UNCG places three on CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-District team
GREENSBORO, N.C. – The UNCG men’s soccer team placed three members on the Capital One Academic All-District III Men’s Soccer First Team, the College Sports Information Directors of America announced Thursday.
Senior forward Dustin Gamradt, junior midfielder Noah DeAngelo and redshirt sophomore defender Corey Croegaert were selected to the team and are now eligible for Academic All-America honors against other first-team selections across the eight districts nationwide.
Gamradt owns a 3.87 GPA in international business and will graduate this December. He was recently named a 2014 Spartans of Promise Award winners, which recognizes 10 outstanding members of the 2014 graduating class at UNCG. Gamradt has played in 11 games for the Spartans, including seven starts, before suffering a season-ending injury last week. He leads the Spartans with eight points on the year, scoring three goals and dishing out two assists. In his UNCG career, he has scored nine goals and handed out three assists in 37 games.
DeAngelo owns a 4.0 GPA in biology for the Spartans. He has played in 16 games this season, including 10 starts, despite battling through a shoulder injury all season. He has helped the Spartans notch four shutouts this season in Southern Conference play from his defensive midfield position while also handing out an assist against Furman. He has played 50 games in his UNCG career, scoring two goals and handing out four assists.
Croegaert is majoring in business administration and boasts a 3.90 GPA. He has taken over the starting position in the center of the Spartans’ back line this season, playing in 16 games with 12 starts. He has helped the Spartans post four shutouts and earn the fourth seed in the upcoming SoCon Championship quarterfinals.
Furman’s Lissek named to Capital One Academic All-District team
GREENVILLE, S.C. – Furman men’s soccer standout Sven Lissek has been named to the Capital One Academic All-District IV Team, it was announced on Thursday by the College Sports Informational Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Lissek, a native of Sewau, Germany, has posted a 0.70 goals against average and eight shutouts while guiding the Paladins to a 9-4-3 record this season. The junior fashioned a streak of six consecutive shutouts earlier this season as he held Furman opponents without a goal for more than 714 minutes. He has posted an 8-4-3 record in goal, including clean sheets versus nationally ranked UC Santa Barbara, Coastal Carolina and Kentucky.
An economics major, Lissek sports a 3.51 GPA. He was named Southern Conference Player of the Month for September and October of last season before claiming second-team All-SoCon and NSCAA All-Region honors. He continued his player of the month streak by garnering SoCon Player of the Month honors for September of this year.
As a Capital One Academic All-District pick, Lissek will now appear on the Capital One Academic All-America ballot.
Lissek and the Paladins (9-4-3 overall, 5-3-1 SoCon) conclude regular-season play on Saturday when they travel to Spartanburg, S.C., to face the Wofford Terriers. Kickoff at Snyder Field is slated for 7 p.m.
Mercer’s Samuels named to Capital One Academic All-District team
MACON, Ga. – Mercer men’s soccer senior Ashani Samuels was named to the Capital One Academic All-District IV first team as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) on Thursday.
To be eligible for the academic all-district teams, student-athletes must be starters or important reserves with at least 3.30 cumulative grade point averages. Candidates also must complete at least one full academic year at the nominating institution and be at least sophomores athletically.
Samuels is one of just 11 players in the entire district to receive the honor and joins Furman’s Sven Lissek as the only players in the Southern Conference to be voted onto the squad. UNCG placed three on the District III team.
With the first-team selection, Samuels is now eligible for Academic All-America honors, as first-, second- and third-team honorees will be selected later this month.
This is Samuels’ second time as an academic all-district honoree, as he garnered the honor in 2012, as well. The West Moreland, Jamaica, native has started all 17 games for the Bears this season and tallied an assist against Wofford on Oct. 15. Samuels anchors a back line that has recorded a league-leading eight shutouts this season.
Samuels and the rest of the Bears will play for a chance to win the SoCon regular-season title on Saturday, Nov. 1, at 8 p.m., when they host ETSU. Mercer will honor Samuels and fellow senior Greg Ranjitsingh in a short ceremony prior to the start of the match.