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Nate Foddrill of Spring Harbor Leads CoSIDA Academic All-America® NAIA Men's Soccer Teams
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Nate Foddrill
AUSTIN, Texas – Senior
Nate Foddrill of Spring Arbor University headlines the 2019 Academic All-America® NAIA men's soccer teams as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
The NAIA Academic All-America® program is financially supported by the NAIA national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2019-20 NAIA Academic All-America® teams.
Foddrill was named the Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year for NAIA men’s soccer.
Foddrill has led the No. 11-seeded Cougars to the NAIA Men’s Soccer National Championship after a 4-0 win over Grand View University in the opening round. The Crossroads League Midfielder of the Year is an Actuarial Science major with a 4.0 GPA.
The senior from DeWitt, Michigan, heads into the Round of 16 at the national tourney having started in 18 matches this season and is part of a team that was one of the best defensive units in the country having only allowed a total of 15 goals.
Foddrell is one of three CoSIDA Academic All-America® repeat selections from 2018 as he and Morningside College’s
Pascal Kutschera each earned first team honors while
Hunter Gibbons (Spring Arbor) repeated on the second team.
The first team had three 4.0 GPA’s and as a group, they averaged a 3.93 GPA.
2019 Academic All-America® Men's Soccer Teams – NAIA
| FIRST TEAM |
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| Pos. |
Name |
School |
GPA |
Yr. |
Major |
| GK |
Joseph Smith |
Madonna University |
3.94 |
Sr. |
Business Administration |
| D |
Grant Baker |
University of Michigan - Dearborn |
3.91 |
Sr. |
BSE Bioengineering (UG) / Engineering (G) |
| D |
Greg Fiorentino |
University of Saint Mary |
4 |
Sr. |
Biology |
| D |
Daniel Kozma |
Grand View University |
3.94 |
Sr. |
Management Information Systems / Business Admin. |
| D |
Pascal Kutschera (1) |
Morningside College |
3.99 |
Sr. |
Public Accounting |
| M |
Sebastian Aguas |
Embry-Riddle University (Ariz.) |
4 |
Sr. |
Electrical Engineering |
| M |
Yauri De Groot |
Soka University |
3.94 |
Sr. |
Liberal Arts / International Studies |
| M |
Nate Foddrill (1) |
Spring Arbor University |
4 |
Sr. |
Actuarial Science |
| F |
Kevin de Lange |
Shawnee State University |
3.97 |
So. |
Business Management |
| F |
Brody Patience |
University of Houston-Victoria |
3.84 |
Sr. |
Business |
| F |
Jordan Travis |
Northwest University (Wash.) |
3.79 |
Sr. |
Business Administration |
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| SECOND TEAM |
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| Pos. |
Name |
School |
GPA |
Yr. |
Major |
| GK |
Wyatt Zabinski |
Southern Oregon University |
3.55 |
Sr. |
Biology |
| D |
Hunter Gibbons (2) |
Spring Arbor University |
3.85 |
Sr. |
Advertising / Public Relations |
| D |
Kaleb Miles |
Northwest Christian University |
3.93 |
Sr. |
Biology |
| D |
Joe Minton |
William Penn University |
3.9 |
Sr. |
Physical Education |
| D |
Gabriel Osti |
Grace College |
3.95 |
Sr. |
Finance |
| M |
Richard Bakiaj |
Baker University |
4 |
Sr. |
Psychology / Sociology |
| M |
Eduardo Bonatto |
William Penn University |
3.51 |
Sr. |
Business Management |
| M |
Alfredo Rivera |
Georgia Gwinnett College |
4 |
Jr. |
Business |
| F |
Felipe Hideki |
MidAmerica Nazarene University |
3.83 |
Sr. |
Business Administration |
| F |
Marcelo Talamas |
Grace College |
3.69 |
Jr. |
Business Management |
| F |
Jake Van Der Luit |
Southeastern University |
3.35 |
Gr. |
Sports Management |
Academic All-America® of the Year: Nate Foddrill, Spring Arbor University
(1) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® first team selection in 2018
(2) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® second team selection in 2018
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Michael MacEachern, Young Harris College | Academic All-America® Co-Chair for Publicity/Communications
mfmaceachern@yhc.edu | (706) 379-5106
Aaron Sagraves, Cornerstone University | Academic All-America® Coordinator of Publicity
aaron.sagraves@cornerstone.edu | (616) 977-5415