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2017-18 Academic All-America® Teams and Honorees
Kevin Politz of Wake Forest headlines CoSIDA Academic All-America® NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Team
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Kevin Politz
AUSTIN, Texas – Wake Forest University senior defenseman
Kevin Politz highlights the 2017 Academic All-America® Division I Men's soccer teams as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Politz has been named the 2017 CoSIDA Academic All-America® of the Year for Division I men’s soccer, while Hegarty earned the distinction of 2017 CoSIDA Academic All-America® of the Year for Division I women’s soccer.
A mathematical business major with a 3.94 GPA, Politz was named the ACC Defensive Player of the Year in 2017. Additionally, he was named to the All-ACC Second Team. Playing for the No. 1 ranked Demon Deacons, Politz helped his squad to a 19-2-2 record. He anchored a back line, which tallied 10 shutouts and a 0.55 goals-against average. Politz also scored the game-winning goal in a victory over No. 12 Providence. As a junior, he was named Third Team All-ACC.
Twenty-six of the 34 members of the 2017 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I men’s soccer teams have at least a 3.90 GPA, with 15 student-athletes sporting a perfect 4.0 GPA. The 11 members of the first team have an average GPA of 3.91.
The Academic All-America® Division I Men’s Soccer teams have five repeat performers –
Fraser Colmer (Radford University),
Clark Emerson (Bradley University),
Julius Duchscherer (North Carolina State University),
Hendrik Hilpert (Syracuse University) and
Callum Montgomery (Charlotte) – from last year’s CoSIDA Academic All-America® teams. Additionally, Colmer and
Bryan Brody (Houston Baptist University) were named to the 2015 CoSIDA Academic All-America® teams.
2017 Academic All-America® Men's Soccer Team – NCAA Division I
| FIRST TEAM |
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| Pos. |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| GK |
Jason Beaulieu |
New Mexico |
Sr. |
3.99 |
Civil Engineering |
| D |
Fraser Colmer (1) (#) |
Radford |
Sr. |
3.99 |
Business Management |
| D |
Clark Emerson (3) |
Bradley |
Sr. |
4 |
Business |
| D |
Emil Laursen |
Georgia Southern |
Jr. |
4 |
Finance |
| D |
Kevin Politz |
Wake Forest |
Sr. |
3.94 |
Mathematical Business |
| M |
Ivo Cerda |
Michigan |
Jr. |
3.92 |
Cellular & Molecular Biology |
| M |
Julius Duchscherer (2) |
North Carolina State |
Sr. |
4 |
Business Administration |
| M |
Graham Smith |
Denver |
Sr. |
3.94 |
Finance |
| F |
Jeff Farina |
Notre Dame |
Sr. |
3.41 |
Finance |
| F |
Fernando Pacheco |
Western Illinois |
Sr. |
4 |
Business Administration |
| F |
Spiro Pliakos |
Detroit Mercy |
Sr. |
3.87 |
5-Year MBA program / Accounting & Finance |
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| SECOND TEAM |
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| Pos. |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| GK |
Hendrik Hilpert (3) |
Syracuse |
Jr. |
4 |
Finance & Economics |
| D |
Zach Bock |
Western Michigan |
Sr. |
3.98 |
Sales & Business Marketing |
| D |
Callum Montgomery (2) |
Charlotte |
Jr. |
3.95 |
Biology |
| D |
Henrik Mueller |
Coastal Carolina |
Jr. |
4 |
Management |
| D |
Aleksi Tuominen |
Drake |
Sr. |
4 |
Health Sciences |
| M |
Nathan Braaten |
Oregon State |
Jr. |
4 |
Finance |
| M |
Jack Casey |
Notre Dame |
So. |
4 |
Economics |
| M |
Simon Spangenberg |
New Mexico |
Jr. |
4.19 |
Pre-Mechanical Engineering |
| F |
Samuel Agosti |
Santa Clara |
So. |
3.93 |
Business |
| F |
Joonas Jokinen |
Temple |
Sr. |
3.91 |
Sport & Recreation Management |
| F |
Matt Vasquenza |
Xavier |
Sr. |
3.74 |
Management / Entrepreneurship & HR |
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| THIRD TEAM |
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| Pos. |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| GK |
Liam Priestley |
Missouri State |
Sr. |
3.52 |
Finance |
| D |
Bryan Brody (%) |
Houston Baptist |
Sr. |
4 |
Management |
| D |
Kyle Hiebert |
Missouri State |
Jr. |
4 |
Accounting |
| D |
Philip Ponder |
SMU |
So. |
4 |
Business Administration in Management |
| D |
Aravind Sivakumar |
California |
Sr. |
3.9 |
Computer Science |
| M |
Brandon Bye |
Western Michigan |
Sr. |
3.74 |
Food & Consumer Marketing / Supply Chain Mgmt. |
| M |
Chris Holmes |
Central Arkansas |
Jr. |
4 |
Health Services Administration |
| M |
Luka Prpa |
Marquette |
So. |
4 |
Biomedical Sciences |
| F |
Ryder Bell |
William & Mary |
Jr. |
3.75 |
Economics |
| F |
Ryan Merideth |
Drake |
Jr. |
3.86 |
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology |
| F |
Ahu Obhakhan |
Fairleigh Dickinson |
Jr. |
3.9 |
Business Management |
| F |
Logan Paynter |
Lipscomb |
Sr. |
3.86 |
Marketing: Corporate Marketing |
CoSIDA Academic All-America® of the Year: Kevin Politz, Wake Forest
(1) CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I 1st team selection in 2016
(2) CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I 2nd team selection in 2016
(3) CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I 3rd team selection in 2016
(#) CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I 2nd team selection in 2015
(%) CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I 3rd team selection in 2015
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Jeff Schwartz, North Dakota State University | Academic All-America® Co-Chair for Publicity/Communications
jeff.schwartz@ndsu.edu | (701) 231-8332
Brian Alden, Fort Wayne | Academic All-America® Coordinator of Publicity
aldenbs@ipfw.edu | (260) 481-6646