Scholar All-Americans

Kansas City, Mo.----Wingate University All-American midfielder Caroline Peters has picked up another major earning, being named a second team Scholar All-American by the United Soccer Coaches.

Peters adds this accolade to an impressive list of accomplishments in her final season with the Bulldogs, where she helped Wingate go 14-4-2 overall and 9-2 in league play, earning an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament.

Peters earned first team All-SAC and All-Region accolades, while being named a D2CCA third team All-American. She also picked up Academic All-District accolades. Peters has accumulated a 3.80 GPA at Wingate, majoring in Sport Administration.

The midfielder piled up eight goals and 13 assists on the year, netting five game-winning goals. She ranked eighth in the nation in assists per game and 14th in game-winners, while checking in at fourth in the SAC in points. Peters had at least one point in 14 of 20 games this year. She had five different games with at least a goal and an assist. She had a goal and an assist in wins over Belmont Abbey, Carson-Newman, Limestone and Emory & Henry. Peters had a goal and three assists in the SAC Tournament victory Lincoln Memorial.

WINGATE UNIVERSITY

Wingate University is a lab of difference-making that serves more than 3,400 students in North Carolina and offers 60 degree pathways, including 37 undergraduate majors, 10 pre-professional tracks and five dual-degree programs. Graduate students choose from seven master's and five doctoral programs. The University is home to the Cannon College of Arts and Sciences, the Levine College of Health Sciences, the Byrum School of Business, the Thayer School of Education and the School of Sport Sciences.
 
Founded in 1896, Wingate University is a leader in healthcare education where nearly one in five undergraduate students is preparing to be a pharmacist, physician assistant, physical therapist, occupational therapist or nurse. Student-athletes on Wingate's 25 teams compete in NCAA Division II and have brought home the SAC Echols Athletic Excellence Award the past 15 times it has been awarded. The University's motto is "Faith, Knowledge, Service." View current news and videos at www.wingate.edu.