As announced today by the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA), Humboldt State University women's soccer player
Sabine Postma is the recipient of the 2020 CCAA Women's Soccer Championship Scholar-Athlete award.
The Championship Scholar Award is presented to the student-athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average participating at the final CCAA championship site in each conference-sponsored sport. For the 2020-21 academic year, all participating student-athletes in each sport will receive consideration for the award.
"This is an amazing honor for Sabine to be named the CCAA Championship Scholar-Athlete," said Humboldt State head women's soccer coach
Grant Landy. "In the short time that I have been able to coach Sabine, the dedication to her sport, leadership to her team and diligence to her academics has been at the highest level. She has been a leader within our soccer program as well as the Humboldt academic community. Sabine has a remarkable work ethic so I am thrilled for her to be recognized for such a prestigious award. This is a proud moment for Sabine, our soccer program and Humboldt State University."
Postma was a three-year letter-winner for the Lumberjacks was a member of the HSU Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. During the 2019-20 academic year, Postma and her teammate
Mary Swisher were the committee's co-treasurers. She started in 46 of the 49 matches she played in the Green and Gold. She played in 4170 minutes and scored five goals, recorded 11 assists and two of her goals were game-winning goals.
In 2019-20, Postma was the recipient of the D2ADA Academic Achievement Award while being named to the CCAA Fall Academic Team as well as the CCAA All-Academic Team. Postma also earned the CCAA Fall-Academic Team and CCAA All-Academic Team Awards in 2017-18 and 2018-19. She was selected to the 2017 All-CCAA Women's Soccer Team. During her intercollegiate career, Postma was a Humboldt State University Presidential Scholar every semester she was enrolled at HSU. The Lumberjacks were named recipients of the United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award during Postma's career.
The women's soccer senior is the fifth Lumberjack to earn the CCAA Championship Scholar-Athlete Award and first HSU women's soccer player to receive this honor. Daniel LaBelle (men's track and field-2018-19), Cessair McKinney (women's track and field-2018-19),
Motoki Sato (men's soccer-2020) and Riann Thayer (women's basketball-2017-18) are the four other Lumberjacks to earn this prestigious honor for their respective sport.
