The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Sposito Makes C-USA All-Academic Team
11/9/2016 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
IRVING, Texas – Senior Henrique Sposito of the UAB men’s soccer team was named to the 2016 InTouch Credit Union C-USA Men’s Soccer All-Academic team on Wednesday morning. He was one of 12 student-athletes named to the team.
Sposito has been stellar both on and off the field for the Blazers this season. He has started 16 of 17 games and leads the team in goals (three), points (seven), and game-winning goals (two).
Sposito provided both goals in UAB’s 2-1 win over No. 15 Kentucky earlier this year. His other goal this season was a game-winner versus Rhode Island and he added an assist in the Blazers 3-0 victory over Marshall on September 17. That win was the 100th Conference USA win in school history, making UAB the first program to reach triple-digit victories.
Off the field, Sposito holds a 3.821 GPA and majors in Sociology. He has been named to the C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Honor Roll each of the last three seasons and earned the C-USA Academic Medal in 2015 for having the highest GPA on the team, a mark he still boasts.
Sposito was also recently honored by being named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team. He was one of four players named to the District 4 team and the first Blazer to be honored since Ian Michalak earned the distinction in back-to-back years in 2013 and 2014.
UAB plays FIU on Wednesday, November 9, at 7 p.m. EST in Huntington, W.Va, for the opening round of the Conference USA Tournament. The winner will go on to face the winner of the South Carolina versus Old Dominion game.
