees by being named to the first team. She is the first player from OSU to be named to the first team. The All-American from Uppsala, Sweden had a 3.71 grade point average in family relations and child development.

Niccole Grimaldi was named to the second team. Grimaldi, a junior from Los Alamitos, Calif., has a 3.954 GPA in marketing. Grimaldi was recently named third team All-Central Region by Soccer Buzz Magazine after leading the Big 12 with nine assists.

Adriane Radtke has already earned her degree at Oklahoma State and is working on a master's degree in marketing. Radtke, a junior from Unterschleissheim, Germany, has a 3.51 GPA.

Oklahoma State excelled in the classroom with 12 players earning Academic All-Big 12 honors, most in the conference.