Men’s and Women’s Soccer Candidates Announced for the 2018 Senior CLASS Award
September 19, 2018
Download in PDF formatOVERLAND PARK, Kan. (September 19, 2018) – Sixty NCAA® men’s and women’s soccer student-athletes who excel both on and off the field were selected as candidates today for the 2018 Senior CLASS Award® in collegiate soccer. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition. The complete list of candidates follows this release.
An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.
Each of the 60 candidates has displayed a strong work ethic in the classroom and on the pitch with 34 returning after earning first-team conference honors, 30 having grade-point averages of 3.5 or higher, nine being on the MAC Hermann Watch List for 2018 and seven returning All-Americans. Outside of academics and athletics, all candidates also have been consistently involved in community service on their campus or in their communities.
Each of the two candidate classes will be narrowed to 10 finalists midway through the regular season, and those 10 names will be placed on the official ballot. Ballots will be distributed through a nationwide voting system to media, coaches and fans, who will select one male candidate and one female candidate who best exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of community, classroom, character and competition. ?
The Senior CLASS Award winners will be announced during the 2018 NCAA Men’s and Women’s College Cup® championships in December.
Men’s Soccer 2018 Candidates
Name | Position | School |
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Ryder Bell | Forward | College of William & Mary |
Nathan Braaten | Forward | Oregon State University |
Gabriel Carlsson | Midfield | Loyola University Maryland |
Ivo Cerda | Midfield | University of Michigan |
Tommy Clark | Midfield | Western Michigan University |
Jeremy Colvin | Forward/Midfield | Princeton University |
Alex Comsia | Defense | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
Nicky Downs | Midfield | Yale University |
Brad Dunwell | Midfield | Wake Forest University |
Mark Forrest | Forward | Lehigh University |
Jeremiah Gutjahr | Midfield | Indiana University |
Grant Harrison | Defense | University of Detroit Mercy |
Lennart Hein | Defense | Saint Louis University |
Hendrik Hilpert | Goalkeeper | Syracuse University |
Matthew Jegier | Goalkeeper | Elon University |
DeJuan Jones | Forward | Michigan State University |
Daniel Krutzen | Defense | University at Albany |
Mitch LaGro | Defense | Creighton University |
Eddie McCusker | Defense | Saint Joseph's University |
Robbie Mertz | Midfield | University of Michigan |
Colin Miller | Goalkeeper | Providence College |
Abdi Mohamed | Midfield | University of Akron |
Callum Montgomery | Defense | University of North Carolina at Charlotte |
Adam Mosharrafa | Defense | Stanford University |
Tate Schmitt | Forward | Louisville University |
Andre Shinyashiki | Forward | University of Denver |
Simon Spangenberg | Midfield | The University of New Mexico |
Abel Mickey Watson | Defense | Loyola University Maryland |
Ben Willis | Goalkeeper | Gonzaga University |
David Zalzman | Midfield | University of Memphis |
Women’s Soccer 2018 Candidates
Name | Position | School |
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Madeline Anderson | Defense | Hofstra University |
Julia Ashley | Defense | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
Franny Cerny | Forward | DePaul University |
McKenzie Cook | Midfield | Grand Canyon University |
Alana Cook | Defense | Stanford University |
Paige Culver | Defense | Kent State University |
Katie Day | Defense | Providence College |
Christine Etzel | Goalkeeper | Brown University |
Holly Fritz | Midfield | Florida Gulf Coast University |
Katie Glenn | Midfield | University of Texas |
Jennifer Hiddink | Goalkeeper | U.S. Air Force Academy |
Julie James | Midfield | Baylor University |
Nomvula Kgoale | Defense | Louisiana Tech University |
Easther Mayi Kith | Defense | West Virginia University |
CeCe Kizer | Midfield/Forward | University of Mississippi |
Lindsay Kutscher | Defense | California State University, Northridge |
Hailie Mace | Forward/Defense | University of California, Los Angeles |
Kayla McCoy | Forward | Duke University |
Taryn Miller | Defense | University of Montana |
Katie Moller | Forward | University of North Dakota |
Paige Monaghan | Forward | Butler University |
Emily Ogle | Midfield | Pennsylvania State University |
Madison Pogarch | Defense | Rutgers University |
Brielle Preece | Goalkeeper | Pepperdine University |
Bianca St. Georges | Defense | West Virginia University |
Kelli Swenson | Defense | University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee |
Allie Thornton | Forward | Southern Methodist University |
Emma Tyrnauer | Midfield | Loyola Marymount University |
Vera Varis | Goalkeeper | University of Central Florida |
Elizabeth Woerner | Forward | University of Memphis |
Jessica Wollmann | Forward | Radford University |