15 players receive NJCAA All-Region Academic Award
Fifteen Blue Knights soccer players from both the men and women’s teams have received the NJCAA All-Region Academic Award in conjunction with the end of 2009 fall semester at Dakota County Technical College. Players are awarded First Team honors by achieving a grade point average of 3.5 of higher on a 4.0 scale. Second Team honors are awarded to players with GPA scores exceeding 3.0.
Athletic Coordinator Cam Stoltz said, “Academic recognition is what we strive for and what we ultimately want our student athletes to achieve. We are proud that roughly one third of our players received this academic recognition.”
Stoltz, who is head coach of both teams, also mentioned that up to four of the recognized players are potentially in line for the prestigious NJCAA Academic All-American honors in June, 2010, an award that considers two years of participation in academic and athletic programs.
Men’s Soccer NJCAA All-Region Academic Award
First Team
- Korbin Anglin
- Freshman
- Sumner Academy
- Hometown: Kansas City, Mo.
- Moses Kabogoza
- Sophomore
- MCB School
- Hometown: Kampala, Uganda
- Danny Ortiz
- Freshman
- Minneapolis Southwest HS
- Hometown: Minneapolis, Minn.
- Dylan Urban
- Freshman
- South St. Paul HS
- Hometown: Burnsville, Minn.
- Spencer Von Behren
- Freshman
- Bloomington Jefferson HS
- Hometown: Bloomington, Minn.
Men’s Soccer NJCAA All-Region Academic Award
Second Team
- Mahamud Ali
- Freshman
- Apple Valley HS
- Hometown: Apple Valley, Minn.
- Jonathan Kivumbi
- Sophomore
- Kitende SSS
- Hometown: Kampala, Uganda
- Emmanuel Olinga
- Freshman
- Watkins Mill HS
- Hometown: Gaithersburg, Md.
Women’s Soccer NJCAA All-Region Academic Award
First Team
- Hannah Decklever
- Freshman
- Lakeville North HS
- Hometown: Lakeville, Minn.
- Kate Fox
- Freshman
- Simley HS
- Hometown: Inver Grove Heights, Minn.
- Katie Lucca
- Sophomore
- Lakeville South HS
- Hometown: Prior Lake, Minn.
- Heather Neurer
- Sophomore
- Tartan HS
- Hometown: Oakdale, Minn.
Women’s Soccer NJCAA All-Region Academic Award
Second Team
- Amanda Olsen
- Freshman
- Park HS
- Hometown: Cottage Grove, Minn.
- Julie Rath
- Sophomore
- Eastview HS
- Hometown: Apple Valley, Minn.
- Kassie Young
- Sophomore
- Lakeville South HS
- Hometown: Lakeville, Minn.
