Tuesday, November 17, 2015
PORTLAND, Ore. – They are not only a talented bunch on the pitch, but they are a smart bunch as well.
A total of 121 student-athletes, including 76 women and 45 men, have earned selection to the 2015 Great Northwest Athletic Conference Soccer All-Academic Teams.
Four of the 43 student-athletes of the men’s squad hold perfect 4.00 GPAs. Mary senior James Liddiard is at 4.00 while pursuring a master’s of business administration degree. Northwest Nazarene senior Erik Anderson is at 4.00 as an engineering major. Seattle Pacific has a pair of 4.00 GPAs in sophomores Jess Cateyano and Ryan Higgins, both physiology majors. Simon Fraser junior Brandon Watson is one 12 repeat selections to the team. Watson has a 4.11 GPA as a kinesiology major on the Canadian system that awards 4.33 points for an A-plus.
Of the 13 repeaters on the men’s team, four are three-time selections: Mary senior Jonathan Sellars, Seattle Pacific seniors Ian Adams and Matt Merchant and Western Washington’s Uche Ugwoaba.
Seattle Pacific landed a total of 25 players on the GNAC All-Academic Soccer Teams and led men’s selections with 12.
2015 GNAC MEN'S SOCCER ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM | ||||
CONCORDIA | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
Billy Fleury | History | Jr. | 3.49 | Northampton, England |
Eli Gaynor | Business Administration | Sr. | 3.59 | Vacnouver, Wash. |
Mitch McCaw | Business Administration | Jr. | 3.51 | Calgary, Alta. |
Arne Niermann | Business Administration | Sr. | 3.90 | Lippstadt, Germany |
Anthony Sanchez | Business Administration | Jr. | 3.56 | Las Vegas, Nev. |
Brady Sanders | Biology | So. | 3.28 | Chugiak, Alaska |
Stefan Vincent | Chemistry | So. | 3.22 | Hillsboro, Ore. |
MARY | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
*Ramsey Blahnik | Athletic Training | Sr. | 3.41 | Winter Park, Colo. |
*Alexander Boyes | Accounting | Sr. | 3.46 | York, England |
Aaron Brennan | Business Management | Sr. | 3.20 | Stabane, Northern Ireland |
James Liddiard | Master’s of Business Administration | Sr. | 4.00 | Lichfield, England |
Christoffer Nogueira | Communications | So. | 3.20 | Kungsbacka, Sweden |
Jordan Pearce | Business Management | Jr. | 3.21 | Doncaster, England |
*+Jonathan Sellars | Business Management | Sr. | 3.96 | York, England |
Mitchell Taveira | Business Management | So. | 3.71 | Perth, Australia |
MONTANA STATE BILLINGS | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
Joe Scott | Political Science | So. | 3.33 | Edwall, Wash. |
NORTHWEST NAZARENE | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
Erik Anderson | Engineering | Sr. | 4.00 | Boise, Idaho |
Stephen Davidson | Biochemistry | Jr. | 3.51 | Nampa, Idaho |
Ryan Foo | Pre-Medicine | Jr. | 3.22 | San Jose, Calif. |
Marshall Hartley | Marketing | So. | 3.67 | Vancouver, Wash. |
Nathan Murphy | Business Administration | Sr. | 3.83 | Centralia, Wash. |
Collin Raymond | Recreation Sports Management: Kinesiology/Coaching | So. | 3.33 | Galt, Calif. |
*Austin Thomas | Mass Communications | Jr. | 3.57 | Lewiston, Idaho |
SAINT MARTIN’S | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
Derrick Gonzales | Business | Jr. | 3.39 | Moses Lake, Wash. |
*Max Harvey | Mechanical Engineering | Jr. | 3.63 | Tacoma, Wash. |
Kaleb Strawn | Business | Jr. | 3.44 | Sammamish, Wash. |
Tim Teipel | Mechanical Engineering | So. | 3.31 | Vancouver, Wash. |
SEATTLE PACIFIC | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
*+Ian Adams | Accounting | Sr. | 3.73 | Shoreline, Wash. |
Jess Cayetano | Physiology | So. | 4.00 | Portland, Ore. |
*Jeffrey Collings | Physiology | Jr. | 3.75 | Seattle, Wash. |
Keenan dePinna | Business Administration | Jr. | 3.35 | Portland, Ore. |
Ryan Higgins | Physiology | So. | 4.00 | Issaquah, Wash. |
Garrett Jones | Accounting | Sr. | 3.48 | Boise, Idaho |
*David Karaica | Exercise Science | Jr. | 3.70 | Snoqualmie, Wash. |
Gebe Kellum | Coaching Science | So. | 3.85 | Rennes, France |
*Jordan Kollars | Engineering | Jr. | 3.95 | Silverdale, Wash. |
*+Matt Merchant | Accounting | Sr. | 3.73 | Portland, Ore. |
Mori Tsuchiya | Pre-Medicine | So. | 3.33 | Seattle, Wash. |
Julian White | Business Administration | So. | 3.73 | Redmond, Wash. |
SIMON FRASER | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
*Robert Hyams | Economics | Jr. | 3.57 | Brentwood, United Kingdom |
*Brandon Watson | Kinesiology | Jr. | 4.11 | Victoria, B.C. |
WESTERN WASHINGTON | ||||
Name | Academic Major | Year | GPA | Hometown |
Garrett Barber | Engineering/Design | So. | 3.33 | Mount Vernon, Wash. |
Luke Olney | Management | So. | 3.32 | Enumclaw, Wash. |
Sawyer Preston | Kinesiology | Sr. | 3.27 | Sammamish, Wash. |
*+Uche Ugwoaba | Computer Science | Sr. | 3.26 | Orlu, Nigeria |
* - 2014 All-Academic Selection + - 2013 All-Academic Selection |