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Jan Kuepper of Milligan Spotlights CoSIDA Academic All-America® NAIA Men's Soccer Team
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Jan Kuepper
AUSTIN, Texas – Milligan University goalkeeper and graduate student
Jan Kuepper was selected as the Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year for NAIA men’s soccer to lead the 2021 Academic All-America teams as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Leading Milligan to one of its best seasons in school history, Kuepper finished the campaign with a school record 11 shutouts while helping the Buffs to a 15-3-1 overall record. The season came to a close in the NAIA Opening Round as Kuepper ranks 14th overall with a 0.63 goals-against average.
Kuepper posted a 3.98 undergraduate GPA and boasts a 4.0 graduate GPA while he is working through his MBA at Milligan and is joined on the first team by his teammate
Elies Sebbouh.
Richie Taylor of Missouri Baptist University and
Maxwell Amoako of Indiana Institute of Technology were both repeat first team selections.
Seven of 11 members of the 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-America® NAIA Men’s Soccer team have at least a 3.80 GPA, with two student-athletes maintaining a perfect 4.00 GPA. The 11 members on the first team posted an average GPA of 3.82.
2021 Academic All-America® Men's Soccer Teams – NAIA
| FIRST TEAM |
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| Pos. |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| GK |
Jan Kuepper |
Milligan University |
Gr. |
3.98/4.00 |
MBA |
| D |
Juan Manuel Collazo |
St. Thomas University (Fla.) |
Gr. |
3.90 |
MBA Financial Specialization |
| D |
Dejue Johnson |
Mid-America Christian University |
Sr. |
3.72 |
Psychology |
| D |
Elies Sebbouh |
Milligan University |
Gr. |
3.83/4.00 |
MBA |
| D |
Richie Taylor (1) |
Missouri Baptist University |
Sr. |
3.95 |
Business Administration |
| M |
Moritz Lusch |
Morningside University |
Sr. |
3.89 |
Business Administration |
| M |
Marco Magnoli |
Wayland Baptist University |
Jr. |
3.82 |
Music |
| M |
Jake Mitchell |
Oregon Institute of Technology |
Sr. |
3.81 |
Mechanical Engineering |
| F |
Rodrigo Albuquerque |
Mid-America Christian University |
Sr. |
3.70 |
Business Administration |
| F |
Maxwell Amoako (1) |
Indiana Institute of Technology |
Gr. |
3.78 |
Business Administration |
| F |
Alejo Binaghi |
University of Mobile |
Sr. |
3.46 |
Business Management |
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| SECOND TEAM |
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| Pos. |
Name |
School |
Yr. |
GPA |
Major |
| GK |
Felipe Godoy |
Keiser University |
Sr. |
3.82 |
Sports Management |
| D |
Fredrik Ackander |
Dalton State College |
Sr. |
3.86 |
BBA Finance & Applied Economics |
| D |
Tommaso Ogliari |
University of the Cumberlands |
So. |
4.00 |
Business Administration |
| D |
Alex Pike |
Wayland Baptist University |
Sr. |
3.96 |
Management Information Systems |
| D |
Nicolo Tossici |
Missouri Baptist University |
Jr. |
3.87 |
Accounting |
| M |
Lucas Garcia |
Embry-Riddle University (Ariz.) |
Jr. |
4.00 |
Aerospace Engineering |
| M |
Carlos Hernandez |
Montreat College |
Sr. |
3.77 |
Business Administration |
| M |
Osvaldo Reyes |
University of Saint Mary |
Sr. |
3.95 |
Accounting |
| F |
Justin Eisenmann |
Olivet Nazarene University |
So. |
3.83 |
Sport Management |
| F |
Quinn Partain |
Taylor University |
Sr. |
3.91 |
Computer Science / Systems |
| F |
Juan Zamora |
Friends University |
Jr. |
3.44 |
Health & Physical Education |
Academic All-America® of the Year: Jan Kuepper, Milligan University
(1) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® first-team selection in 2020-21
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