Three SAC Men's Soccer Student-Athletes Earn CoSIDA Academic All-America Honors

December 4, 2019

AUSTIN, Texas – Three South Atlantic Conference men's soccer student-athlete were named to the 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II Men's Soccer teams, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) it was announced on Wednesday (Dec. 4).

The Division II Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division II national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2019-20 Division II Academic All-America® program.

Headlining the SAC selections is Queens goalkeeper Sebastian Kalk. The sophomore majoring in international studies has a 4.0 GPA as a first team selection. Coker forward Riccardo Ricci was a second team selection. The senior has a 4.0 GPA in computer science. The final honoree from the SAC was Tusculum defender Pau Peiro. He is a senior chemistry major with a 3.90 GPA.

Twenty-five of the 33 members of the 2018 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division II Men's Soccer teams have at least a 3.80 GPA, with eight student-athletes maintaining a perfect 4.00 GPA. The 12 members of the first team have an average GPA of 3.93.

For more information on the Academic All-America® program, go to https://academicallamerica.com/.

FIRST TEAM

Pos.	Name	School	GPA	Yr.	Major
GK	Brendan Brown	Colorado Mesa University	3.71	Sr.	Kinesiology Fitness & Health Promotion
GK	Sebastian Kalk	Queens University of Charlotte	4.00	So.	International Studies
D	Jamos Hauk	Lake Erie College	4.00	So.	Psychology
D	Preston McIllece	Westminster College	4.00	Sr.	Computer Science
D	Tim Neusesser	Clayton State University	4.00/4.00	Gr.	MBA
D	Jason Zobott (2)	Colorado School of Mines	3.92	Sr.	Petroleum Engineering
M	Leki Prpa (1)	University of Wisconsin-Parkside	3.97	Gr.	Sport Management
M	James Randall	Gannon University	4.00	Sr.	Finance
M	Alex VonHolle (2)	University of Colorado Colorado Springs	3.80	Sr.	Business Administration
F	Magnus Andersen	University of Missouri-St. Louis	3.97	Sr.	International Business
F	Yannik Felber (2)	Franklin Pierce University	3.98	Jr.	Management
F	Ben Overholt (1)	Colorado School of Mines	3.86	Sr.	Electrical Engineering

SECOND TEAM

Pos.	Name	School	GPA	Yr.	Major
D	Andres Da Silva	Wheeling University	3.96	Sr.	Athletic Training
D	Omar Oliveros-Alvarez	Lake Erie College	3.79	Sr.	Business Administration
D	Noah Rosenberg	Colorado Mesa University	3.93	Jr.	Political Science
D	Travis Swallow	Seattle Pacific University	3.98	Jr.	Business Administration
M	Jonathon Carr	Lake Erie College	3.68	Sr.	Sport Management
M	Eneko Lasheras	Florida Southern College	4.00	Sr.	Business
M	Dimitrios Topouzlis (3)	Wilmington University	3.99	Sr.	Finance
F	Lorne Bickley	Wilmington University	3.50	Sr.	Sports Management
F	Riccardo Ricci	Coker University	4.00	Sr.	Computer Science
F	Jake Simpson	Rogers State University	3.72	Sr.	Sport Management

THIRD TEAM

Pos.	Name	School	GPA	Yr.	Major
GK	Daniele De Angelis (2)	Notre Dame College	3.82	Sr.	Accounting / Finance
D	Joe Bell	Wilmington University	3.51	Sr.	Sports Management
D	Paris Bruhn	Chestnut Hill College	3.85	Sr.	Business Administration & Management / Marketing
D	Pau Peiro	Tusculum University	3.90	Sr.	Chemistry
D	Moritz Walther	Fort Hays State University	3.88	Jr.	Health & Human Performance
M	Jasminko Dizdarevic	Urbana University	3.78	Sr.	Business
M	Niklas Laudahn	Franklin Pierce University	3.97	Sr.	Business Management
M	Dan Mahony	University of Illinois Springfield	4.00	Jr.	Exercise Science
F	Cole Asfour	Union University	3.97	Sr.	Sports Management
F	Walmer Martinez	Cal State Monterey Bay	3.55	Sr.	Social & Behavioral Sciences
F	Ryan Schaefer	Western Washington University	3.81	Sr.	Management Information Systems

CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year: Jason Zobott, Colorado School of Mines

(1) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® first team selection in 2018

(2) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® second team selection in 2018

(3) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® third team selection in 2018