14 Players, Men's Soccer Team Earn NJCAA Academic Honors

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Connors State College men's soccer team had 14 student-athletes named to NJCAA All-Academic Teams for the 2024-2025 academic year and was named an NJCAA Academic Team of the Year, the NJCAA national office announced this morning.

The 14 men's soccer student-athletes named to the All-Academic teams is a 40 percent increase from the 2023-2024 academic year. Eight players earned their second All-Academic Team recognition, while three earned First Team All-Academic Team honors for the second year in a row.

Student-athletes earn NJCAA All-Academic Team recognition by maintaining at least a 3.60 GPA during the academic year. Student-athletes who finish with a 4.0 cumulative GPA earn first-team honors, second-team honors for a cumulative GPA between 3.80 and 3.99, and third-team honors for a GPA between 3.60 and 3.79.

Connors State Soccer's All-Academic Team honorees are:

• Alvaro Becerril (First Team)*

• Álvaro Pradillo (Second Team)

• David Manresa (Second Team)*

• Dylan Dickey (Third Team)

• Felipe Pereira (First Team)*

• Jayden Blum (First Team)

• Jelan Ward (First Team)*

• João Tomé (Third Team)*

• Kobe Louis (Second Team)

• Mateus Dias de Paula (Second Team)*

• Miguel Gonzalez (First Team)*

• Pavle Bozovic (Second Team)

• Ransford Manu (Second Team)*

• Santiago Rosniack (Third Team)

(*) denotes a player earning their second All-Academic Team recognition.

Additionally, the team earned NJCAA Academic Team of the Year honors for the second consecutive year, posting the highest GPA among Region 2 Men's Soccer programs and the eighth highest GPA among all NJCAA Men's Soccer programs.

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