Former St. John’s goalkeeper Diana Poulin won yet another award. (Photo courtesy of St. John’s SID)

QUEENS, N.Y. – Former St. John’s University goalkeeper Diana Poulin Wednesday was named a winner of the Big East Scholar-Athlete Sport Excellence Awards for soccer.

A Hauppauge, N.Y. native, Poulin was recognized for her athletic achievement, academic excellence and commitment to community service.

The awards are given to one student-athlete in each Big East sponsored sport based on academic credentials, athletic accolades or performances and volunteer service to the community. Student-athletes who have attained junior academic standing and a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.00 are eligible.

The winners are chosen by the Big East Faculty Athletic Representative Counsel.

Poulin, a two-time National Soccer Coaches Association of America Scholar All-American and Scholar All-East Region selection, concluded the most decorated career for a St. John’s women’s soccer player with a third consecutive Big East goalkeeper of the year award as a senior in 2016.

She also landed on the All-Big East first team and the NSCAA All-Northeast Region second team and was lauded as the ECAC defensive player of the year after posting a league-best 0.52 goals-against average and .867 save percentage.

Poulin registered a school-record 12 clean sheets in 2016 and became the program’s all-time winningest goalkeeper, finishing her stellar tenure with 43 career victories.

In the classroom, Poulin sported a 3.51 cumulative GPA as a finance major and was a member of the Chi Alpha Sigma National Honor Society. This past May, Poulin was awarded the John W. Kaiser Award, which is given to the outstanding female student-athlete representing St. John’s University.

Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered 13 World Cups (eight men, five women), seven Olympics and 25 MLS Cups. He has written about New York City FC, New York Cosmos, the New York Red Bulls and both U.S. national teams for Newsday and has penned a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has published ALIVE AND KICKING The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers. It is available at Amazon.com.