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AUSTIN, Texas – Senior goalkeeper Megan Kufeld of the University of Washington and
senior midfielder Patrick Hodan of the University of Notre Dame headline the 2015 Academic All-America® Division I soccer teams as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Kufeld has been selected as the 2015 CoSIDA Academic All-America® of the Year for Division I Women’s Soccer, while Hodan has been named the 2015 CoSIDA Academic All-America® of the Year for Division I Men’s Soccer.
A biology major with an overall 3.97 G.P.A., Kufeld was a third team CoSIDA Academic All-America® selection last year. The Fremont, California native is the Huskies’ all-time leader in career shutouts passing Hope Solo for the top spot with 21. She was on the Pac-12 All-Academic First Team and led her team to the NCAA Tournament. She finished the season with a 1.01 goals against average, five shutouts and 77 saves.
Kufeld’s name is littered throughout the Washington record book. In addition to holding the career record for most shutouts, she also has the career record for lowest goals against average. She is second all-time in career saves. Kufeld is a three-time Pac-12 All-Academic first team member and grabbed Pac-12 honorable mention honors following her sophomore season when she had eight shutouts and a 0.81 goals against average.
As a junior, Kufeld led the Huskies to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. She recorded shutouts in the first two rounds of the tournament before allowing one goal, on a penalty kick, against Stanford in a 1-0 loss. She recorded nine shutouts during the season, which is the second most ever by a UW goalkeeper in a single season.
Hodan, a finance major with a 3.90 G.P.A., is a two-time first team CoSIDA Academic All-America® selection, earning the award in 2014 and was also a third team in 2013. The Brookfield, Wisconsin native has three goals and a career high six assists this year and earned All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Second Team honors. He has led the Irish to an 11-4-5 record and No. 7 national ranking heading into the NCAA Tournament.
Hodan is the first three-time Academic All-America® selection in Notre Dame men’s soccer history. He was a National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) first team All-American, the ACC Offensive Player of the Year and a semifinalist for the Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) Hermann Trophy in 2014 when he had nine goals and three assists for a team that went to the Sweet 16.
As a sophomore Hodan was an All-ACC second team and NSCAA All-South Atlantic Region third team midfielder for Notre Dame. He scored 11 goals and had five assists while leading the team to the NCAA Championship, the first in school history. Hodan was named to the ACC Championship All-Tournament Team and the NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team. He has played 85 games in his career scoring 29 goals, 19 assists and 77 points.
CoSIDA Academic All-America® Women’s Soccer Division I Team
Twenty-two of the 33 members of the 2015 Academic All-America® NCAA Division I women’s soccer teams have at least a 3.90 G.P.A., with nine student-athletes sporting a perfect 4.00 G.P.A. The 12 members of the first team have an average G.P.A. of 3.89.
Rider University senior defender Tara Ballay was a second team choice last season and moved up to the first team in 2015. Mackenzie Dowd, a junior defender from Northeastern University, moved up to first team honors this year after being a third team Academic All-America® pick in 2014. Senior forward Elise Wyatt from DePaul University was also a third team Academic All-America® in 2014.
The CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I Women’s Soccer first team includes two student-athletes with a perfect 4.0 G.P.A. in Dowd and senior University of Arizona defender Sheaffer Skadsen. The other two first team defenders are Valparaiso University senior Jenny Fassbinder and University of Notre Dame senior Cari Roccaro. Valparaiso senior Rita Craven, West Virginia University senior Amanda Hill and Auburn University junior Casie Ramsier are the three midfielders on the first team. Senior University of Texas-El Paso forward Angela Cutaia and junior Boston College forward McKenzie Meehan round of the first team.
The 11-member CoSIDA Academic All-America® second team features three student-athletes – Oral Roberts University senior defender Kaily Cox, and midfielders, Betsy Middleton, a junior at the University of Florida and Elena Tsakasis, a senior at the University of South Dakota -- with a perfect 4.0 G.P.A. Cox is a two-time Academic All-America second team selection. Manhattan College senior Kristen Skonieczny is the second team goalkeeper. In addition to Cox, the other three defenders are Clemson University junior Emily Byorth, University of Mississippi senior Jessica Hiskey and University of Notre Dame senior Katie Naughton. The third midfielder on the team is University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee senior Kelsey Holbert. St. John’s (N.Y.) University senior Rachel Daly, University of Virginia senior Makenzy Doniak and University of Florida junior Savannah Jordan are the three forwards.
Four of the 10 members of the CoSIDA Academic All-America® third team own a perfect 4.00 G.P.A. -- goalkeeper Gabrielle Gauruder, a graduate student at Michigan State University, defender Emma Koivisto, a sophomore at Florida State University, defender Kelsie Roberts, a junior at Abilene Christian University, and forward Kathryn Sloan, a junior at Louisiana Tech University. Brigham Young University senior Sarah Chambers Gardner is the third defender on the team. University of Albany senior Krista Fitzpatrick, United State Naval Academy sophomore Meghan Hegarty and Fordham University graduate student Jessica Widmann make up the midfield. The final two members of the third team are junior forward Addie Forbus of the University of Mississippi and senior forward Kailey Utley of West Virginia University.
CoSIDA Academic All-America® Men’s Soccer Division I Team
Seventeen of the 33 members of the 2015 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I men’s soccer teams have at least a 3.90 G.P.A., with seven student-athletes sporting a perfect 4.0 G.P.A. The 11 members of the first team have an average G.P.A. of 3.89.
In addition to Hodan, there are four other returning CoSIDA Academic All-America® members on the first team. University of North Carolina senior defender Jonathan Campell was a first team choice last year, while University of New Mexico senior midfielder Joshua Dye and Bowling Green State University junior forward Pat Flynn was a second team pick in 2014, and junior forward Fabian Herbers of Creighton University, who was on the third team.
The CoSIDA Academic All-America® first team includes a pair of student-athletes with perfect 4.0 G.P.A.’s, in UNC’s Dye and University of North Carolina-Greensboro senior midfielder Noah DeAngelo. Junior Billy Heavner of University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) is the first team goalkeeper. Duquesne University graduate student Colin Phillips, University of Notre Dame senior Michael Shipp and Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville senior Jacob Wieser make up the remaining defenders. The final member of the first team is UNCW senior forward Colin Bonner.
The CoSIDA Academic All-America® second team features two student-athletes with perfect 4.0 G.P.A.’s and two more who are returning Academic All-America® third team members. Sophomore defender Fraser Colmer of Radford University and junior midfielder Jack Elliott of West Virginia University each has a 4.0 G.P.A. University of Delaware senior midfielder Ben Sampson and University of the Incarnate Word forward Dylan Kelly were each third team members last year. Dartmouth College senior Stefan Cleveland is the second team goalkeeper. The three remaining defenders are Winthrop University senior Jordi Lluch, Hartwick College senior Jack Miller and Georgetown University junior Joshua Yaro. The midfield is comprised of Elliott, Sampson and University of Nebraska-Omaha junior Mark Moulton. Kelly, Winthrop University junior Max Hasenstab, Lehigh University senior Jamie Luchini and Bowling Green State University junior Joe Sullivan are the second team forwards.
There are three student-athletes on the CoSIDA Academic All-America® third team with a 4.0 G.P.A. in sophomore defender Bryan Brody of Houston Baptist University, sophomore midfielder David October of University of North Carolina and sophomore midfielder Leon Schwarzer of University of South Carolina Upstate. Bucknell University senior forward Jesse Klug is a returning member of the Academic All-America® third team. Stanford University junior Andrew Epstein is the third team goalkeeper. UCLA junior Michael Amick, Quinnipiac University senior Tobias Esche and Creighton University senior Vincent Keller join Brody as the third team defenders. Senior Eric Verso of Stanford University is the third midfielder and Butler University junior David Goldsmith is the final forward on the third team.
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Jeff Schwartz, North Dakota State University (
jeff.schwartz@ndsu.edu) (701) 231-8332
Academic All-America® Co-Chair for Publicity/Communications
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meling@uiwtx.edu) (210) 805-3071
Academic All-America® Coordinator of Publicity