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Hendrik Hilpert

School
Syracuse University
Position
Goalkeeper
Major
Finance and Economics

Classroom

Hendrik Hilpert earned a spot on the 2017 CoSIDA Academic All-America Second Team after being voted to the third team in 2016. He is a two-time member of the ACC All-Academic Team, and he received the 2017 Chancellor’s Student-Athlete Award. Hilpert received Syracuse’s Martin J. Whitman School of Management Freshman of the Year Award and has maintained a 4.0 grade-point average, being named to the dean’s list every semester.

Character

Hilpert is serving as a team captain this season and is a senior mentor for the Syracuse University Investment Club.

Community

Hilpert has participated in the Athletics Food Pantry Drive and served as a goalkeeper coach at the Junior Orange Academy.

Competition

As of nomination time, Hilpert has started all but one match in goal for the Orange since midway through his freshman season. He currently ranks fourth on Syracuse’s career leader list for wins and shutouts. In 2017, Hilpert earned ACC Defensive Player of the Week honors after shutting out No. 1 Wake Forest. In his rookie campaign, he was named to College Soccer News All-Freshman Second Team when he ranked 27th nationally in GAA. He also was named to the ACC All-Tournament Team after helping the Orange to their first ACC title and helped Syracuse advance to the College Cup that season.