KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Aug. 1, 2025) - United Soccer Coaches announced on Thursday the College Team Academic Award winners, recognized for their exemplary performance in the classroom during the 2024-25 academic year.
A total of 697 soccer teams (283 men, 414 women) posted a team grade point average of 3.0 or higher, thereby earning the United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award for the 2024-25 academic year. Of that total, 151 schools had both their men's and women's programs recognized.
Villanova posted a 3.46 overall grade point average in 2024-25.
2024-25 Men's Team Academic Award
(School, Coach, Team GPA)
Adelphi University, Gary Book, 3.49
University of Akron, Jared Embick, 3.11
University at Albany, Trevor Gorman, 3.53
Albertus Magnus College, Peter Hamasian, 3.28
Albion College, Wytse Molenaar, 3.41
Alma College, Alister Newby, 3.21
Alvernia University, Casey Moore, 3.47
Amherst College, Justin Serpone, 3.67
Anderson University, Scott Fridley, 3.36
Arcadia University, Joe Clementi, 3.40
Arizona Christian University, Ted Krzywiecki, 3.20
Ashland University, Nick Roberts, 3.35
Augsburg University, Greg Holker, 3.34
Babson College, Jon Anderson, 3.24
Baldwin Wallace University, Reid Ayers, 3.51
Bard College, TJ Kostecky, 3.63
Bates College, Ben Brewster, 3.75
Belhaven University, James Gledhill, 3.20
Bellarmine University, Tim Chastonay, 3.64
Belmont University, David Costa, 3.57
Bentley University, Gary Crompton, 3.34
Berry College, Richard Vardy, 3.55
Binghamton University, Paul Marco, 3.39
Blinn College, Michael McBride, 3.26
Bloomsburg University, Mark Bassett, 3.46
Bowdoin College, Scott Wiercinski, 3.57
Brandeis University, Gabe Margolis, 3.50
Brevard College, Helio D'Anna, 3.30
University of Bridgeport, Peter Doneit, 3.37
Bridgewater State University, Brendan Adams, 3.17
Brown University, Chase Wileman, 3.50
Bucknell University, Dave Brandt, 3.48
Buena Vista University, Kelsey Resnick, 3.13
Butte College, Ross Sandberg, 3.34
University of California, Davis, Dwayne Shaffer, 3.26
UCLA, Ryan Jorden, 3.36
University of California, Merced, Albert Martins, 3.20
University of California Riverside, Tim Cupello, 3.15
University of California Santa Barbara, Tim Vom Steeg, 3.30
University of California Santa Cruz, Michael Runeare, 3.46
California Baptist University, Coe Michaelson, 3.61
California Institute of Technology, Duncan Gillis, 3.76
Cal Poly, Oige Kennedy, 3.35
Cal Poly Pomona, Matthew O'Sullivan, 3.54
California State University Chico, Felipe Restrepo, 3.25
California State University East Bay, Michael Haswell, 3.38
Calvin University, Ryan Souders, 3.33
Carlow University, Allen Duda, 3.17
Carnegie Mellon University, Brandon Bowman, 3.60
Carroll College, Austin Shick, 3.51
Catholic University, Connor Keenan, 3.41
Cedarville University, Brett Faro, 3.40
Central College, Garry Laidlaw, 3.23
Central Connecticut State University, David Kelly, 3.34
University of Central Florida, Scott Calabrese, 3.47
Chatham University, Keith Danley, 3.23
Christian Brothers University, Enda Crehan, 3.10
Clayton State University, Pete Petersen, 3.30
Clemson University, Mike Noonan, 3.35
Cleveland State University, Sinisa Ubiparipovic, 3.51
Coastal Carolina University, Shaun Docking, 3.46
Colorado College, Scott Palguta, 3.80
Colorado School of Mines, Greg Mulholland, 3.37
Concordia University Nebraska, Jason Weides, 3.31
Connecticut College, Reuben Burk, 3.70
Cornell College, Nate Grose, 3.27
Covenant College, Scott Bosgraf, 3.38
Creighton University, Johnny Torres, 3.46
University of Dayton, Dennis Currier, 3.37
De Anza College, Rusty Johnson, 3.11
Denison University, Brandon Bianco, 3.41
University of Denver, Jamie Franks, 3.58
DePaul University, Mark Plotkin, 3.46
DePauw University, Steven McCarthy, 3.32
University of Detroit Mercy, Nate Kopunek, 3.67
Dickinson College, Jorge Chapoy, 3.56
Dominican University of California, David Frank, 3.46
Dominican University, Erick Baumann, 3.31
Drew University, Lenny Armuth, 3.28
Drury University, Ben Taylor, 3.35
University of Dubuque, Andrew Mathys, 3.52
Duquesne University, Chase Brooks, 3.50
East Stroudsburg University, Tom Mustac, 3.44
Eastern Connecticut State University, Greg DeVito, 3.65
Eckerd College, Joe Ilett, 3.52
Edgewood University, Tim Bruner, 3.45
Elon University, Marc Reeves, 3.61
Endicott College, Joe Calabrese, 3.45
Feather River College, Conrad Gooley, 3.67
Felician University, Brandon Levine, 3.12
Flagler College, Thomas Coombes, 3.17
Florida Atlantic University, Joey Worthen, 3.37
Florida Institute of Technology, Nicholas Robinson, 3.64
Florida Southern College, Ashley Holmes, 3.40
Fordham University, Carlo Acquista, 3.57
Fort Lewis College, David Oberholtzer, 3.28
Franciscan University, Brent Ridenour, 3.26
Frostburg State University, Keith Byrnes, 3.15
Furman University, Doug Allison, 3.34
Gannon University, Billy Colton, 3.34
George Mason University, Richard Costanzo, 3.49
George Washington University, Craig Jones, 3.27
Georgia Gwinnett College, Steve DeCou, 3.21
Georgia Southern University, Lee Squires, 3.39
Georgia State University, Brett Surrency, 3.31
Georgian Court University, Dino Raso, 3.30
Goucher College, Bryan Laut, 3.16
Greenville University, Chris Swift, 3.27
Grinnell College, Brian Jaworski, 3.56
Grove City College, Michael Dreves, 3.49
Hamilton College, Brendan Ujvary, 3.64
Hardin-Simmons University, Brad Bankhead, 3.31
Haverford College, Kevin Brenner, 3.76
High Point University, Zach Haines, 3.49
Hiram College, Joe Chmura, 3.11
Hofstra University, Richard Nuttall, 3.63
Holy Family University, Georg Montag, 3.34
Houston Christian University, Ryan Pratt, 3.42
University of Illinois Chicago, Sean Phillips, 3.43
University of Illinois-Springfield, Graham Shaw, 3.69
Illinois College, Evan Philpott, 3.01
Illinois Wesleyan University, Kyle Schauls, 3.56
University of Indiana, Todd Yeagley, 3.42
IU Indianapolis, Sid Van Drunen, 3.53
James Madison University, Paul Zazenski, 3.20
John Carroll University, Dejan Mladenovic, 3.40
John Wood Community College, Bob Cowman, 3.17
Johnson County Community College, Jeff Cole, 3.31
Jones College, Brendan Connelly, 3.49
Keiser University, Gavin Oldham, 3.38
Kenyon College, Travis Wall, 3.35
Lafayette College, Dennis Bohn, 3.39
Lake Erie College, Louie Rolko, 3.12
Lander University, Dale Parker, 3.50
Lawrence University, Will Greer, 3.35
Lawrence Technological University, Will Dyer, 3.40
Lebanon Valley College, Charlie Grimes, 3.46
Loras College, Sam Koenig, 3.29
Loyola Marymount University, Kyle Schmid, 3.30
Luther College, Chris Garcia-Prats, 3.32
Lycoming College, John Schwein, 3.00
University of Lynchburg, Chris Yeager, 3.25
Lynn University, John Rootes, 3.59
Maine Maritime Academy, Billy Shannon, 3.27
Marietta College, Joe Bergin, 3.15
Marquette University, David Korn, 3.42
Mars Hill University, Gregg Munn, 3.41
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Ben Allen, 3.39
Marymount University, Nathan Kalin, 3.20
Maryville College, Jameson Elmore, 3.20
Maryville University, Adam Hall, 3.49
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ken Bovell, 3.74
McDaniel College, Steve Correri, 3.31
McKendree University, Scott Gyllenborg, 3.58
McMurry University, Charles Nobles, 3.05
University of Memphis, Richard Mulrooney, 3.61
Mercer University, Brad Ruzzo, 3.60
Mercy University, Pedro Velazquez, 3.74
Messiah University, Brad McCarty, 3.48
Methodist University, Justin Terranova, 3.18
Middle Georgia State University, Scott Henderson, 3.36
Middlebury College, Alex Elias, 3.71
Midway University, Stu Riddle, 3.38
Misericordia University, Alistair Moore, 3.58
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Chris Handy, 3.54
Mississippi University for Women, BJ Pheasant, 3.05
UMKC, Ryan Pore, 3.55
Missouri Valley College, Vladimir Simic, 3.36
Monmouth University, Rob McCourt, 3.48
University of Montevallo, Bruce Dietterle, 3.52
Moravian University, Robert Wilkinson, 3.41
Mount Aloysius College, Matthew Davis, 3.55
Mount Saint Mary's University, Brett Teach, 3.37
Nebraska Wesleyan University, Brandon Bonilla, 3.35
New England College, Paul Vazquez, 3.35
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Fernando Barboto, 3.35
Newman University, Victor Domingues, 3.39
University of North Carolina-Charlotte, Kevin Langan, 3.18
University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Chris Rich, 3.40
North Carolina State University, Marc Hubbard, 3.07
North Carolina Wesleyan University, Mark Bowman, 3.47
North Central College, Enzo Fuschino, 3.23
North Idaho College, Brad Williams, 3.51
North Park University, Kristoffer Grahn, 3.56
Northeast Texas Community College, Jon Evan, 3.20
Northwestern University, Russell Payne, 3.51
Notre Dame of Maryland University, Frank Olszewski, 3.31
Ohio Northern University, Chris Matjeka, 3.39
Ohio State University, Brian Maisonneuve, 3.21
Ohio Wesleyan University, Matt Weiss, 3.19
University of the Ozarks, Aaron Bruekner, 3.05
University of Pennsylvania, Brian Gill, 3.62
Penn State University, Jeff Cook, 3.30
Pennsylvania College of Technology, Tyler Mensch, 3.15
Pennwest University California, Emedin Sabic, 3.22
Piedmont University, Jimmy Stephens, 3.20
Plattsburgh State University, Chris Taylor, 3.06
Plymouth State University, Rob Wright, 3.52
Point Loma Nazarene University, Philip Wolf, 3.27
University of Portland, Nick Carlin-Vogt, 3.59
Presbyterian College, Nick Finotti, 3.49
Princeton University, Jim Barlow, 3.56
University of Rhode Island, Gareth Elliott, 3.42
Rhodes College, Matt Lamb, 3.47
Ripon College, Marco Rhein, 3.25
Robert Morris University, Jonathan Potter, 3.46
Roberts Wesleyan University, Scott Reber, 3.25
University of Rochester, Ben Cross, 3.56
Rochester Institute of Technology, Bill Garno, 3.44
Rockhurst University, Tony Tocco, 3.55
Roger Williams University, James Greenslit, 3.29
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Sean Helliwell, 3.35
Rutgers University, Jim McElderry, 3.47
Rutgers University Camden, Tim Oswald, 3.17
Saddleback College, BJ McNichol, 3.51
SCAD Savannah, John Haworth, 3.50
St. Edward's University, Brian Young, 3.25
Saint Mary's College of California, Adam Cooper, 3.47
Salisbury University, Zack McDougall, 3.11
University of San Diego, Brian Quinn, 3.30
San Diego State University, Ryan Hopkins, 3.25
University of San Francisco, Chris Brown, 3.43
University of Scranton, Andrew Loughnane, 3.49
Seattle Pacific University, Kevin Sakuda, 3.25
Seton Hall University, Andreas Lindberg, 3.68
Shawnee State University, Stan Rodrigues, 3.19
University of South Carolina, Tony Annan, 3.63
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, Cale Wasserman, 3.44
University of Southern Indiana, Mat Santoro, 3.50
Southern Methodist University, Kevin Hudson, 3.52
Southern Nazarene University, Trevor Harmon, 3.10
Southwestern University, Dustin Norman, 3.60
St. Mary's College of Maryland, Alun Oliver, 3.18
University of St. Thomas, Jonathan Lowery, 3.38
SUNY Brockport, Gary LaPietra, 3.17
SUNY Canton, Tim Penrod, 3.06
SUNY Fredonia, P.J. Gondek, 3.33
SUNY Geneseo, Mark Howlett, 3.18
SUNY Oneonta, Iain Byrne, 3.01
Stanford University, Jeremy Gunn, 3.74
Stevens Institute of Technology, Dale Jordan, 3.65
Stony Brook University, Ryan Anatol, 3.46
Suffolk University, Bill Maddock, 3.52
Susquehanna University, Jim Findlay, 3.39
Swarthmore College, Eric Wagner, 3.73
University of Tampa, Adrian Bush, 3.14
Temple University, Bryan Green, 3.52
University or Texas-Tyler, Kenny Jones, 3.38
Thiel College, Zack Walters, 3.15
Thomas More University, Scott Phipps, 3.38
Tiffin University, Rudy Brownell, 3.14
Transylvania University, Ben Federici, 3.40
Tufts University, Kyle Dezotell, 3.62
University of Tulsa, Thomas McIntosh, 3.44
Utah Valley University, Kyle Beckerman, 3.22
Utica University, Brian Marcantonio, 3.26
Vassar University, Jonathan Hood, 3.75
University of Vermont, Rob Dow, 3.28
Vermont State University Castleton, John O'Connor, 3.31
Villanova University,
Mark Fetrow, 3.46
Wake Forest University, Bobby Muuss, 3.18
Wartburg College, Michael Madigan, 3.20
University of Washington, Jamie Clark, 3.53
Washington University in St. Louis, Andrew Bordelon, 3.78
Washington & Jefferson College, Ian McDonald, 3.39
Wentworth Institute of Technology, Connor Erickson, 3.23
University of West Florida, Bill Elliott, 3.55
West Virginia University, Daniel Stratford, 3.44
Western Michigan University, Chad Wiseman, 3.39
Western New England University, Devin O'Neill, 3.32
Western Oregon University, Michael Behonick, 3.46
Westminster College, Girish Thakar, 3.10
Wheaton College, Steve McCrath, 3.51
Wheaton College, Bryan Waggoner, 3.51
Whitman College, Jose Cedeno, 3.34
Wilkes University, Michael Piranian, 3.25
College of William & Mary, Chris Norris, 3.28
Williams College, Steffen Siebert, 3.67
University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Jesse Tinney, 3.48
Wittenberg University, Dwight Burgess, 3.21
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Brian Kelley, 3.56
Wright State University, Alex Van der Slujis, 3.55
Yale University, Kylie Stannard, 3.58
York College of Pennsylvania, Nate Gibboney, 3.40