SAN FRANCISCO – Stanford midfielder Sierra Enge has been named 2022 Pac-12 Women's Soccer Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the Conference office announced on Wednesday. The award, which is presented in each of the 24 sports the Pac-12 sponsors, was established to honor collegiate student-athletes that are standouts both academically and in their sports discipline.
Enge is the ninth Stanford women's soccer player to garner the award, including the second in as many seasons after Naomi Girma was lauded last year.
Enge, a midfielder from Cardiff, Calif., graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Science, Technology & Society and is currently working towards a Master's in Communication. With an undergrad GPA of 3.88 and a graduate GPA of 4.06, Enge has excelled in the classroom in her five years, earning her two Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll honors (2020-21; 2021) and two CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team honors (2021; 2022).
On the pitch, the United Soccer Coaches All-Region Second Team (2020-21), All-Pac-12 Third Team (2021), and United Soccer Coaches All-Region Third Team (2021) member helped lead the Cardinal to three Pac-12 Championships (2018; 2019; 2022), two College Cup appearances (2018; 2019) and one NCAA Championship (2019).
In the 2022 season, Enge scored one goal, a game-winner on the road against DePaul, and tallied six assists, tying her for the most on the squad. Her eight points on the season are a career best.
To be eligible for the Pac-12 Scholar-Athlete of the Year award, student-athletes must be a senior (in athletics eligibility), on track to receive a degree, have a cumulative grade-point average of 3.0 or higher, participate in at least 50 percent of the scheduled contests in the sport and have a minimum one year in residence at the institution. Each Pac-12 institution may nominate one individual per sport, and the winners are selected by a committee of Pac-12 staff members at the conclusion of each sport's regular season. The athletics accomplishments of the nominees are a consideration in voting for the award.
A Scholar-Athlete of the Year is named in each of the Pac-12's 24 sponsored sports: baseball, men's basketball, women's basketball, beach volleyball, men's cross country, women's cross country, football, men's golf, women's golf, women's gymnastics, women's lacrosse, men's rowing, women's rowing, men's soccer, women's soccer, softball, men's swimming & diving, women's swimming & diving, men's tennis, women's tennis, men's track & field, women's track & field, women's volleyball, and wrestling. The award was first established during the 2008-09 academic year.