At the annual NSCAA Convention in January the National Soccer Coaches Association of America [NSCAA] and Adidas award High School Team Academic Awards.

The award is based on the academic performance of a team during the previous academic year (both semesters). To be eligible for the award a team must have a minimum grade point average of 3.25 for the year based on a 4.0 scale. Only athletes who appear on a varsity roster during the soccer season are eligible in calculating the grade point average. All soccer players on the roster must be included in the calculation.

For 2008 Maryland has 5 boys teams and 15 girls teams honored.

NSCAA/Adidas 2008 High School Boys Team Academic Award

School	Coach
Catonsville High School Broadneck High School Loch Raven High School Middletown High School Walkersville High School	Victor Vega Sean Tettemer Joe Fiedler Bob Sheffler Kevin Conley

NSCAA/Adidas 2008 High School Girls Team Academic Award

School	Coach
Catonsville High School Churchill High School Dulaney High School Walter Johnson High School Kenwood High School Leonardtown High School Colonel Zadok Magruder High School Northeast Senior High School Parkside High School Quince Orchard High School St. Mary's Ryken High School South Carroll High School Stephen Decatur High School Tuscarora High School Urbana High School	James D. Fitzpatrick Haroot Hakopian Sharyn Kuczka Thomas E. Wheeler Derek Woodward Jennifer Henderson Trevin London Charles Parks Terry Webster Peg Keiller Will Morris Jerry Janowich Misty Bunting Mark Wolcott Charles Nichols

Each year the NSCAA also names individual students to a Scholar All-America Team requiring them to have a minimum 3.75 GPA while participating in a varsity soccer program. The awardees from Maryland are listed below.

NSCAA/Adidas 2008 High School Scholar All-America Team

Melissa Orgera Cheyenne Braga Jessica Cooke Jackie Blake Hedges	Broadneck High School Our Lady of Good Counsel High School Leonardtown High School St. Mary’s Ryken High School