2017 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Men's/Women's Soccer Teams release dates:
College Division Teams: PDF | doc
NCAA Division III Teams: PDF | doc
NCAA Division II Teams: Wed., Dec. 6
NCAA Division I Teams: Thurs., Dec. 7
Garrett Pochop of Simpson, Kenne Kessler of Hardin-Simmons headline CoSIDA Academic All-America® NCAA Division III Soccer Teams
Garrett Pochop
Kenne Kessler
AUSTIN, Texas – Senior forward Garrett Pochop of Simpson (Iowa) College and junior forward Kenne Kessler of Hardin-Simmons (Texas) University headline the 2017 CoSIDA Division III Academic All-America® Men’s and Women’s soccer teams selected by the College Sports Information Directors Association (CoSIDA) and announced Tuesday.
Pochop, who has a 3.92 GPA in economics (finance) and management, is also one of 17 repeat selections to the CoSIDA Division III Academic All-America® soccer teams. The men had 10 repeat honorees, while the women team had seven.
Kessler, who maintains a 4.0 GPA in biology (pre-med), is the second straight Hardin-Simmons women’s soccer player to be named Academic All-America® of the Year joining Kami Jones. Kessler led the Cowgirls to a 23-1 record this season and into the national semi-finals thanks to 37 goals and nine assists for 83 points. The Highland Village, Texas native was named the American Southwest Conference Offensive Player of the Year, a first-team United Soccer Coaches All-West Region selection and led the nation with 37 goals scored. She was second nationally in goals per game and third in points per game.
Pochop, a Pierre, South Dakota native, is just the second player in Iowa Conference history to be a repeat Most Valuable Player selection. He had 17 goals and seven assists for 41 points this fall as Simpson finished 15-3-2 and advanced to the IIAC Tournament semi-finals.
Along with Pochop, Mike Swiercz (Johns Hopkins University), Austin Read (U.S. Coast Guard Academy), Jason McCartney (Emory University), Nate Gibbons (Lebanon Valley College), Ryan Stuntz (MIT), Nick Kapetanos (Benedictine University), Nick Rutherford (Plymouth State University), Braden Andryk (MSOE) and Steven Collins (Rensselaer Polytechnic) are the men’s repeat selections. Stuntz is a three-time pick, earning second team honors for the second straight year and was third team in 2015. Pochop, Kapetanos, Rutherford, Andryk and Collins were first team honorees in 2016-17, Swiercz was a second team selection, and Read, McCartney and Gibbons were all third team.
On the women’s side, Katherine Campbell and Lauren Kogelmann (William Smith College) as well as Christina Dandar (Kalamazoo College), Kristen Parrish (Hardin-Simmons University), Maddie Fleet (Franklin College), Isabelle Leon (Olivet College), and Hannah Booher (Trinity University) are repeat honorees. Campbell and Parrish both are three-time selections, first team last year and second team in 2015. Fleet and Kogelmann were second team picks in 2016-17. Dandar, Leon and Booher all were third team selections.
The 33 women on the Division III Academic All-America® team have an average GPA of 3.94 with 13 at 4.0 or above. The first team average GPA is 3.99.
The 33 men have a 3.91 GPA with eight of the Division III Academic All-America® team members at 4.0. The first team GPA is 3.94.
The Division III Academic All-America® program is being financially supported by the NCAA Division III national governance structure to assist CoSIDA with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2017-18 Division II Academic All-America® teams program.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Jeff Schwartz, North Dakota State University | Academic All-America® Co-Director for Publicity
jeff.schwartz@ndsu.edu | (701) 231-8332
Scott Musa, Shenandoah University | Academic All-America® Coordinator of Publicity
smusa@su.edu | (540) 665-5417