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MEN'S SOCCER TIMELINE
1961
West Virginia University soccer plays in its inaugural season
1965
WVU wins its first conference championship in the Southern Conference Tournament
1966
The Mountaineers reach the NCAA Tournament for the first time
1975
Jack Cardosa sets the Mountaineer all-time record with 53 career goals, a mark that still stands. His 115 career points also are No. 1 in West Virginia history.
1967
Ron McEachen is named WVU’s first All-American
1995
WVU Hall of Fame coach John McGrath retires after 27 seasons at the helm. He won a schoolrecord 202 matches.
2006
Mountaineers crowned Big East regular-season champions
Marlon LeBlanc named National Coach of the Year by Soccer America and FieldTurf
2005
1981
West Virginia reaches quarterfinal round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time in program history
WVU opens Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium, one of the finest college soccer venues in the country
Aaron Pitchkolan becomes the first Mountaineer to be selected in the MLS SuperDraft
2013
Men’s Soccer locker room undergoes renovation
2018
WVU goes undefeated in regular-season play to claim its first Mid-American Conference title
2016
New locker room completed at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium
2019
The Mountaineers win three games in six days to take home the MAC Tournament crown
2020
Dan Stratford is hired as the 10th coach in program history
2022
WVU announces it has joined the Sun Belt Conference beginning in the 2022 season
2021
New Athletics Performance Center opens on campus
West Virginia advances to the NCAA Quarterfinals for the first time in 40 years
2024
The Mountaineers sweep the Sun Belt regular season and tournament titles
2023
West Virginia advances to the NCAA College Cup for the first time in program history
DICK DLESK SOCCER STADIUM
Mountaineer fans pack the stands to be the extra man, knowing their voice makes a difference. They come early, like to be heard and stay until the final whistle blows. Together, Mountaineer Nation defends Dlesk. The 2025 season is the Mountaineers’ 22nd competing at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium, one of the nation’s finest college soccer facilities. In that time, some of the greatest wins in program history have been earned.
“Our goal is to build the best homefield advantage in all of college soccer. With help from our strong support system, we want to make sure that stepping into Dlesk as a visitor is no easy task. We are very proud of what we can call home."
- Coach Dan Stratford
SUN BELT CONFERENCE
The Sun Belt Conference is back for its fourth year of a new-look men’s soccer league in 2025.
A total of 10 teams comprise SBC men's soccer; six full-time, conference members James Madison, Marshall, Old Dominion, Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern and Georgia State in addition to Kentucky, South Carolina, UCF, and West Virginia, who will compete as affiliate members for men's soccer only. The Sun Belt Conference previously sponsored men's soccer from 1976-1995 and 2014-20.
"These elite programs will lend instant credibility and help establish the Sun Belt as one of the nation's premier men's collegiate soccer conferences," said Commissioner Keith Gill. "They each bring their unique traditions and histories of excellence. We welcome them and look forward to a bright future on the pitch."
The Sun Belt Conference men's soccer membership will boast some of the sport's most accomplished programs. The 10 teams have combined for more than 100 all-time NCAA Tournament appearances.
The Sun Belt Conference was founded in 1976 and began sponsoring football in 2001. It now sponsors 19 NCAA Division I sports and annually awards nearly $134 million in financial aid to more than 4,600 student-athletes.
The Sun Belt Conference men’s soccer membership will boast some of the sport’s most accomplished programs. The 10 teams have combined for more than 100 all-time NCAA Tournament appearances.
CHARACTER
Public, land-grant institution, founded in 1867. Across the three campuses of the WVU System in Morgantown, Keyser, and Beckley, WVU is changing lives and helping to create a brighter future. Our purpose remains to bring education, healthcare, and prosperity to our state. WVU is one of only a few flagship, R1, land-grant, community-engaged universities in the nation.
RESEARCH CLASSIFICATION
R1: Doctoral Universities – Highest Possible category, as described by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
ACCREDITATION
WVU is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. Many programs hold specialized accreditation.
GOVERNANCE
The WVU Board of Governors is the University’s governing body. The Higher Education Policy Commission in West Virginia is responsible for developing, establishing and overseeing the implementation of a public policy agenda for the state’s four-year colleges and universities. Michael Benson is WVU’s 27th president.
CAMPUS LOCATIONS AND FACILITIES
The WVU System is a family of distinctive campuses united by a single mission. From the groundbreaking research of our flagship in Morgantown to the student-centered focus of WVU Potomac State College in Keyser to the technology-intensive programs at WVU Institute of Technology in Beckley, we are creating a better future for West Virginia and the world.
The WVU Institute of Technology offers 30+ majors, including undergraduate engineering programs that have consistently ranked among the top in the nation according to U.S. News & World Report.
WVU Potomac State College offers 60+ majors and combines the personal attention of a small college with the affordable benefits of a major university.
The WVU System also includes Health Sciences locations in Charleston and Martinsburg; School of Nursing campuses in Morgantown, Charleston, Keyser, Bridgeport and Beckley; farms and forests throughout the state; and WVU Jackson’s Mill State 4-H Camp.
The WVU Morgantown campus is in a town that was named the “No. 1 Small City in America” by BizJournals.com for its exceptional quality of life. Morgantown was also rated the ninth best college town in America by Business Insider.
STUDENT PROFILE
Fall 2024 WVU System enrollment was 25,000+
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
WVU recipients of prestigious scholarships include 25 Rhodes Scholars, 142 Gilman Scholars, 82 Fulbright Scholars, 53 Goldwater Scholars, 44 Critical Language Scholars, 30 Boren Scholars, 27 Truman Scholars, 6 Morris K. Udall Scholars, 5 USA Today All-USA College Academic First Team Members (and 11 academic team honorees), 3 Department of Homeland Security Scholars, 4 George C. Marshall (British) Scholars, 39 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships, one Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholar and one Schwarzman Scholar.
R1 RESEARCH INSTITUTION HIGHLIGHTS
WVU is one of only 187 colleges and universities to attain a ranking of R1, or the highest possible research category, alongside such institutions as Harvard, Yale, Columbia and Johns Hopkins.
WVU researchers are exploring the frontier in neuroscience research at the WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, doing groundbreaking work on Alzheimer’s disease and addiction treatment using focused ultrasound to safely open the blood-brain barrier (reported by “60 Minutes,” the New York Times, New England Journal of Medicine, the Washington Post and more).
WVU researchers are exploring the farthest reaches of the universe: dozens helped uncover evidence of ripples in space-time. mWVU is one of two or three universities that serve as a major hub for all branches of science contributing to NANOGrav – a galaxy-sized detector that is beginning to detect the gravitational universe.
Maura McLaughlin, Eberly Distinguished Professor of Physics and Astronomy, an internationally renowned WVU astrophysicist was selected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors in the scientific world.
Duncan Lorimer, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, was selected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of London.
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS
Twelve Morgantown colleges and schools offer 302 majors in agriculture and natural resources; applied and human sciences; arts and sciences; business and economics; creative arts and media; dentistry; engineering and mineral resources; law; medicine; nursing; pharmacy; and public health. Hundreds of distance education and online classes are available.
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS
Students can choose from more than 450 student organizations or participate in an active intramural program and a variety of club sports.
SERVICE AND LEARNING
The Center for Service and Learning develops and organizes service learning and volunteer opportunities for students and faculty. WVU is one of only 75 schools recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching for Community Engagement (recognized since 2010).
PARENTS CLUB
The Mountaineer Parents Club, with 20,000+ members, connects parents and families with the student experience.
ALUMNI
Chartered in 1873, the WVU Alumni Association is made up of more than 210,000+ graduates worldwide (in 135 nations).
LIBRARIES
The WVU Libraries encompass seven libraries statewide. Facilities in Morgantown include the Downtown Campus Library, Evansdale Library, Health Sciences Library, Law Library and the West Virginia and Regional History Center. Onsite collections include more than 936,000 books, 1.5+ million e-books and 700+ databases.
PRIVATE SUPPORT
The WVU Foundation recorded $282.6 million in gifts and pledges in fiscal year 2024. As of June 30, 2024, total Foundation assets stood at $3.04 billion, including long-term investments for the benefit of WVU and assets managed by the Foundation for other WVU-affiliated organizations.
EXTENSION
Throughout the year in West Virginia’s 55 counties, WVU Extension funds and delivers West Virginia’s 4-H program, which reaches more than 68,000 youth each year through county and state camps, special interest clubs, in-school activities and other programs.
ADMISSION AND APPLICATION TIMELINE
It’s painless to apply — no required essays or recommendations, students are automatically considered for scholarships and can be admitted with or without ACT or SAT scores. Test scores may be required for certain majors or scholarships. Apply directly to WVU or use the Common Application. WVU offers a rolling admission (there is no official application deadline). Applications are processed beginning in late August for admission the following fall. March 1 is the deadline for West Virginia residents to submit Promise Scholarship applications. Visit admissions.wvu.edu to learn more, including how to submit official transcripts and test scores. Graduate admission (for degree-seeking applicants) requires a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited university with a cumulative GPA of at least 2.75 on a 4.0 scale for regular admission. In addition, an applicant must meet the minimum admissions criteria determined by their program of interest.
VISITORS CENTER
The WVU Visitors Center is the front door to campus, providing the warm hospitality that Mountaineers are known for in a modern, welcoming space. Tours led by current students are offered Monday through Friday and select Saturdays. Details are available at visit.wvu.edu.
DAN STRATFORD
HEAD COACH • 6TH SEASON
Mountaineer alumnus Dan Stratford was named West Virginia University’s 10th men’s soccer head coach in January 2020 and enters his sixth season at the helm in 2025.
Stratford, who played for the Mountaineers from 2004-07, and served as an assistant coach at WVU from 2011-13, returned to Morgantown after a three-year stint as the head coach at the University of Charleston from 2017-19. While at UC, he compiled a record of 61-4-5 and led the Golden Eagles to a pair of Division II National Championships.
It hasn’t taken long for him to elevate his alma mater as he has gone 55-18-22 in four seasons in Morgantown.
In 2024, Stratford led WVU to both the Sun Belt Regular Season and Tournament titles for the first time in program history as he took home Sun Belt Coach of the Year honors. The Mountaineers went 13-2-7 overall and 5-0-4 in the Sun Belt, finishing league play unbeaten. During the season, the Mountaineers reached No. 1 in the United Soccer Coaches poll for the first time in program history.
Sergio Ors Navarro was named the Sun Belt Player of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year. He was also named a First Team All-American by United Soccer Coaches as well as a Third Team All-American by Top Drawer Soccer. Additionally, he was also named the Sun Belt Tournament MVP. Off the field, he was named the United Soccer Coaches National Scholar Player of the Year. Max Broughton joined Ors Navarro as an All-American, earning second team honors by United Soccer Coaches. Broughton and Ryan Baer were also named First Team Academic All-Americans by College Sports Communicators along with Marcus Caldeira, who was also named the Academic All-American of the Year as WVU swept the national academic honors.
In the 2025 MLS SuperDraft, Baer was selected 28th overall by the Seattle Sounders, the fourth first round pick from WVU in the last two seasons. Additionally, Broughton and Ors Navarro signed professional contracts with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds and Union Omaha, respectively.
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BORN: May 29, 1985 HOMETOWN: London, England
ALMA MATER: West Virginia ’09 (Bachelor’s), ’15 (Master’s)
United Soccer Coaches Division II Coaching Staff of the Year
2018 Mountain East Coach of the Year
2019 Mountain East Coach of the Year
United Soccer Coaches Division II Coaching Staff of the Year
2023 TopDrawerSoccer National Coach of the Year
2024 Sun Belt Coach of the
POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE
Stratford vs. opponents
In 2023, Stratford led the Mountaineers to new heights as WVU went 17-3-4 to set a new program record for wins and advanced to the College Cup for the first time in program history. The Mountaineers finished the season ranked No. 3 in the United Soccer Coaches poll and Stratford was named the TopDrawerSoccer National Coach of the Year.
The season saw many highlights including wins over No. 1 Marshall and No. 3 Portland as well as ranked wins in the NCAA Tournament over Louisville, Vermont, and Loyola Marymount. West Virginia reached as high as No. 2 in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 while going to No. 1 in both the TopDrawerSoccer and College Soccer News polls at various points throughout the season, the first time the Mountaineers have been in the top spot in any poll in program history.
Marcus Caldeira and Yutaro Tsukada each earned All-America status under Stratford's leadership while Jackson Lee, Frederik Jorgensen, and Luke McCormick joined the high-scoring duo on the United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region team as well as the All-Sun Belt team.
Off the field, Caldeira was named a First-Team Academic All-America by College Sports Communicators while Tsukada and Lee earned Scholar All-America status from United Soccer Coaches. Additionally, Ryan Baer, Max Broughton, Carlos Hernando, Kyle Lehnert, and Lee all earned spots on the Academic All-District squad.
The Mountaineers also made history in the 2024 MLS SuperDraft as Caldeira (20th, Minnesota United FC), Tsukada (25th, Orlando City SC), and Lee (28th, LAFC) were all taken in the first round, the only school to have a trio of first-
selections.
In 2022, Stratford and the Mountaineers ushered in a new era as they moved to the Sun Belt Conference after 10 years in the MAC, going 7-7-4 overall record and 3-1-4 in conference play.
Two players, Luke McCormick and Bjarne Thiesen, earned spots on the All-Sun Belt Second Team while Thiesen also earned second-team All-Southeast Region honors from United Soccer Coaches.
In the classroom, Aaron Denk Gracia and Dyon Dromers earned Academic All-America honors. Additionally, Ryan Baer and Adam Burchell earned spots on the Academic All-District squad.
The Mountaineers enjoyed one of their most successful seasons in program history in 2021. The squad finished 12-3-6 on the year and appeared in the NCAA Quarterfinal for the first time since 1981. WVU reached as high as No. 3 nationally in the United Soccer Coaches poll, good for its highest mark in program history. The team finished at No. 8 in the poll, its highest final ranking ever.
WVU earned the No. 11 seed in the NCAA Tournament, its highest national seed since 2007. A big reason why was the Mountaineers’ dominance at home. In all, West Virginia held an 8-0-3 record in Morgantown, marking its first unbeaten, home campaign in 14 years.
Individually, defender Bjarne Thiesen was named to the United Soccer Coaches All-America Third Team, while defender Kevin Morris and midfielder Ryan Baer were all-region selections. Thiesen also was featured on TopDrawerSoccer’s Best XI Third Team, joining defender Frederik Jorgensen, who was named to the Freshman Best XI Second Team by TDS.
second-team distinction. In the classroom, nine players were featured on the Academic All-MAC Team, including Morris, who went on to become a CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team selection, the program’s first 2016.
Prior to his return to West Virginia, the London, England, native was named the Mountain East Conference (MEC) Coach of the Year for all sports in 2017 and 2019, and was a two-time United Soccer Coaches Division II Coaching Staff of the Year (2017, 2019) winner. Under Stratford’s tutelage, UC won three conference regular-season championships and two conference tournament titles in his three years in charge.
For the second consecutive season, Morris was placed on the Academic All-America First Team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Defender Aaron Denk Gracia was selected to the third team. Along with that duo, midfielder Pau Jimenez Albelda earned Academic All-District honors.
A total of 14 players scored at least one goal in 2021, a program record. In the classroom, nine members of the year earned Academic All-MAC honors, and the club earned the United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award for the 14th straight campaign.
Stratford’s first season at the helm in 2020-21 proved to be one of great adversity and uncertainty. The Mountaineers’ tradition fall campaign was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in a 10-game, spring-only slate from February to April. West Virginia finished 6-3-1 on the year, including 4-3-1 in Mid-American Conference play, while battling through multiple postponements and cancelations throughout the process. Stratford led the Mountaineers to a 3-0 win in his debut on Feb. 26, at Charlotte, before WVU took down the eventual National Champions, Marshall, 1-0, on March 24, in Morgantown. West Virginia outscored its opponents, 14-6, and tallied six shutouts on the year. The squad finished No. 7 nationally in shot accuracy (.532), No. 8 in shutout percentage (.600) and No. 9 in team goals against average (.576). Five Mountaineers earned a spot on the All-MAC Team following the season, as goalkeeper Steven Tekesky and midfielders Ike Swiger and Luke McCormick earned first-team honors, while Jimenez Albelda and Morris were awarded
Charleston finished 22-2-1 in 2019, culminating with its second National Championship in three years. The Golden Eagles outscored their opponents, 87-8, and earned 17 shutouts. In all, the squad finished the campaign on a 12-match win streak.
In 2018, UC conceded just four total goals, an all-time goals-against average record in Division II men’s soccer history. The team went undefeated in the regular season before finishing with an 18-1-2 mark.
Stratford’s first season as a head coach in 2017 was capped off with UC’s first men’s soccer National Championship. On the heels of a 15-match win streak, the Golden Eagles allowed just eight goals all year while tallying 19 shutouts. The squad finished 21-1-2 on the year, as Stratford mentored his first collection of student-athletes as a head coach, including Thomas Vancaeyezeele, the Division II National Player of the Year.
From 2014-16, Stratford served as an assistant coach at UC, helping the Golden Eagles to three trips to the Division II Final Four with two National Runner-Up finishes.
Prior to his time at Charleston, Stratford was an assistant coach for three seasons at WVU from 2011-13. The Mountaineers reached the NCAA Tournament Second Round in 2011, before joining the MAC in 2012.
One of the most decorated players in program history, Stratford played for the Mountaineers from 2004-07, finishing No. 1 in WVU history in matches played in a season (23) and career (85), as well as No. 1 in career game-winning assists (13) and game-winning points (31). Additionally, Stratford, an All-Big East and all-region selection as a senior, currently sits No. 2 in school history in career assists (27), shots on goal (86) and multi-assist games (4), No. 4 in matches started (79), No. 4 in game-winning goals (9) and No. 9 in career points (67).
Stratford led the Mountaineers to a four-year mark of 54-24-8 with three NCAA Tournament appearances and the 2006 Big East regular-season championship as a player. WVU reached the NCAA Sweet 16 for the first time in program history during Stratford’s senior season in 2007.
Drafted by D.C. United in 2008, Stratford played one season in Major League Soccer (MLS) before joining Scottish club Inverness Caledonian Thistle from 2009-10. He finished his professional career at Hereford United (England) from 2010-11.
Stratford owns a UEFA ‘B’ coaching license and graduated from WVU with a bachelor’s degree in physical education teacher education in 2009. He also earned a master’s degree at WVU in 2015.
ANDY WRIGHT
ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH • 10TH SEASON
Former West Virginia University men’s soccer All-American Andy Wright enters his 10th season on the Mountaineer men's coaching staff and his sixth as associate head coach in 2025.
Wright, a Mountaineer from 2004-07 and one of the top players in program history, returned to Morgantown after concluding a successful playing career, in which he played for five clubs from 2007-15.
In his nine seasons back at WVU, he has helped guide the Mountaineers to four conference titles, five NCAA Tournament berths, a trip to the College Cup, multiple weeks in the national rankings and numerous national athletic and academic honors.
In 2024, Wright helped lead WVU to both the Sun Belt Regular Season and Tournament titles for the first time in program history. The Mountaineers went 13-2-7 overall and 5-0-4 in the Sun Belt, finishing league play unbeaten. During the season, the Mountaineers reached No. 1 in the United Soccer Coaches poll for the first time in program history.
Sergio Ors Navarro was named the Sun Belt Player of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year. He was also named a First Team All-American by United Soccer Coaches as well as a Third Team All-American by Top Drawer Soccer. Additionally, he was also named the Sun Belt Tournament MVP. Off the field, he was named the United Soccer Coaches National Scholar Player of the Year.
Max Broughton joined Ors Navarro as an All-American, earning second team honors by United Soccer Coaches. Broughton and Ryan Baer were also named First Team Academic All-Americans by College Sports Communicators along with Marcus Caldeira, who was also named the Academic All-American of the Year as WVU swept the national academic honors.
In the 2025 MLS SuperDraft, Baer was selected 28th overall by the Seattle Sounders, the fourth first round pick from WVU in the last two seasons. Additionally, Broughton and Ors Navarro signed professional contracts with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds and Union Omaha, respectively.In 2023, Wright helped lead the Mountaineers to new heights as WVU went 17-3-4 to set a new program record for wins and advanced to the College Cup for the first time in program history. The Mountaineers finished the season ranked No. 3 in the United Soccer Coaches poll.
The season saw many highlights including wins over No. 1 Marshall and No. 3 Portland as well as ranked wins in the NCAA Tournament over Louisville, Vermont, and Loyola Marymount. West Virginia reached as high as No. 2 in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 while going to No. 1 in both the TopDrawerSoccer and College Soccer News polls at various points throughout the season, the first time the Mountaineers have been in the top spot in any poll in program history.
Marcus Caldeira and Yutaro Tsukada each earned All-America status while Jackson Lee, Frederik Jorgensen, and Luke McCormick joined the high-scoring duo on the United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region team as well as the All-Sun Belt team.
Off the field, Caldeira was named a First-Team Academic All-America by College Sports Communicators while Tsukada and Lee earned Scholar All-America status from United Soccer Coaches. Additionally, Ryan Baer, Max Broughton,
Carlos Hernando, Kyle Lehnert, and Lee all earned spots on the Academic All-District squad.
In 2022, Wright helped the Mountaineers to 7-7-4 overall record and 3-1-4 mark in their first year in the Sun Belt Conference.
Two players, Luke McCormick and Bjarne Thiesen earned spots on the All-Sun Belt Second Team while Thiesen also earned second-team All-Southeast Region honors from United Soccer Coaches.
In the classroom, Aaron Denk Gracia and Dyon Dromers earned Academic All-America honors. Additionally, Ryan Baer and Adam Burchell earned spots on the Academic All-District squad.
West Virginia enjoyed one of its most successful seasons in program history in 2021. The squad finished 12-3-6 on the year and appeared in the NCAA Quarterfinal for the first time since 1981.
The team also set a variety of program-best marks, including the highest ranking in team history (No. 3 by United Soccer Coaches) and highest final ranking (No. 8 by United Soccer Coaches). Additionally, a program-record 14 different players found the back of the net during the year.
WVU earned the No. 11 seed in the NCAA Tournament, its highest national seed since 2007, largely due to its 8-0-3 record at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium, which was its first unblemished, home campaign in 14 seasons.
Individually, defender Bjarne Thiesen was named to the United Soccer Coaches All-America Third Team, while defender Kevin Morris and midfielder Ryan Baer were all-region selections. Thiesen also was featured on TopDrawerSoccer’s Best XI Third Team, joining defender Frederik Jorgensen, who was named to the Freshman Best XI Second Team by TDS.
The success also translated into the classroom. For the second consecutive season, Morris was placed on the Academic All-America First Team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Defender Aaron Denk Gracia was selected to the third team. Additionally, nine members of the year earned Academic All-MAC honors.
A year before, Wright helped lead the Mountaineers through unprecedented times due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the cancelation of the fall
season, West Virginia finished 6-3-1 in its spring-only campaign from February-April 2021. Perhaps the biggest highlight of the year came on March 24, when WVU topped eventual National Champion Marshall, 1-0, at home. WVU allowed just six total goals on the year and totaled six shutouts.
Five Mountaineers earned a spot on the All-MAC Team following the season, as goalkeeper Steven Tekesky and midfielders Ike Swiger and Luke McCormick earned first-team honors, while midfielder Paul Jimenez Albelda and Morris were awarded second-team distinction. In the classroom, nine players were featured on the Academic All-MAC Team, including Morris, who went on to become a CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team selection, the program’s first 2016.
In 2019, WVU won its first MAC Tournament title, winning three matches in six days to earn an automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. The Mountaineers reached the NCAA Second Round for the second consecutive season, while finishing the campaign with a 10-9-2 mark. Defender Sebastian Garcia-Herreros was named to the MAC Second Team, while four players reached the MAC All-Tournament Team, Tekesky, the Tournament MVP. In the classroom, WVU continued to excel, as nine members of the team were named to the Academic All-MAC Team.
WVU was ranked as high as No. 19 in the national polls at one point during the season and finished No. 1 in the MAC and No. 26 nationally with 38 assists as a team.
West Virginia won the MAC regular-season title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament Second Round in 2018. With a 14-7-0 record and a 5-0-0 mark in conference play, the Mountaineers were one win shy of the tying the program record and one of just two teams in the country to record a 1.000 winning percentage in conference play.
WVU finished the season in the top-25 in each of the major poll’s final rankings, coming in as high as No. 17, while senior midfielder Joey Piatczyc earned three All-America accolades, was the MAC Player of the Year and was drafted in the fourth round of the MLS SuperDraft by the New York Red Bulls. Piatczyc and Tekesky were named to the All-MAC First Team, while four earned second team accolades.
The record-setting 2018 campaign for West Virginia included 51 assists and 129 shots on goal, both program bests. WVU’s 21 matches played and 135 total points were tied for third-most in school history.
In 2017, the Mountaineers earned a top-25 ranking for five weeks, coming in as high as No. 14, while the team recorded nine shutouts, tied for the fifthmost in a single season in program history. One of the shutouts was a 1-0 victory over then-No. 5 Michigan State.
As a team, WVU earned the United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award for the 10th consecutive season. The list of individual award winners were highlighted by goalkeeper Stephen Banick and defender Ryan Kellogg, who were recognized on the CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team, and defender Steven James, Garcia-Herreros and Kellogg, who were named Distinguished Scholar-Athletes by the Mid-American Conference.
Wright’s first season back at West Virginia saw the Mountaineers in the top-25 for six consecutive weeks, ranking as high as No. 15, and ranked in all four major polls for two weeks in a row. The season’s second game saw WVU beat then-No. 7 Georgetown, 1-0, which began a string of seven consecutive shutouts, the longest in program history.
Additionally, defender Jack Elliott capped an impressive career by earning Academic All-America First Team honors and was named to the 2016 All-Great Lakes Region First Team by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Elliott was selected in the fourth round (77th overall) by the Philadelphia Union in the 2017 Major League Soccer SuperDraft.
A three-time All-American, Wright ranks in the top-10 in team history in numerous statistical categories. During his time donning the Gold and Blue, he helped lead the Mountaineers to three NCAA Tournaments and was named
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PERSONAL
Born January 15, 1985
Hometown Southport, England
Alma Mater West Virginia, ‘08
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
2004-07 West Virginia (NCAA)
2008-12 Scunthorpe United (League 1)
2010, 2012 Grimsby Town (National League)
2012-15 Morecambe (League Two)
2015 Southport (National League)
COACHING EXPERIENCE
2016-19 West Virginia (Assistant)
2020-present West Virginia (Associate Head Coach)
PLAYING HONORS
2005 All-Big East Second Team
2006 All-Northeast Region Third Team, NSCAA
2006 All-Big East First Team
2007 Second Team All-America, Soccer America, College Soccer News
2007 Third Team All-America, NSCAA
2007 All-Northeast Region First Team, NSCAA
2007 Big East Midfielder of the Year
2007 All-Big East First Team
POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE
2005 NCAA Second Round (Player)
2006 Big East Regular-Season Champions (Player)
2006 NCAA Second Round (Player)
2007 NCAA Third Round (Player)
2018 MAC Regular-Season Champions
2018 NCAA Second Round
2019 MAC Tournament Champions
2019 NCAA Second Round
2021 NCAA Quarterfinal
2023 NCAA College Cup Semifinals
2024 Sun Belt Regular Season Champions
2024 Sun Belt Tournament Champions
2024
NCAA Second Round
the Big East Midfielder of the Year in 2007. In all, he was a three-time Big East All-Conference selection from 2005-07.
The Southport, England, native played in 83 matches in his WVU career, tied for fourth-most all time, with 80 starts, third-most. He netted 11 game-winning goals, one shy of the program record. Wright assisted on eight game-winning goals, third-most in team history, and he is second with 30 game-winning points in his career.
Wright played 6,755 minutes at WVU, which ranked No. 2 in program history at the time, while his 17 assists tied for second-most at the conclusion of his Mountaineer tenure.
His 60 career shots on goal are currently No. 5 in program history and his 151 shots also remain in the squad’s all-time top 10.
Wright led the team in shots in 2006, with 50, and tied for the team lead as a senior in 2007 with six goals, helping lead the Mountaineers to the NCAA Third Round.
Upon the conclusion of his WVU playing career, Wright returned to England to play professionally from 2008-15. He began his professional career with Scunthorpe United from 2008-12, where he helped the team win promotion from League 1 to the English Championship. He was loaned to Grimsby Town in 2010 and 2012. From 2012-15, he played for Morecambe before he concluded his playing career with Southport.
NICK NOBLE
ASSISTANT
COACH • 8TH SEASON
Former West Virginia University men’s soccer All-America goalkeeper Nick Noble returned to WVU as an assistant coach in 2018 and is entering his eighth season on staff at his alma mater.
Noble, a First Team All-American in 2006, set numerous school records as a Mountaineer and joined the WVU staff following an 11-year professional career. As a fouryear starter in goal at WVU from 2003-06, Noble set 17 career or single-season program records.
In 2024, Noble helped lead WVU to both the Sun Belt Regular Season and Tournament titles for the first time in program history. The Mountaineers went 13-2-7 overall and 5-0-4 in the Sun Belt, finishing league play unbeaten. During the season, the Mountaineers reached No. 1 in the United Soccer Coaches poll for the first time in program history.
Goalkeeper Marc Bonnaire was named to the United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region Second Team after making 40 saves in 21 games during the season while allowing just 1.09 goals per game. The Mountaineers finished the season with 10 shutouts, the most by WVU since 2009.
In 2023, Noble helped lead the Mountaineers to new heights as WVU went 17-3-4 to set a new program record for wins and advanced to the College Cup for the first time in program history. The Mountaineers finished the season ranked No. 3 in the United Soccer Coaches poll.
The season saw many highlights including wins over No. 1 Marshall and No. 3 Portland as well as ranked wins in the NCAA Tournament over Louisville, Vermont, and Loyola Marymount. West Virginia reached as high as No. 2 in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 while going to No. 1 in both the TopDrawerSoccer and College Soccer News polls at various points throughout the season, the first time the Mountaineers have been in the top spot in any poll in program history.
Under Noble's tutelage, goalkeeper Jackson Lee was named All-Sun Belt Second Team and United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region Second Team after playing every minute of the season for the Mountaineers. Lee finished the season with a program-record 17 wins, including nine shutouts which was seventh-most in the nation.
In 2022, Noble helped the Mountaineers usher in a new era as they moved to the Sun Belt Conference after 10 years in the MAC, going 7-7-4 overall record and 3-1-4 in conference play.
Two players, Luke McCormick and Bjarne Thiesen, earned spots on the AllSun Belt Second Team while Thiesen also earned second-team All-Southeast Region honors from United Soccer Coaches.
In the classroom, Aaron Denk Gracia and Dyon Dromers earned Academic All-America honors. Additionally, Ryan Baer and Adam Burchell earned spots on the Academic All-District squad.
West Virginia enjoyed one of its most successful seasons in program history in 2021. The squad finished 12-3-6 on the year and appeared in the NCAA Quarterfinal for the first time since 1981.
The team also set a variety of program-best marks, including the highest ranking in team history (No. 3 by United Soccer Coaches) and highest final
Noble file
PERSONAL
Born September 1, 1984
Hometown Damascus, Maryland
Alma Mater West Virginia, ‘18
PLAYING EXPERIENCE
2003-06 West Virginia (NCAA)
2007-09 Chicago Fire (MLS)
2009 Austin Aztex (USL)
2010-11 Ljungskile SK (Superettan)
2012-17 Harrisburg City Islanders (USL)
COACHING EXPERIENCE
2018-present West Virginia (Assistant)
PLAYING HONORS
2005 All-Big East Second Team
2006 First Team All-America, NSCAA
2006 Second Team All-America, College Soccer News
2006 All-Northeast Region First Team, NSCAA
2006 Big East Goalkeeper of the Year
2006 All-Big East First Team
2012 USL Goalkeeper of the Year award nominee 2013 USL All-League Second Team
POSTSEASON EXPERIENCE
At West Virginia
2005 NCAA Second Round (Player)
2006 Big East Regular-Season Champions (Player)
2006 NCAA Second Round (Player)
2018 MAC Regular-Season Champions 2018 NCAA Second Round 2019 MAC Tournament Champions 2019 NCAA Second Round
2021 NCAA Quarterfinal
2023
NCAA College Cup Semifinals
2024 Sun Belt Regular Season Champions
2024 Sun Belt Tournament Champions
2024 NCAA Second Round
At Chicago Fire
2007 Conference Finals 2008 Conference Finals 2009 Conference Finals At Harrisburg City
ranking (No. 8 by United Soccer Coaches). Additionally, a program-record 14 different players found the back of the net during the year.
WVU earned the No. 11 seed in the NCAA Tournament, its highest national seed since 2007, largely due to its 8-0-3 record at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium, which was its first unbeaten, home campaign in 14 seasons.
Noble led goalkeeper Steven Tekesky into the WVU record books during the duo’s final season together in Morgantown. Tekesky tied Noble for WVU’s No. 1 mark in career wins (45), and he earned the No. 1 spot in career starts by a goalkeeper (81). Tekesky had eight shutouts in 2021, and allowed just 14 goals in 21 matches.
Elsewhere, defender Bjarne Thiesen was named to the United Soccer Coaches All-America Third Team, while defender Kevin Morris and midfielder Ryan Baer were all-region selections. Thiesen also was featured on TopDrawerSoccer’s Best XI Third Team, joining defender Frederik Jorgensen, who was named to the Freshman Best XI Second Team by TDS.
The success also translated into the classroom. For the second consecutive season, Morris was placed on the Academic All-America First Team by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). Defender Aaron Denk Gracia was selected to the third team. Additionally, nine members of the year earned Academic All-MAC honors.
In one of the most adverse seasons in program history, the Mountaineers finished 6-3-1 in a 10-game, spring-only campaign in 2020-21. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, WVU’s fall slate was canceled, resulting in competition from February-April 2021. One of the biggest highlights of the year came on March 24, when WVU topped eventual National Champion Marshall, 1-0, at home. WVU allowed just six total goals on the year and totaled six shutouts. Under Noble’s tutelage, Tekesky made 10 starts, tallied 31 saves, good for a .838 save percentage, and finished with a career-best 0.58 goals-against average. He was named an All-MAC First Team selection as he continued to move up the charts in the Mountaineer record books.
Along with Tekesky, four other Mountaineers earned a spot on the All-MAC Team following the season, as midfielders Ike Swiger and Luke McCormick also earned first-team honors, while midfielder Pau Jimenez Albelda and Morris were awarded second-team distinction. In the classroom, nine players were featured on the Academic All-MAC Team, including Morris, who went on to become a CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team selection, the program’s first 2016.
In 2019, West Virginia finished with a 10-9-2 mark, which included the program’s first Mid-American Conference Tournament title and second consecutive
trip to the NCAA Tournament. The Mountaineers reached the NCAA Second Round for the second year in a row and eighth time in program history. Ranked as high as No. 19 nationally at one point in the season, WVU was represented on the All-MAC Team by defender Sebastian Garcia-Herreros. Tekesky was named the MVP Tournament MVP, the first Mountaineer to ever garner the award. He was joined by three others – Josh DiMatteo, Ryan Kellogg and Luke McCormick – on the All-Tournament Team. Tekesky finished with 1,936 minutes played, good for No. 14 in the country, and had six shutouts.
Additionally, nine Mountaineers made the Academic All-MAC Team, as the squad earned the Team Academic Award by the United Soccer Coaches.
Noble helped guide the Mountaineers to a MAC regular-season title and NCAA Tournament appearance in 2018, his first season back in Morgantown. With a 14-7-0 record and a 5-0-0 mark in conference play, West Virginia was one win shy of the tying the program record and one of just two teams in the country to record a 1.000 winning percentage in conference play.
WVU finished the season in the top 25 in each of the major poll’s final rankings, coming in as high as No. 17. The record-setting 2018 campaign for West Virginia included 51 assists and 129 shots on goal, both program bests. WVU’s 21 matches played and 135 total points were tied for third-most in school history.
With Noble’s guidance, Tekesky was named to the All-MAC First Team. He finished No. 11 in the country in total saves (86) and No. 16 in minutes played (1,891:37), while he led the conference in save percentage (.761) and saves per game (4.10). Tekesky’s 14 wins were tied for No. 2 in a single season in program history, his 21 starts and matches played were both tied for No. 3 and his 1,891:37 minutes ranked No. 5 all-time.
A Damascus, Maryland, native, Noble’s professional career began in Major League Soccer as a first-round pick in the supplemental draft by the Chicago Fire in 2007. He spent the 2009 season with the Austin Aztex of the United Soccer League before playing in 59 matches from 2010-11 for Swedish Superettan team Ljungskile SK.
In 2012, Noble signed with the Los Angeles Galaxy of the MLS before joining the Harrisburg City Islanders of the USL. He played in 122 career matches with the Islanders from 2012-17, and was a 2012 USL Goalkeeper of the Year award nominee and 2013 All-League Second Team.
In an illustrious Mountaineer career, Noble was named a First Team National Soccer Coaches Association All-American and a Second Team All-American by College Soccer News as a senior in 2006, and added Big East Goalkeeper of the Year accolades. In his career, he also was a two-time All-Big East honoree and earned six weekly Big East accolades.
Currently, Noble is tied for the Mountaineer record for career wins, with 45, while his 15 victories in 2006 also are No. 1. Noble’s 12 wins in 2004 tied a program record at the time, while his 13 victories in 2005 gave him sole possession of the record before he broke it again the following season.
Noble set a then-WVU record with a 0.79 goals-against average as a sophomore in 2004, a mark he eclipsed as a senior with a 0.63 in 2006. His 1.02 goals-against average in 2005 was fourth-best at the time and still ranks in the top 10 in the WVU record books. Noble’s career goals-against average of 0.88 set a program record and remains at No. 2 ever.
His 302 career saves rank No. 3 all-time. The total was highlighted by 91 saves in 2005, which ranks No. 10 in a single season in team history. Noble’s .812 career save percentage also is fifth-best in WVU history.
Noble concluded his career ranked No. 1 all-time with 34 shutouts, highlighted by a then-school-record 12 in 2005 and another 11 in 2006.
Noble still ranks No. 1 in team history in matches played, starts and minutes played in 2005, with 23 starts and 2,120 minutes, while he concluded his career ranked No. 1 with 79 matches played, 77 starts and 7,135 minutes in his career.
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR • 2ND SEASON
MOUNTAINEER SUPPORT STAFF NOLAN SHELDON
Nolan Sheldon joined the West Virginia University men’s soccer staff in 2024 and currently serves as the Technical Director for the Mountaineers.
In 2024, Sheldon helped lead WVU to both the Sun Belt Regular Season and Tournament titles for the first time in program history. The Mountaineers went 13-2-7 overall and 5-0-4 in the Sun Belt, finishing league play unbeaten. During the season, the Mountaineers reached No. 1 in the United Soccer Coaches poll for the first time in program history.
Sergio Ors Navarro was named the Sun Belt Player of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year. He was also named a First Team All-American by United Soccer Coaches as well as a Third Team All-American by Top Drawer Soccer. Additionally, he was also named the Sun Belt Tournament MVP. Off the field, he was named the United Soccer Coaches National Scholar Player of the Year.
Sheldon, a native of Thornton, W.Va., joined the Mountaineers after spending two seasons as an assistant coach for Austin FC of the MLS, primarily focusing on game model implementation, team training, match preparation, performance analysis and opposition analysis.
Prior to his time in Austin, he worked in a variety of roles for D.C. United, serving as academy coach from 2010-15, academy director from 2016-17, and finally assistant coach from 2018-20.
Sheldon earned his bachelor's degree in Psychology from Wingate University in 2008 while also playing soccer for the Bulldogs. His coaching credentials include a USSF Pro License, USSF Academy Director's Course, Elite Formation Coaching License (MLS + French Football Federation), and a USSF A License.
• Scored nine goals and had one assist 2023 (WINGATE)
• South Atlantic Conference Freshman of the Year
• All-SAC First Team
• All-Region First Team
• 2x SAC Offensive Player of the Week
• Started all 19 games
• Had nine goals and six assists HIGH SCHOOL
• Attended IES Carlos Bousoño
• Played for Atlético de Madrid under head coach Dani Perez
• Played 10 years for the young categories of Atlético de Madrid
PERSONAL
• Son of David Pozos and Teresa Bueno
• Has one sister, Carla
• Majoring in Exercise Physiology
• Birthday is December 1
• Favorite player is Antoine Griezmann
D, 6-0, 185, Gr. Clearwater, Fla.
Central Catholic South Florida nicolasscargle24
2023 (USF)
• Started in 11 of 12 games this season
• Played a total of 1,002 minutes with eight complete games
• Awarded AAC Defensive POTW (Sept. 11)
2022 (USF)
• Named to AAC All-Tournament team
• Appeared in 17 matches while starting 12
• Logged 1,116 minutes on the year...
• Lone assist of the year came in a 2-1 home victory against Charlotte (11/6)
• Logged 90 minutes in nine games
2021 (USF)
• Appeared in and started eleven matches on the year
• Totaled 903 minutes on the year, including six games of at least 90 minutes played
2020 (USF)
• Sat out the 2020 season (season played in spring of 2021 due to COVID-19) after being an early enrolled to USF in January of 2021
HIGH SCHOOL
• Attended Clearwater Central Catholic
• Played club for Tampa Bay United
• Won the Florida State Cup title in 2015, 2016, and 2017
• Claimed the USYS Region 3 Championship and the USYS National Championship in 2017
• Also played with Clearwater Chargers, playing in 37 games with the academy team over two years.
• Spent time training with academies in Portugal and Columbia as well as FC Dallas Academy and its USL affliate North Texas SC
PERSONAL
• Son of John and Fanny
• Has one brother, Diland
• Studying sports management in graduate school at WVU
• Earned his Business Analytics & Information Systems degree at USF
• Birthday is February 8
SCARGLE’S CAREER STATISTICS
19 Braedon Smith
2024 (SYRACUSE)
F, 5-10, 165, So. New York, N.Y. Syracuse braedonsmith__
• Appeared in seventeen matches, making six starts, totaling four points with two assists and a goal
• Made his collegiate debut in the season opener against Colgate (Aug. 22)
• Made his first career start at the ACC opener at Boston College (Sept. 6)
• Took five shots at Wake Forest (Sept. 27)
• Scored his first collegiate goal at UAlbany to aid in the 3-1 win (Oct. 1)
• Tallied an assist on the road at Providence (Oct.8).
HIGH SCHOOL
• Competed for New England Revolution Academy of MLS NEXT SMITH’S CAREER STATISTICS
12 Bryce Swinehart
2024 (LIBERTY)
• Started all 16 games played
• Logged 1,186 minutes
• Scored one goal and had two assists
2023 (LIBERTY)
• All-OVC First Team
• CSC Academic All-District Team
• Started all 18 games and led the team with 1,521 minutes played
• Scored five goals
• Named OVC Defensive Player of the Week (Sept. 19)
• OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll
2022 (LIBERTY)
• ASUN All-Freshman Team
• Top Drawer Soccer Top 100 Freshman
• Started all 15 games
• Scored two goals and had one assist
HIGH SCHOOL
• Attended Grace Academy
• Played for Charlotte FC under coach Dan Lock
• Club Defender of the Year
PERSONAL
• Son of Dustin and Betty
• Has two brothers, Tyler and Dylan
• Has one sister, Ava
• Father player for Miami (Ohio) from 1992-95 and in the USL for 15 years where he scored 125 goals for the Charlotte Eagles, finishing as the club's all-time leading scorer
• Earning his Master's in Sport Management
• Earned his bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Liberty
• Birthday is January 1
• Favorite player is Michael Bradley
TRUJILLO’S CAREER STATISTICS
3 Oscar Emilio Trujillo Lizarraga
2024 (UC RIVERSIDE)
• All-Big West Freshman Team
• Started 13 games
• Tallied three assists
D, 6-0, 158, So.
Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Epic Charter School
UC Riverside
NEWCOMERS
HIGH SCHOOL
• Attended Epic Charter School
• Played for Orange County FC
PERSONAL
• Son of Oscar Gustavo Trujillo Vargas and Lisia María Lizárraga Guzmán
• Has one sister, Ana Paula
• Majoring in Business Administration
• Birthday is June 17
• Favorite player is Miguel Layún
TRUJILLO’S CAREER STATISTICS
27 Sammie Walker
HIGH SCHOOL
6 Thijs Veldhorst
2024 (MONTGOMERY COLLEGE)
• Made 15 starts for the Raptors
D, 6-0, 172, Jr. Nijmegen, Netherlands Montgomery College thijs_veldhorst
• Played at Loyola Blakefield under coach Gaeton Caltibiano
• 2x All-American
• 3x All-Conference
• 2x All-Metro
• MIAA "A" Conference Player of the Year
• Baltimore Sun Metro Player of the Year
• Maryland Soccer Player of the Year by Maryland Soccer Legends
• Played club for Baltimore Armour under coach Mike Lookingland
• 2x All-Conference for the Armour
• ECNL Selection Game
• Top Drawer Soccer 2025 Player to Watch
• No. 178 ranked player in the country by Top Drawer Soccer
• No. 70 ranked midfielder by Top Drawer Soccer
• No. 13 ranked player in the Mid-Atlantic by Top Drawer Soccer
PERSONAL
• Son of Tarik and Rochell
• Has one brother, Jaxon
• Dad played soccer at Virginia Tech followed by a professional indoor career and is a member of the Baltimore Blast Hall of Fame
• Birthday is October 30
• Majoring in Criminology
• Favorite player is Kylian Mbappé
2025 Schedule
SEASON PREVIEW
Coming off winning both the Sun Belt Regular Season and Tournament titles, the West Virginia University men’s soccer team looks to build upon its success in the 2025 campaign.
The Mountaineers went 13-2-7 a season ago and 5-0-4 in the Sun Belt to claim its first SBC title. In the Sun Belt Tournament, WVU defeated Georgia Southern and Kentucky before downing Marshall in penalty kicks to secure the double. During the season, the Mountaineers also made history by reaching No. 1 in the United Soccer Coaches poll for the first time in program history.
WVU was picked second in the preseason poll and received two first-place votes. Marshall was selected to win the league while UCF and Kentucky followed behind the Mountaineers in third and fourth.
”Excited to get started. It’s quite a new group for us where we’ve had to replace a very talented group of seniors and others. We have a lot of quality this year and a lot of depth and I am excited to see how this season goes.”
Here's what you need to know about the Mountaineers heading into the 2024 campaign:
• West Virginia begins its 65th season of men’s soccer on Thursday, Aug. 21, at home against Manhattan.
• Stratford enters his sixth year in Morgantown with a 55-18-22 mark with the Mountaineers and a 116-22-27 career record as a head coach.
• The Mountaineers, who finished 13-2-7 in 2024, are looking to make the NCAA Tournament for the sixth time in seven
years, highlighted by the squad’s run to the NCAA College Cup in 2023.
• WVU enters the season as the No. 16 team in the United Soccer Coaches poll.
• West Virginia brings back 12 players from last year’s squad, including six players who started at least 10 games.
• Senior Marcus Caldeira returns after collecting numerous awards including All-Sun Belt Second Team, All-Southeast Region Second Team, College Sports Communicators Academic All-America First Team, CSC Academic All-American of the Year.
• Caldeira was named the 2025 Sun Belt Preseason Offensive Player of the Year and has 28 career goals, ninth most in WVU history.
• The Mountaineers will have to replace 2024 Sun Belt Player of the Year and first
DANTE HUCKABY
MARCUS CALDEIRA
team All-American Sergio Ors Navarro who led the team with 15 goals last year.
• Ors Navarro was one of three WVU players to sign professionally after the season as he joined Union Omaha in USL League One. Max Broughton signed with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds of the USL Championship while Ryan Baer was drafted in the first round, 28th overall, of the MLS Draft by the Seattle Sounders.
• Graduate defender Carlos Hernando and junior midfielder Constantinos Christou will serve as captains this season.
• The Mountaineers have one player on each level of the field named to the Preseason All-Sun Belt Team as sophomore midfielder Isaac Scheer and Hernando join Caldeira on the squad.
• WVU’s 28-man roster includes eight freshmen, two redshirt freshman, five sophomores, three juniors, four seniors, one redshirt senior and four graduate students.
• West Virginia welcomes 15 newcomers to the fold in 2025, split evenly with eight freshmen and eight transfers.
• In all, the Mountaineers are represented by nine different countries.
• Sixteen players hail from the United States with three each from Florida and North Carolina while three players are from our neighbors to the north in Canada to lead other nations.
• The Mountaineers will take on three opponents who qualified for the 2024 NCAA Tournament, with matches at perennial power Akron (Aug. 29), home against Gardner-Webb
(Sept. 3) and home against rival and 2024 national runner-up Marshall on Halloween.
• WVU has defeated a top-25 opponent in 15 of the last 19 seasons and will have two chances this season against teams in the preseason top-25 – No. 2 Marshall and No. 21 Akron. The program also has 19 top-15 wins in the last 18 years, as well as 15 top-10 triumphs, and three wins over No. 1-ranked teams, most recently a 5-2 win over Marshall in 2023.
• Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium has proven to be a fortress for the Mountaineers. WVU went 9-0-4 at home last season and holds a 135-43-32 mark at the facility since it opened in 2004. Overall, the Mountaineers are unbeaten at home in their last 30 matches in Morgantown.
CARLOS HERNANDO
FELIX EWALD
ISAAC SCHEER
OPPONENT INFORMATION
LA SALLE
Nickname: Explorers
Website: goexplorers.com
Location:
Philadelphia, Pa.
Conference: A10
Athletic Director:
Ashwin Puri
Head Coach: Taylor Thames
2024 Season Record:
6-8-4
2024 Postseason: N/A
Series Record: 16-4-1
Last Meeting: 2018
GARDNER-WEBB
Nickname: Runnin’ Bulldogs
Website:
gwusports.com
Location: Boiling Springs, N.C.
Conference:
Big South
Athletic Director: Chuck Burch
Head Coach:
Scott Wells
2024 Season Record: 13-4-3
2024 Postseason: NCAA Second Round Series Record: First Meeting Last Meeting: N/A
MANHATTAN
Nickname: Jaspers
Website: gojaspers.com
Location: The Bronx, N.Y.
Conference:
MAAC
Athletic Director: Irma Garcia
Head Coach:
. Tom Giovatto
2024 Season Record: 5-8-3
2024 Postseason:
N/A
Series Record: First meeting Last Meeting: N/A
AKRON
Nickname: Zips Website: gozips.com
Location:
Akron, Ohio Conference: MAC
Athletic Director:
Dr. Andrew T. Goodrich
Head Coach: Jared Embick
2024 Season Record:
12-5-4
2024 Postseason: NCAA Second Round Series Record: 4-18-15 Last Meeting: 2021
GEORGE MASON
Nickname: Patriots Website:
gomason.com
Location: Fairfax, Va. Conference:
A10
Athletic Director: Marvin Lewis
Head Coach:
.Rich Costanzo
2024 Season Record: 13-4-1
2024 Postseason: N/A
Series Record: 3-2-0
Last Meeting: 2017
CALIFORNIA BAPTIST
Nickname: Lancers
Website: cbulancers.com
Location: Riverside, Calif.
Conference:
WAC
Athletic Director: Dr. Micah Parker
Head Coach:
JAMES MADISON
Nickname: Dukes
Website: jmusports.com
Location: Harrisonburg, Va.
Conference:
Coe Michaelson
2024 Season Record: 6-8-5
2024 Postseason:
Sun Belt
Athletic Director: Matt Roan
Head Coach:
N/A
Series Record: 2-0-0
Last Meeting: 2024
HIGH POINT
Nickname:
Panthers
Website: highpointpanthers.com
Location:
High Point, N.C.
Conference: Big South
Athletic Director:
Paul Zazenski
2024 Season Record: 5-7-5
2024 Postseason:
N/A
Series Record: 3-6-3
Last Meeting: 2024
UCF
Nickname: Knights
Website: ucfknights.com
Location:
.Dan Hauser
Head Coach: Zach Haines
2024 Season Record: 11-4-2
2024 Postseason: N/A
Series Record: 2-0-1
Last Meeting: 2014
GEORGIA SOUTHERN
Nickname: Eagles
Website:
gseagles.com
Location: Statesboro, Ga.
Conference:
Orlando, Fla.
Conference: Sun Belt
Athletic Director:
Terry Mohajir
Head Coach: Scott Calabrese
2024 Season Record:
. 7-6-3
2024 Postseason: N/A Series Record: 1-1-3 Last Meeting: 2024
COASTAL CAROLINA
Nickname: Chanticleers
Website:
Sun Belt
Athletic Director: Chris Davis
Head Coach:
Lee Squires
2024 Season Record: 6-7-4
2024 Postseason: N/A
Series Record: 4-0-1
Last Meeting: 2024
.goccusports.com
Location: Conway, S.C. Conference:
Sun Belt
Athletic Director: Chance Miller
Head Coach:
. Chris Fidler
2024 Season Record: 3-10-3
2024 Postseason: N/A Series Record: 5-1-3 Last Meeting: 2024
AMERICAN
Nickname: Eagles
Website: aueagles.com
Location: Washington, D.C.
Conference:
Patriot League
Athletic Director: Jim Caparro
Head Coach:
GEORGIA STATE
Nickname: Panthers
Website: georgiastatesports.com
Location: Atlanta, Ga.
Conference:
Zach Samol
2024 Season Record: 5-5-9
2024 Postseason:
Sun Belt
Athletic Director: Charlie Cobb
Head Coach:
N/A
Series Record: 8-1-1
Last Meeting: 2023
OLD DOMINION
Nickname:
Monarchs
Website: odusports.com
Location:
Brett Surrency
2024 Season Record: 4-8-5
2024 Postseason:
N/A
Series Record: 6-1
Last Meeting: 2024
KENTUCKY
Nickname:
Norfolk, Va.
Conference: Sun Belt
Athletic Director:
Dr. Camden Wood Selig
Head Coach: Tennant McVea
2024 Season Record: 7-8-2
2024 Postseason: N/A
Series Record: 6-1-2
Last Meeting: 2024
MARSHALL
Nickname: Thundering Herd
Website:
herdzone.com
Location: Huntington, W.Va.
Conference:
Sun Belt
Athletic Director: Gerald J. Harrison
Head Coach: Chris Grassie
2024 Season Record: 15-2-7
2024 Postseason: NCAA Runner-up
Series Record: 17-8-23
Last Meeting: 2024
Wildcats
Website: ukathletics.com
Location:
Lexington, Ky.
Conference: Sun Belt
Athletic Director:
. Mitch Barnhart
Head Coach: Johan Cedergren
2024 Season Record: 6-6-6
2024 Postseason: N/A
Series Record: 1-3-2
Last Meeting: 2024
SOUTH CAROLINA
Nickname: Gamecocks Website: .
gamecocksonline.com
Location: Columbia, S.C.
Conference:
Sun Belt
Athletic Director: Jeremiah Donati
Head Coach:
Tony Annan
2024 Season Record: 10-5-2
2024 Postseason: N/A
3-1-1
2024
2024 SEASON REVIEW
• West Virginia finished 13-2-7 overall and 5-0-4 in the Sun Belt in head coach Dan Stratford’s fifth season at the helm.
• The Mountaineers won the Sun Belt Regular Season and Tournament titles for the first time in their third season in the league.
• WVU earned a spot in the NCAA Tournament and defeated North Florida before falling to No. 11 Virginia in the second round
• The Mountaineers reached No. 1 in the United Soccer Coaches poll for the first time in program history.
• Graduate students Sergio Ors Navarro and Max Broughton were both named United Soccer Coaches All-Americans with Ors Navarro landing on the first team while Broughton earned a spot on the second team.
• Ors Navarro, Broughton, and graduate student Ryan Baer were all named to the United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region First Team while junior Marcus Caldeira and redshirt senior Marc Bonnaire were named to the second team.
• Ors Navarro was named a MAC
named the College Sports Communicators Academic All-American of the Year while Ors Navarro was named the United Soccer Coaches National Scholar Player of the Year.
• Baer and Broughton joined Caldeira on the CSC Academic All-America First Team, becoming the 14th, 15th, and 16th Academic All-America first team selections in program history.
• Broughton joined Ors Navarro on the United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America First Team while Caldeira and Baer were named to the second team. All four players were named to the Scholar All-South Region.
• Ors Navarro was named the Sun Belt Player and Offensive Player of the Year.
• Stratford was named the Sun Belt Coach of the Year for the first time.
• Ors Navarro, Baer, and Broughton were named to the All-Sun Belt First Team while Caldeira and Bonnaire were named to the second team.
• The Mountaineers defeated Marshall in penalty kicks in the Sun Belt Championship game after a scoreless 110 minutes.
senior Carlos Hernando, and junior Felix Ewald joined him on the All-Tournament Team.
• Baer was taken in the first round of the 2025 MLS SuperDraft, going No. 28 overall to Seattle Sounders FC, becoming the fourth first round pick in the last two seasons for West Virginia.
• Broughton signed a professional contract with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds of the USL Championship while Ors Navarro signed with Union Omaha of USL League One.
• Ors Navarro led the Sun Belt and was fourth in the nation with 15 goals on the season while finishing fifth in the nation with 34 points.
• Caldeira was fourth in the Sun Belt and 22nd in the country with 11 goals.
• Senior Frederik Jorgensen led the Mountaineers with six assists.
• Graduate student Simon Carlson had four goals and five assists while freshman Isaac Scheer had three goals and five assists.
• Bonnaire started 21 games in goal, making 40 saves while allowing 1.09 goals per game and tallying eight shutouts, ninth most in the nation.
TeAM
• United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award
RYAn BAeR
• United Soccer Coaches AllSoutheast Region First Team
• United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America Second Team
• United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-South Region
• College Sports Communicators
Academic All-America First Team
• College Sports Communicators
Academic All-District
• All-Sun Belt First Team
• Drafted No. 28 overall by Seattle Sounders FC in the first round of the 2025 MLS SuperDraft
• United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Region Second Team
MAX BRouGHTon
• United Soccer Coaches All-America Second Team
• United Soccer Coaches AllSoutheast Region First Team
• United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America First Team
• United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-South Region
• College Sports Communicators
Academic All-America First Team
• College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
• All Sun Belt First Team
• Signed professional contract with Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC
MARCuS CALDeIRA
• United Soccer Coaches All-Region Second Team
• College Sports Communicators
Academic All-American of the Year
• College Sports Communicators
Academic All-District
• United Soccer Coaches Scholar AllAmerica Team Second Team
• United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-South Region
• All-Sun Belt Second Team
FeLIX eWALD
• Sun Belt All-Tournament Team
• College Sports Communicators
Academic All-District Team
CARLoS HeRnAnDo
• Sun Belt All-Tournament Team
oTTo oLLIKAInen
• Sun Belt All-Tournament Team
SeRGIo oRS nAVARRo
• United Soccer Coaches All-America First Team
• United Soccer Coaches AllSoutheast Region First Team
• United Soccer Coaches National Scholar Athlete of the Year
• United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America First Team
• United Soccer Coaches Academic All-South Region
• MAC Herman Trophy Semifinalist
• Sun Belt Player of the Year
• Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Year
• All-Sun Belt First Team
• Sun Belt Tournament Most Outstanding Performer
• Sun Belt All-Tournament Team
• Signed professional contract with Union Omaha
MAX TReTHeWeY
• College Sports Communicators
Academic All-District
MARC BonnAIRe
2024 RESULTS
08/24/2023 vs California Baptist W
Marcus Caldeira (2) (Ryan Baer, Max Broughton)
Sergio Ors Navarro (1) (Yutaro Tsukada)
Marcus Caldeira (2) (Otto Ollikainen, Max Trethewey) 08/22/2024 vs Purdue Fort Wayne W
Sergio Ors Navarro (3) (Simon Carlson)
Sergio Ors Navarro (3)
Sergio Ors Navarro (3) (Simon Carlson)
Felix Ewald (1)
08/26/2024 vs Saint Francis W
08/30/2024 vs George Washington W
09/08/2024 at California Baptist W
09/10/2024 at LMU T 0-0 (4-0-1,
09/21/2024 at Old Dominion W 1-0 (5-0-2, 1-0-0) 1-0-0 1767
09/27/2024 vs Kentucky T
10/1/2024 at Bucknell W 1-0 (6-0-3)
10/05/2024 vs UCF W 2-1 (7-0-3, 2-0-1) 2-0-1
10/11/2024 at Ga. Southern W
10/15/2024 at Dayton L 1-5 (8-1-3, 3-0-1) 3-0-1
10/19/2024 vs South Carolina W 1-0 (9-1-3, 4-0-1) 4-0-1
10/23/2024 vs Georgia St. W 2-1 (10-1-3, 5-0-1) 5-0-1
10/27/2024 at James Madison T 2-2 (10-1-4, 5-0-2) 5-0-2 727
10/31/2024 vs Coastal Carolina T 0-0 (10-1-5, 5-0-3) 5-0-3 991 11/05/2024 at Marshall T 0-0 (10-1-6, 5-0-4) 5-0-4 3157
11/10/2024 vs Ga. Southern W 3-2 (11-1-6, 5-0-4) 5-0-4 843
11/13/2024 vs Kentucky W 2-1 (12-1-6, 5-0-4) 5-0-4 1210
11/17/2024 vs Marshall T 0-0 (12-1-7, 5-0-4) 5-0-4 3162
11/21/2024 vs North Florida W 2-1 (13-1-7, 5-0-4) 5-0-4 712
11/24/2024 at Virginia L 1-2 (13-2-7, 5-0-4) 5-0-4 1747
Simon Carlson (2) (Dante Huckaby)
Sergio Ors Navarro (5)
Simon Carlson (2)
Sergio Ors Navarro (5) (Frederik Jorgensen, Simon Carlson)
Sergio Ors Navarro (6) (Felix Ewald)
Simon Carlson (3)
Marcus Caldeira (1) (Simon Carlson)
Felix Ewald (2) (Constantinos Christou, Barrett Saul)
Simon Carlson (4)
Sergio Ors Navarro (7) (Isaac Scheer)
Marcus Caldeira (2)
Marcus Caldeira (3) (Isaac Scheer)
Sergio Ors Navarro (7)
Ethan Dekel Daks (1) (Sam Nyenka)
Ors Navarro, Sergio (9)
Sergio Ors Navarro (10) (Max Broughton)
Marcus Caldeira (4) (Sam Nyenka, Isaac Scheer)
Marcus Caldeira (6) (Sergio Ors Navarro)
Sergio Ors Navarro (11) (Frederik Jorgensen, Ryan Baer)
Marcus Caldeira (6) (Sergio Ors Navarro)
Isaac Scheer (1)
Marcus Caldeira (7) (Max Trethewey)
Isaac Scheer (2) (Frederik Jorgensen, Sergio Ors Navarro)
Sergio Ors Navarro (12) (Isaac Scheer, Carlos Hernando)
Max Trethewey (1) (Constantinos Christou)
Marcus Caldeira (8) (Sergio Ors Navarro)
Isaac Scheer (3) (Marcus Caldeira)
Marcus Caldeira (8)
Carlos Hernando (1) (Frederik Jorgensen)
Sergio Ors Navarro (13) (Dante Huckaby)
Sergio Ors Navarro (14) (Felix Ewald, Frederik Jorgensen)
Carlos Hernando (2) (Frederik Jorgensen)
Sergio Ors Navarro (15) (Felix Ewald)
Marcus Caldeira (10) (Isaac Scheer)
Marcus Caldeira (11) (Simon Carlson)
2024 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
GoALKeePInG
2024 CONFERENCE STATISTICS
2024 GOALS-ASSISTS-POINTS
at LMU (CA)
at Old Dominion 09/21
at Bucknell 10/01
at Ga. Southern 10/11
at Dayton 10/15
South Carolina 10/19
Georgia St. 10/23
at James Madison 10/27
Coastal Carolina 10/31
at Marshall 11/05
at LMU (CA) 09/10
UNC Greensboro 09/17 2-2 T
at Old Dominion
at Bucknell 10/01
at Ga. Southern 10/11
at Dayton 10/15 1-5 L
South Carolina 10/19
Georgia St. 10/23
at James Madison 10/27
at Marshall 11/05
Ga. Southern
2024 TEAM STATISTICS
13-2-7 Conference: 5-0-4
2024 TEAM GAME HIGHS
WEST VIRGINIA - GAME HIGHS
PoInTS 12
George Washington (08/30/2024) Ga. Southern (10/11/2024)
GoALS 4 Purdue Fort Wayne (08/22/2024) Saint Francis (08/26/2024)
George Washington (08/30/2024) Ga. Southern (10/11/2024)
ASSISTS 4 George Washington (08/30/2024) Ga. Southern (10/11/2024)
SHoTS 25 LMU (09/10/2024)
SHoTS on GoAL 12 Purdue Fort Wayne (08/22/2024)
SAVeS 6 Dayton (10/15/2024)
FouLS 17 George Washington (08/30/2024) Marshall (11/17/2024)
CoRneR KICKS 13 Coastal Carolina (10/31/2024)
WEST VIRGINIA - GAME LOWS
PoInTS 0 vs Marshall (11/17/2024) at Marshall (11/05/2024) vs Coastal Carolina (10/31/2024) vs Kentucky (09/27/2024) at LMU (CA) (09/10/2024)
GoALS 0 vs Marshall (11/17/2024) at Marshall (11/05/2024) vs Coastal Carolina (10/31/2024) vs Kentucky (09/27/2024) at LMU (CA) (09/10/2024)
ASSISTS 0 vs Marshall (11/17/2024) at Marshall (11/05/2024) vs Coastal Carolina (10/31/2024) at Bucknell (10/01/2024) vs Kentucky (09/27/2024) at LMU (CA) (09/10/2024)
SHoTS 7 at Marshall (11/05/2024)
9 vs North Florida (11/21/2024) at Old Dominion (09/21/2024)
SHoTS on GoAL 2 at Marshall (11/05/2024) vs Coastal Carolina (10/31/2024)
SAVeS 0 at Virginia (11/24/2024) vs Georgia St. (10/23/2024) at Bucknell (10/01/2024) vs George Washington (08/30/2024) vs Saint Francis (08/26/2024)
CoRneR KICKS 3 at Virginia (11/24/2024) vs North Florida (11/21/2024) vs Kentucky (11/13/2024) at Ga. Southern (10/11/2024)
FouLS 5 vs Saint Francis (08/26/2024)
6 vs North Florida (11/21/2024) at Marshall (11/05/2024) vs UCF (10/05/2024)
OPPONENT - GAME HIGHS
PoInTS 14 at Dayton (10/15/2024)
7 at Virginia (11/24/2024)
GoALS 5 at Dayton (10/15/2024) 2 at Virginia (11/24/2024) vs Ga. Southern (11/10/2024) at James Madison (10/27/2024) at Ga. Southern (10/11/2024) vs UNC Greensboro (09/17/2024) at California Baptist (09/08/2024) vs Purdue Fort Wayne (08/22/2024)
ASSISTS 4 at Dayton (10/15/2024)
3 at Virginia (11/24/2024)
SHoTS 16 at Dayton (10/15/2024) 13 at Marshall (11/05/2024)
SHoTS on GoAL 11 at Dayton (10/15/2024)
6 at Ga. Southern (10/11/2024)
SAVeS 8 vs Purdue Fort Wayne (08/22/2024) 7 at Bucknell (10/01/2024) vs George Washington (08/30/2024)
CoRneR KICKS 5 at Dayton (10/15/2024) vs Kentucky (09/27/2024)
FouLS 25 vs Marshall (11/17/2024) 22 at California Baptist (09/08/2024)
OPPONENT - GAME LOWS
PoInTS 0 vs Marshall (11/17/2024) at Marshall (11/05/2024) vs Coastal Carolina (10/31/2024) vs South Carolina (10/19/2024) at Bucknell (10/01/2024) vs Kentucky (09/27/2024) at Old Dominion (09/21/2024) at LMU (CA) (09/10/2024) vs George Washington (08/30/2024) vs Saint Francis (08/26/2024) GoALS 0 vs Marshall (11/17/2024) at Marshall (11/05/2024) vs Coastal Carolina (10/31/2024) vs South Carolina (10/19/2024) at Bucknell (10/01/2024) vs Kentucky (09/27/2024) at Old Dominion (09/21/2024) at LMU (CA) (09/10/2024) vs George Washington (08/30/2024) vs Saint Francis (08/26/2024)
ASSISTS 0 vs Marshall (11/17/2024) vs Kentucky (11/13/2024) at Marshall (11/05/2024) vs Coastal Carolina (10/31/2024) vs Georgia St. (10/23/2024) vs South Carolina (10/19/2024) at Bucknell (10/01/2024) vs Kentucky (09/27/2024) at Old Dominion (09/21/2024) at LMU (CA) (09/10/2024) vs George Washington (08/30/2024) vs Saint Francis (08/26/2024)
SHoTS 1 vs Saint Francis (08/26/2024) 2 at LMU (CA) (09/10/2024) vs George Washington (08/30/2024)
SHoTS on GoAL 0 at Bucknell (10/01/2024) vs George Washington (08/30/2024) vs Saint Francis (08/26/2024)
SAVeS 1 vs Ga. Southern (11/10/2024) 2 at Marshall (11/05/2024) vs Coastal Carolina (10/31/2024) vs South Carolina (10/19/2024) at Ga. Southern (10/11/2024) vs UNC Greensboro (09/17/2024)
CoRneR KICKS 0 at LMU (CA) (09/10/2024)
1 vs Ga. Southern (11/10/2024) vs Coastal Carolina (10/31/2024) vs Georgia St. (10/23/2024) vs South Carolina (10/19/2024) vs UCF (10/05/2024)
FouLS 5 vs Kentucky (09/27/2024)
6 at Bucknell (10/01/2024)
2024 INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS
Frederik Jorgensen vs South Carolina (10/19/2024)
Sergio Ors Navarro vs South Carolina (10/19/2024)
Carlson vs Saint Francis (08/26/2024)
Sergio Ors Navarro at Ga. Southern (10/11/2024)
Marcus Caldeira at Ga. Southern (10/11/2024)
Sergio Ors Navarro vs Saint Francis (08/26/2024)
Sergio Ors Navarro vs Purdue Fort Wayne (08/22/2024)
Marcus Caldeira at Ga. Southern (10/11/2024)
Simon Carlson vs Saint Francis (08/26/2024)
Sergio Ors Navarro vs Saint Francis (08/26/2024)
1 Marcus Caldeira at Virginia (11/24/2024)
Marcus Caldeira vs North Florida (11/21/2024)
Sergio Ors Navarro vs North Florida (11/21/2024)
Carlos Hernando vs Kentucky (11/13/2024)
Sergio Ors Navarro vs Kentucky (11/13/2024)
Carlos Hernando vs Ga. Southern (11/10/2024)
Marcus Caldeira vs Ga. Southern (11/10/2024)
Sergio Ors Navarro vs Ga. Southern (11/10/2024)
Isaac Scheer at James Madison (10/27/2024)
Marcus Caldeira at James Madison (10/27/2024)
Max Trethewey vs Georgia St. (10/23/2024)
Sergio Ors Navarro vs Georgia St. (10/23/2024)
Isaac Scheer vs South Carolina (10/19/2024)
Marcus Caldeira at Dayton (10/15/2024)
Sergio Ors Navarro at Ga. Southern (10/11/2024)
Isaac Scheer at Ga. Southern (10/11/2024)
Marcus Caldeira vs UCF (10/05/2024)
Sergio Ors Navarro vs UCF (10/05/2024)
Sergio Ors Navarro at Bucknell (10/01/2024)
Ethan Dekel Daks at Old Dominion (09/21/2024)
Marcus Caldeira vs UNC Greensboro (09/17/2024)
Sergio Ors Navarro vs UNC Greensboro (09/17/2024)
Marcus Caldeira at California Baptist (09/08/2024)
Sergio Ors Navarro at California Baptist (09/08/2024)
Simon Carlson at California Baptist (09/08/2024)
Felix Ewald vs George Washington (08/30/2024)
Marcus Caldeira vs George Washington (08/30/2024)
Sergio Ors Navarro vs George Washington (08/30/2024)
Simon Carlson vs George Washington (08/30/2024)
Felix Ewald vs Purdue Fort Wayne (08/22/2024)
ASSISTS
2 Frederik Jorgensen vs Kentucky (11/13/2024)
Sergio Ors Navarro at Ga. Southern (10/11/2024)
Simon Carlson vs Purdue Fort Wayne (08/22/2024)
1 Simon Carlson at Virginia (11/24/2024)
Isaac Scheer vs North Florida (11/21/2024)
Felix Ewald vs North Florida (11/21/2024)
Felix Ewald vs Kentucky (11/13/2024)
Frederik Jorgensen vs Ga. Southern (11/10/2024)
Dante Huckaby vs Ga. Southern (11/10/2024)
Sergio Ors Navarro at James Madison (10/27/2024)
Marcus Caldeira at James Madison (10/27/2024)
Isaac Scheer vs Georgia St. (10/23/2024)
Carlos Hernando vs Georgia St. (10/23/2024)
Constantinos Christou vs Georgia St. (10/23/2024)
Max Trethewey at Dayton (10/15/2024)
Frederik Jorgensen at Ga. Southern (10/11/2024)
Ryan Baer at Ga. Southern (10/11/2024)
Isaac Scheer vs UCF (10/05/2024)
Sam Nyenka vs UCF (10/05/2024)
Max Broughton vs UCF (10/05/2024)
Sam Nyenka at Old Dominion (09/21/2024)
Isaac Scheer vs UNC Greensboro (09/17/2024)
Isaac Scheer at California Baptist (09/08/2024)
Felix Ewald vs George Washington (08/30/2024)
Constantinos Christou vs George Washington (08/30/2024)
Barrett Saul vs George Washington (08/30/2024)
Simon Carlson vs George Washington (08/30/2024)
Frederik Jorgensen vs Saint Francis (08/26/2024)
Dante Huckaby vs Saint Francis (08/26/2024)
Simon Carlson vs Saint Francis (08/26/2024)
Simon Carlson vs Saint Francis (08/26/2024)
Sergio Ors Navarro vs Purdue Fort Wayne (08/22/2024)
2016 4, Felix Angerer/Jad Arslan 4, Sebastian Garcia-Herreros/Joey Piatczyc 11, Felix Angerer 30, Felix Angerer/Joey Piatczyc 49, Jose Santos 2017 5, Albert Andres-Llop 5, Jorge Quintanilla 12, Albert Andres-Llop 35, Jad Arslan 28, Stephen Banick 2018 8, Joey Piatczyc 10, Joey Piatczyc 26, Joey Piatczyc 47, Andres Muriel Albino 86, Steven Tekesky 2019 9, Rodrigo Robles Grajera 9, Luke McCormick 21, Rodrigo Robles Grajera 30, A. Andres-Llop/A. Muriel Albino 60, Steven Tekesky 2020-21* 4, Ike Swiger 5, Jesus de Vicente 8, Ike Swiger 16, Luke McCormick 31, Steven Tekesky 2021 6, Ciro Bourlot Jaeggi 4, 3 players 12, Ciro Bourlot Jaeggi 36, Luke McCormick 46, Steven Tekesky 2022 5, Marcus Caldeira/Dyon Dromers 6, Ryan Crooks 14, Marcus Caldeira/Ryan Crooks 32, Dyon Dromers 30, Jackson Lee 2023 12, Marcus Caldeira/Yutaro Tsukada 9, Yutaro Tsukada 33, Yutaro Tsukada 88, Yutaro Tsukada 66, Jackson Lee 2024 15, Serigo Ors Navarro 6, Frederik Jorgensen 34, Sergio Ors Navarro 72, Sergio Ors Navarro 40, Marc Bonnaire * - season played in spring due to COVID-19 pandemic
YEAR-BY-YEAR TEAM STATS
YEAR-BY-YEAR GOALKEEPER STATS
DICK DLESK SOCCER STADIUM
TOP-30 CROWDS AT DICK DLESK SOCCER
STADIUM (2004- Pres .)
No� CRoWD oPPoNeNT DATe ReSuLT
1. 3,162 No. 8 Marshall 11/17/2024 T, 0-0 (2OT)
2. 3,147 No. 1 Marshall 10/18/2023 W, 5-2
3. 3,137 No. 20 Louisville 11/19/2023 W, 1-0
4. 3,109 No. 25 Loyola Marymount 12/2/2023 W, 3-1
5. 2,968 Kentucky 9/27/2024 T, 0-0
6. 2,938 UC Santa Barbara 9/4/2009 L, 0-2
7. 2,443 Ohio State 9/10/2021 W, 1-0
8. 2,209 Monmouth 9/3/2010 L, 0-1 (2OT)
9. 2,153 Notre Dame 10/18/2006 W, 2-1
10. 2,096 Kentucky 10/15/2022 T, 3-3
11. 2,019 Maryland 10/10/2016 L, 1-0
12. 1,850 Binghamton 9/2/2011 W, 2-1
13. 1,786 Hartford 8/25/2012 W, 2-1
14. 1,773 Connecticut 10/19/2007 W, 1-0
15. 1,719 Connecticut 10/18/2011 W, 2-0
16. 1,699 St. John’s 8/29/2014 W, 1-0
17. 1,574 USF 9/25/2009 W, 1-0 (OT)
18. 1,565 Central Connecticut State 8/30/2013 W, 3-0
19. 1,536 Georgia Southern 9/22/2023 T, 0-0
20. 1,534 Penn 9/28/2019 W, 3-0
21. 1,512 Wright State 9/7/2019 W, 2-1
22. 1,493 Virginia Tech 9/4/2014 W, 3-0
23. 1,484 Penn State 9/3/2021 W, 3-1
24. 1,470 Pitt 10/13/2010 W, 2-0
25. 1,442 Navy 8/28/2015 L, 1-0
26. 1,413 Rutgers 9/21/2008 T, 0-0 (2OT)
27. 1,375 USF 9/25/2011 L, 1-2
28. 1,346 Maryland 10/21/2008 L, 0-1 1,346 San Diego 10/4/2019 L, 1-4
* – Big East match; ^ – McGrath’s 200th victory; N1 – Akron,
1996 (7-12-1, 3-7-1 Big east, 11th)
Head Coach: Paul Marco (1st season)
9/1 A L 1-4
9/7 N1 W 3-2
9/8 N1 W 2-0
9/13 A L 0-1
9/15 H L 0-2
1998 (11-8-1, 4-6-1 Big east, T-8th)
Head Coach: Paul Marco (3rd season)
9/1 A W 7-0 Duquesne
9/4 H W 3-0 St. Francis (Pa.)
9/12 H W 3-0 Niagara
9/13 H W 4-1 Buffalo
9/18 A L 0-1 Connecticut*
9/20 A L 2-3 Seton Hall*
9/26 H W 2-0 Boston College*
9/30 A W 3-0 Pitt*
10/3 A W 2-0 Providence*
10/7 H L 0-3 Georgetown*
10/10 A L 1-2 Rutgers*
10/13 A W 2-0 Marshall
10/16 H T2OT 1-1 Syracuse*
10/18 H W 1-0 St. John’s*
10/21 H W 1-0 James Madison
10/25 H L 1-2 Villanova*
10/28 H W 2-1 Robert Morris^
10/30 A L 0-2 Notre Dame*
11/4 A L 0-4 George Mason
11/7 A L 0-4 Connecticut+
* – Big East match; ^ – Marco’s 25th victory; + – Big East Tournament
1999 (13-5-1, 8-2-1 Big east, 3rd)
Head Coach: Paul Marco (4th season)
9/1 H W 5-0 Duquesne
9/3 A L 1-2 UNLV
9/5 N1 L 2-3 UC Santa Barbara
9/8 H W 3-1 Pitt*
9/11 H WOT 2-1 Marshall
9/12 H W2OT 3-2 Wright State
9/17 A T2OT 1-1 St. John’s*
9/19 A W 4-2 Syracuse*
9/22 H W 3-1 George Mason
9/25 H W 2-0 Providence*
10/3 A W 2-1 Villanova*
10/6 A L2OT 3-4 Georgetown*
10/9 A WOT 2-1 Boston College*
10/15 H W 3-0 Seton Hall*
10/17 H L 0-3 Connecticut*
10/20 H W 1-0 Notre Dame*
10/23 H W 2-1 Rutgers*
10/28 A WOT 4-3 Radford
11/7 H L 1-2 Syracuse+
* – Big East match; + – Big East Tournament; N1 – Las Vegas, Nev.
2000 (4-13-1, 1-9-1 Big east, 12th)
Head Coach: Paul Marco (5th season)
9/1 H W 3-1 St. Francis (Pa.)
9/6 A L 0-3 Duquesne
9/9 A L2OT 1-2 Providence*
9/10 A L 0-1 Harvard
9/13 A W 2-1 Robert Morris
9/16 A L 0-8 Rutgers*
9/22 H L 0-4 St. John’s*
9/24 H T2OT 1-1 Syracuse*
9/28 A L 0-2 Wright State
10/1 H L 1-2 Villanova*
10/5 A L 0-1 Pitt*
10/7 H W 2-0 Boston College*
10/11 H L 2-3 Georgetown*
10/14 A WOT 2-1 Radford
10/17 A L 1-2 Marshall
10/27 A L 0-2
* – Big East match
2001 (5-11-0, 1-9-0 Big east, 12th)
Head Coach: Keith Fulk (1st season)
8/31 A L 0-1
9/2 H W 3-2
Notre Dame*
Ohio State
Radford
9/8 A W 2-1 SUNY Oneonta (N.Y.)
9/9 N1 L 1-2
Hartwick
9/19 H W 2-0 Pitt*
9/23 H L 1-2
9/26 A L 1-2
9/30 A L 1-3
10/5 H L 0-3
10/11 H L 0-3
10/14 A L 2-3
10/17 H W 3-0
10/20 A L 1-2
10/24 H L 0-1
10/28 H W 2-1
11/3 A L 1-2
* – Big East match; N1 – Oneonta, N.Y.
Seton Hall*
Georgetown*
Rutgers*
Connecticut*
Notre Dame*
Boston College*
Marshall
Villanova*
Virginia Tech*
Robert Morris
St. John’s*
2002 (4-11-2, 1-8-1 Big east, 13th)
Head Coach: Keith Fulk (2nd season)
8/30 H W 1-0
High Point
9/7 H WOT 1-0 Monmouth
9/11 H L 0-3
9/14 A L 0-2
9/18 A L2OT 3-4
9/21 H L 1-2
9/25 A W 1-0
9/27 N1 L 3-4
9/29 A L 1-2
10/3 A T2OT 0-0
10/5 H LOT 1-2
10/12 A L 0-1
10/14 A T2OT 1-1
10/19 H L 2-3
10/27 A W2OT 1-0
11/2 H L 0-1
11/4 H L 0-1
* – Big East match; N1 – Miami, Fla.
Connecticut*
Virginia Tech*
Boston College*
Robert Morris
Florida Atlantic
Florida International
Pitt*
Syracuse*
Providence*
Boston
Villanova*
Seton Hall*
Rutgers*
Georgetown*
2003 (5-10-3, 1-6-3 Big east, 13th)
Head Coach: Mike Seabolt (1st season)
8/29 A L 1-2
8/31 A L2OT 1-2
9/5 A W2OT 1-0
9/7 A WOT 1-0
9/12 A W 1-0
9/14 H W 2-0
9/21 A L 0-1
9/24 H L 0-1
9/27 H T2OT 3-3
10/3 A L 0-2
10/5 A L 1-2
10/10 A T2OT 0-0
10/15 A L 1-2
10/18 H L 2-5
2004 (12-7-1, 5-4-1 Big east, T-5th)
Head Coach: Mike Seabolt (2nd season)
9/3 A L 0-2
9/5 H W 5-0
9/10 N1 W 2-1
9/12 A L 0-1
St. John’s*
Mount St. Mary’s
Liberty
Virginia Tech
9/15 H WOT 2-1 Marshall
9/19 A L 0-2
Connecticut*
9/23 H W 1-0 Notre Dame*
9/26 H W 1-0 Syracuse*
9/29 A L 1-2
10/1 H L 1-2
Georgetown*
St. Francis (Pa.)
10/3 H W 3-0 Longwood
10/9 A L 0-1 Seton Hall*
10/13 A W 2-1
10/16 A WOT 3-2
10/23 H
Robert Morris
Providence*
T-3rd Blue)
T2OT
VCU
Richmond
Villanova*
Drexel
St. Francis (Pa.)
Robert Morris
Notre Dame*
Providence*
Connecticut*
Boston College*
Northeastern
Syracuse*
Virginia
Seton Hall*
10/21 H T2OT 3-3 Pitt*
10/25 A L 0-2
11/1 H L 1-2
11/2 A WOT 1-0
* – Big East match
10/20 A L 1-3
10/22 A L 0-2
Seton Hall*
Connecticut*
Rutgers*
St. John’s*
Marshall
10/22 H W 1-0 Providence* 10/26 H L 0-1 Connecticut* 10/29 A W 3-1 Marquette* 11/2 H W2OT 1-0 Rutgers+ 11/5 A L 1-4 South Florida+ 11/19 H W 1-0 Robert Morris $ 11/23 A L 0-5 Akron $ * – Big East match; ^ – Seabolt’s 25th victory; + – Big East Tournament; $ – NCAA Tournament; N1 – Dallas, Texas
* – Sun Belt match; + – Sun Belt Tournament ^ - NCAA Tournament, % - WVU won on PKs, 6-5
2023 MouNTAINeeRS
IN THE PROS
PLAYER TEAM YEARS
Jad Arslan (2014-17)
Tormenta FC 2018-19
Dennis Almeida (1971-72) Cleveland Cobras 1973-79, 1981
Ryan Baer (2020-24) Tacoma Defiance 2025-Pres.
Andy Bevin (2011-14) Team Wellington FC 2016-2021
Miramar Rangers 2021-present
Max Broughton (2023-24) Pittsburgh Riverhounds 2025-Pres.
Pat Carroll (2004-07) D.C. United 2008
Paul Cunningham (2004-07) Balestier Khalsa FC 2010-14
Peabo Doue (2009-12)
Phoenix FC 2013
OKC Energy FC 2014-15
North Carolina FC 2018
Loudoun United FC 2019-20
Jack Elliott (2013-16) Philadelphia Union 2017-24
Bethlehem Steel FC 2017-18
Chicago Fire 2025-Pres.
Raymon Gaddis (2008-11) Philadelphia Union 2012-20 FC Cincinnati 2022-23
Todd Gispert (1992-95) Atlanta Ruckus 1996-97
Lee Johnston (2013-14)
San Antonio FC 2016-18
Richmond Kickers 2020
Jackson Lee (2022-23) Rhode Island FC 2024-present
Griffin Libhart (2012-15) Harrisburg City Islanders 2017
Manny Matos (1971-74) Philadelphia Atoms 1975-76
New England Tea Men 1978
Rhode Island Oceaneers 1979
Ron McEachen (1966-67)
New York Cosmos 1971-72
Connecticut Wildcats 1973-74
Pittsburgh Miners 1975
Miami Toros 1976
Rhode Island Oceaneers 1977
Devon McTavish (2002-05) D.C. United 2006-11
Omid Namazi (1984-87) Washington Diplomats 1988-89
Maryland Bays 1990-91
Ft. Lauderdale Strikers 1992
Reading FC 1992-93
Los Angeles Salsa 1993-94
Delaware Wizards 1996
MetroStars 1996
Staten Island Vipers 1998
Nick Noble (2003-06) Chicago Fire 2007-09
Austin Aztex 2009
Ljungskile SK 2010-11
Harrisburg City Islanders 2012-2017
Jyler Noviello (2005-06) Team Wellington 2009-10
Sergio Ors Navarro (2020-24) Union Omaha 2025-Pres.
Adetoye Oshoniyi (1995-96) Roanoke Wrath 1998-00
Aaron Pitchkolan (2002-04) FC Dallas 2005-09
San Jose Earthquakes 2009
Rochester Rhinos 2010
Minnesota United FC 2013-2016
Travis Pittman (2009-12) Richmond Kickers 2016
Jarrod Smith (2003-06) Hawke’s Bay United 2007, 2010-11
Toronto FC 2008 Seattle Sounders FC 2009
Ljungskile SK 2011
Dan Stratford (2004-07) D.C. United 2008
Inverness Caledonian Thistle 2009-10 Hereford United 2010-11
Matt Tanzini (1997-98) Harrisburg City Islanders 2004-07
Franck Tayou (2010-11)
Uzi Tayou (2010-11)
IN
JACK eLLIoTT
ALL-AMERICANS
ANDY BEVIN
Forward Napier, New Zealand 2014
WALT NISTORENKO
Forward Newark, N.J. 1967, 1968
PAT SULLIVAN Defender Rocky Hill, Conn. 1968
MAX BROUGHTON Defender Rawtenstall, England 2024
NICK NOBLE Goalkeeper Damascus, Md. 2006
BJARNE THIESEN Defender Kiel, Germany 2021
MARCUS CALDEIRA Forward Mississauga, Ontario, Canada 2023
SERGIO ORS NAVARRO Forward Castellon, Spain 2024
YUTARO TSUKADA Forward Tokyo, Japan 2023
JON CAPON Goalkeeper Rockville, Md. 1981
JOEY PIATCZYC Midfielder Lee’s Summit, Mo. 2018
ANDY WRIGHT Midfielder Southport, England 2007 ANDY BEVIN, F
RAYMON GADDIS Defender Indianapolis, Ind. 2010
ERIC SCHOENLE Defender Yardley, Pa. 2011, 2012
RON MCEACHEN Defender Hartford, Conn. 1967
JARROD SMITH Forward Havelock, New Zealand 2006
MARCUS CALDEIRA, F 2023: FIRST TEAM - COLLEGE SOCCER NEWS SECOND TEAM - UNITED SOCCER COACHES
JON CAPON, GK
1981: FIRST TEAM - NSCAA
RAYMON GADDIS, D
YuTARo TSuKADA
HONORS AND AWARDS
NATIONAL HONORS
FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICA
1967 Ron McEachen, D NSCAA
1968 Walt Nistorenko, F NSCAA
1968 Pat Sullivan, D NSCAA
1981 Jon Capon, GK NSCAA
2006 Nick Noble, GK NSCAA
2006 Jarrod Smith, F Soccer America College Soccer News
2023 Marcus Caldeira, F College Soccer News
2024 Sergio Ors Navarro, F United Soccer Coaches
SECOND TEAM ALL-AMERICA
2006 Nick Noble, GK College Soccer News
2007 Andy Wright, M Soccer America College Soccer News
2012 Eric Schoenle, D Senior CLASS Award
2014 Andy Bevin, F Senior CLASS Award
2018 Joey Piatczyc, M College Soccer News
2023 Marcus Caldeira, F United Soccer Coaches
2023 Yutaro Tsukada, F College Soccer News Top Drawer Soccer
2024 Max Broughton, D United Soccer Coaches
THIRD TEAM ALL-AMERICA
1967 Walt Nistorenko, F NSCAA
2007 Andy Wright, M NSCAA
2010 Raymon Gaddis, D Top Drawer Soccer
2011 Eric Schoenle, D NSCAA
2012 Eric Schoenle, D Top Drawer Soccer
2018 Joey Piatczyc, M United Soccer Coaches Top Drawer Soccer
2021 Bjarne Thiesen, D United Soccer Coaches Top Drawer Soccer
2023 Yutaro Tsukada, F United Soccer Coaches
2024 Sergio Ors Navarro, F Top Drawer Soccer
HONORABLE MENTION ALL-AMERICA
1971 Joe Okhakhu, M NSCAA
1972 Dennis Almeida, M NSCAA
1972 Manny Matos, F NSCAA
1973 Jack Cardosa, D NSCAA
1973 Manny Matos, F NSCAA
1973 Joe Okhakhu, M NSCAA
1974 Joe Okhakhu, M NSCAA
1981 Ashy Mabrouk, F NSCAA
PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA
1971 Joe Okhakhu, M NSCAA
2009 Zach Johnson, GK College Soccer News
2011 Raymon Gaddis, D College Soccer News
2012 Eric Schoenle, D Soccer America College Soccer News
2024 Marcus Caldeira, F Top Drawer Soccer
SENIOR CLASS AWARD FINALIST
2012 Eric Schoenle, D
2014 Andy Bevin, F
2015 Jamie Merriam, F
M.A.C. HERMANN TROPHY
2006 Jarrod Smith, F Semifinalist
2010 Raymon Gaddis, D Watch List
2011 Raymon Gaddis, D Watch List
2012 Eric Schoenle, D Watch List
2022 Bjarne Thiesen, D Watch List
2024 Sergio Ors Navarro, F
Semifinalist
2024 Marcus Caldeira, F Watch List
NATIONAL COACH OF THE YEAR
2006 Marlon LeBlanc Soccer America
News Soccer America
9/19/11 Shadow Sebele College Soccer News 10/31/11 Eric Schoenle College Soccer News
9/10/14 Andy Bevin Top Drawer Soccer College Sports Madness
9/1/15 Joey Piatczyc Top Drawer Soccer
9/27/16 Jad Arslan Top Drawer Soccer
8/29/17 Jad Arslan Top Drawer Soccer
9/5/17 Jad Arslan Top Drawer Soccer 9/5/17 Jorge Quintanilla Top Drawer Soccer @NCAASoccer 10/23/18 Albert Andres-Llop Top Drawer Soccer
10/23/18 Steven Tekesky College Soccer News
10/30/18 Joey Piatczyc Top Drawer Soccer College Soccer News
11/6/18 Joey Piatczyc Top Drawer Soccer
9/30/19 Andres Muriel Albino College Soccer News
9/7/21 Luke McCormick United Soccer Coaches Top Drawer Soccer 9/12/23 Marcus Caldeira College Soccer News 10/24/23 Marcus Caldeira Top Drawer Soccer @NCAASoccer
REGIONAL HONORS
NSCAA/ADIDAS NORTHEAST COACH OF THE YEAR
2006 Marlon LeBlanc
UNITED SOCCER COACHES ALL-SOUTHEAST REGION
2022 Bjarne Thiesen, D Second Team
2023 Marcus Caldeira, F First Team
Yutaro Tsukada, F First Team
Luke McCormick, M First Team
Frederik Jorgensen, D Second Team
Jackson Lee, GK Second Team
2024 Sergio Ors Navarro, F First Team
Max Broughton, D First Team
Ryan Baer, D First Team
Marcus Caldeira, F Second Team
Marc Bonnaire, GK Second Team
UNITED SOCCER COACHES ALL-NORTH REGION
2018 Joey Piatczyc, M First Team
2019 Sebastian Garcia-Herreros, D Third Team
2021 Bjarne Thiesen, D First Team
Ryan Baer, M Third Team
Kevin Morris, D Third Team
NSCAA ALL-GREAT LAKES REGION
2012 Eric Schoenle, D First Team
Uwem Etuk, M Third Team
2013 Andy Bevin, F Second Team
2014 Andy Bevin, F First Team
2016 Jack Elliott, D First Team
NSCAA ALL-NORTHEAST REGION
2006 Nick Noble, GK First Team
Jarrod Smith, F First Team
Andy Wright, M Third Team
2007 Dan Stratford, M Third Team
Andy Wright, M First Team
2009 Raymon Gaddis, D First Team
Zach Johnson, GK Third Team
Eric Schoenle, D Third Team
2011 Andy Bevin, F Second Team
Raymon Gaddis, D Second Team
Eric Schoenle, D First Team
NSCAA ALL-MID ATLANTIC REGION
2005 Devon McTavish, M Third Team
Jarrod Smith, F Second Team
NSCAA ALL-SOUTH REGION
1963 Ed Hickman, F Third Team
Joe Miller, D First Team
1967 Nick Ivahenko, F Third Team
Ron McEachen, D First Team
Walt Nistorenko, F First Team
1968 Pat Sullivan, D First Team
1971 Manny Matos, F First Team
Joe Okhakhu, M First Team
1972 Dennis Almeida, M First Team
Joe Okhakhu, M First Team
1973 Dennis Almeida, M First Team
Manny Matos, F First Team
1974 Joe Okhakhu, M First Team
1976 Roberto Calzadilla, F First Team
1980 Jon Capon, GK First Team
Nigel Grosvenor, F First Team
Henry Long, D First Team
1981 Jon Capon, GK First Team
Ashy Mabrouk, F First Team
1983 Fernando Santos, M First Team
1990 John Keating, M Second Team
1992 Eric Beckner, M Second Team
1994 Mark Reilly, F Second Team
1996 Riku Hirn, D First Team
ECAC ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
2011 Andy Bevin, F
SOCON HONORS
ALL-CONFERENCE
1965 Ray Lockridge, D First Team
Joe Topley, D First Team
Charlie Toth, GK First Team
1966 Tom Breit, F First Team
Nick Ivahnenko, F First Team
Jack Shannon, D First Team
Newt Weirich, F First Team ATLANTIC
CONFERENCE
1992 Mark Thienel, GK CONFERENCE
1992 Kevin Herzog, D
Dustin Hicks, M
Spencer Knibb, M
Mark Thienel, GK
ALL-CONFERENCE
1990 John Keating, M First Team
1991 Darren Eals, M First Team
John Keating, M First Team
Scott Laramie, D Second Team
Darren McBride, F Second Team
1992 Eric Beckner, M First Team
Spencer Knibb, M Second Team
1993 Todd Gispert, D Second Team
Keith Quill, F Second Team
1994 Andy Leardini, F Second Team
BIG EAST HONORS
COACH OF THE YEAR
1999 Paul Marco
2006 Marlon LeBlanc
GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR
2006 Nick Noble, GK
2008 Zach Johnson, GK
MIDFIELDER OF THE YEAR
2007 Andy Wright, M
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
2011 Andy Bevin, F
PRESEASON TEAM
2006 Andy Wright, M
2007 Andy Wright, M
2009 Zach Johnson, GK
2010 Raymon Gaddis, D
2011 Raymon Gaddis, D
ALL-CONFERENCE
1995 Andy Leardini, F
Second Team
1997 Andy Leardini, F Second Team
1998 Daniel Balaguero, D Second Team
1999 Jared Feola, D
Second Team
Craig Patton, F First Team
2004 Aaron Pitchkolan, M Third Team
2005 Devon McTavish, M Third Team
Nick Noble, GK
Second Team
Jarrod Smith, F Second Team
Andy Wright, M
Second Team
2006 Andrew Halsell, D Third Team
Nick Noble, GK First Team
Jarrod Smith, F First Team
Andy Wright, M First Team
2007 Gift Maworere, M Honorable Mention
Dan Stratford, M Second Team
Andy Wright, M First Team
2008 Zach Johnson, GK First Team
Gift Maworere, M Honorable Mention
2009 Zach Johnson, GK Second Team
Gift Maworere, M Third Team
2010 Raymon Gaddis, D Second Team
Zach Johnson, GK Second Team
Shadow Sebele, M
Second Team
Eric Schoenle, D Third Team
2011 Andy Bevin, F Third Team
Raymon Gaddis, D Second Team
Eric Schoenle, D Second Team
Shadow Sebele, M Third Team
ALL-ROOKIE
1998 Chin Orih, F
1999 Guido Cristofori, F
2009 Eric Schoenle, D
Craig Patton
Paul Paradise 9/24/07
Andy Wright 10/15/07
Andy Wright 11/5/07
Ryan Gillespie 9/15/08
Gift Maworere 9/22/08
Zach Johnson 9/29/08
Jason Bristol 10/6/08
Jason Bristol 10/5/09
Alex Silva 10/19/09
Raymon Gaddis 9/6/10
Peabo Doue 9/20/10
Zach Johnson 9/27/10
Eric Schoenle 10/25/10
Justin Holmes 9/12/11
Matt Drake 10/10/11
Uwem Etuk 10/10/11
Shadow Sebele 10/17/11
Pat Eavenson 10/31/11
MID-AMERICAN HONORS
COACH OF THE YEAR
2014 Marlon LeBlanc
2018 Marlon LeBlanc
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
2014 Andy Bevin, F
2018 Joey Piatczyc, M
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
2014 Joey Piatczyc, M
ALL-CONFERENCE
2012 Andy Bevin, M Second Team
Peabo Doue, D Second Team
Uwem Etuk, M Second Team
Travis Pittman, M Second Team
Eric Schoenle, D First Team
2013 Andy Bevin, F First Team
Majed Osman, M First Team
2014 Andy Bevin, F First Team
Jamie Merriam, M First Team
Ryan Cain, F Second Team
Jack Elliott D Second Team
Lee Johnston, GK Second Team
Joey Piatczyc, M Second Team
2015 Ryan Cain, F Second Team
Tucker Stephenson, M Second Team
2016 Jad Arslan, M First Team
Joey Piatczyc, M First Team
Felix Angerer, F Second Team
Jack Elliott, D Second Team
2017 Jad Arslan, M First Team
Steven James, D Second Team
2018 Joey Piatczyc, M First Team
Steven Tekesky, GK First Team
Albert Andres-Llop, D Second Team
Pascal Derwaritsch, D Second Team
Ryan Kellogg, D Second Team
Andres Muriel Albino, M Second Team
2019 Sebastian Garcia-Herreros, D Second Team
2020-21 Luke McCormick, M First Team
Ike Swiger, M First Team
Steven Tekesky, GK First Team
Pau Jimenez Albelda, M Second Team
Kevin Morris, D Second Team
2021 Luke McCormick, M First Team
Ciro Bourlot Jaeggi, F Second Team
Kevin Morris, D Second Team
Steven Tekesky, GK Second Team
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
2012 Peabo Doue
Craig Stephens
2013 Andy Bevin
Craig Stephens
2014 Andy Bevin
Jamie Merriam
2015 Francio Henry
Jamie Merriam
2017 Louis Thomas
Pascal Derwaritsch
2018 Sebastian Garcia-Herreros
Logan Lucas
2019 Josh DiMatteo
Ryan Kellogg
Luke McCormick
Steven Tekesky
TOURNAMENT MVP
2019 Steven Tekesky, GK
MAC DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR-ATHLETE
2015 Jack Elliott, D
2016 Jad Arslan, M
Jack Elliott, D
2017 Sebastian Garcia-Herreros, M
Steven James, D
Ryan Kellogg, D
2018 Sebastian Garcia-Herreros, M
Ryan Kellogg, D
2019 Sebastian Garcia-Herreros, D
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Andy Bevin
9/9/13
Ryan Cain 9/29/14
Andy Bevin 11/3/14
Jad Arslan 11/10/14
Tucker Stephenson 9/28/15
Jose Santos 9/27/16
Jad Arslan 10/24/16
Jad Arslan 8/29/17
Albert Andres-Llop 9/19/17
Joey Piatczyc 8/28/18
Joey Piatczyc 9/4/18
Joey Piatczyc 10/16/18
Steven Tekesky 10/23/18
Joey Piatczyc 10/30/18
Joey Piatczyc 11/6/18
Rodrigo Robles Grajera 9/17/19
Andres Muriel Albino 10/1/19
Luke McCormick 9/6/21
Yoran Popovic 9/27/21
Ciro Bourlot Jaeggi 11/1/21
SUN BELT HONORS
COACH OF THE YEAR
2024 Dan Stratford
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
2014 Sergio Ors Navarro, F
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
2014 Sergio Ors Navarro, F
ALL-CONFERENCE
2022 Bjarne Thiesen, D Second Team Luke McCormick, M Second Team
2023 Marcus Caldeira, F First Team
Yutaro Tsukada, F First Team
Luke McCormick, M Second Team
Frederik Jorgensen, D Second Team
Jackson Lee, GK Second Team
2024 Sergio Ors Navarro, F First Team
Max Broughton, D First Team
Ryan Baer, D First Team
Marcus Caldeira, F Second Team
Marc Bonnaire, GK Second Team
TOURNAMENT MVP
2024 Sergio Ors Navarro, F
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
2023 Sergio Ors Navarro
Yutaro Tsukada
2024 Sergio Ors Navarro
Carlos Hernando
Felix Ewald
Otto Ollikainen
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Marcus Caldeira
Yutaro Tsukada
9/12/23
10/3/23
Sergio Ors Navarro 8/27/24
Simon Carlson 9/3/24
Marcus Caldeira 10/15/24
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Carlos Hernando 9/12/23
ACADEMIC HONORS
ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN OF THE YEAR
2014
2024
Andy Bevin, F
Marcus Caldeira, F
UNITED SOCCER COACHES SCHOLAR PLAYER OF THE YEAR
2024
Sergio Ors Navarro, F
COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICAN
1998 Carlos Iga, GK Third Team
2007 Pat Carroll, M First Team
2013 Andy Bevin, F First Team
2014 Andy Bevin, F First Team
Jack Elliott, D Third Team
2015 Jack Elliott, D Second Team
2016 Jack Elliott, D First Team
2020 Kevin Morris, D First Team
2021 Kevin Morris, D First Team
Aaron Denk Gracia, D Third Team
2022 Aaron Denk Gracia, D Second Team
Dyon Dromers, MF Second Team
2023 Marcus Caldeira, F First Team
2024 Marcus Caldeira, F First Team
Ryan Baer, MF First Team
Max Broughton First Team
COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT
2006 Paul Cunningham, D Second Team
2007 Pat Carroll, M First Team
2010 Ruben Garrido, D Second Team
2013 Andy Bevin, F First Team
2014 Andy Bevin, F First Team
Jack Elliott, D First Team
2015 Jack Elliott, D First Team
2016 Jack Elliott, D First Team
2017
Stephen Banick, G First Team
Ryan Kellogg, D First Team
2019 Kevin Morris, D First Team
2020 Kevin Morris, D First Team
2021 Aaron Denk Gracia, D First Team
Pau Jimenez Albelda, M First Team
Kevin Morris, D First Team
2022 Ryan Baer. MF
Adam Burchell, MF
Aaron Denk Gracia, D Dyon Dromer, MF
2023 Ryan Baer, MF
Max Broughton, D
Marcus Caldeira, F Carlos Hernando, D Jackson Lee, GK
Kyle Lehnert, D
2024 Marcus Caldeira, F Ryan Baer, MF
Max Broughton, D Felix Ewald, MF
Max Trethewey, D
NSCAA SCHOLAR ALL-AMERICAN
2013 Andy Bevin, F Second Team
2014 Andy Bevin, F First Team
2016 Jack Elliott, D Second Team
UNITED SOCCER COACHES SCHOLAR ALLAMERICAN
2023 Yutaro Tsukada, F First Team
Jackson Lee, GK Second Team
2024 Sergio Ors Navarro, F First Team
Max Broughton, D First Team
Marcus Caldeira, F Second Team
Ryan Baer, MF
NSCAA SCHOLAR ALL-EAST
Second Team
2006 Matt Anstey, M Honorable Mention
Paul Cunningham, D Honorable Mention
2013 Andy Bevin, F First Team
2014 Andy Bevin, F First Team
Zak Leedom, M Honorable Mention
Jamie Merriam, M Second Team
2016 Jack Elliott, D First Team
UNITED SOCCER COACHES SCHOLAR ALLREGION
2018 Pascal Derwaritsch, D Second Team Ryan Kellogg, D Second Team
2019 Sebastian Garcia-Herreros, D Second Team
2021 Kevin Morris, D First Team
2023 Jackson Lee, GK Yutaro Tsukada, F
2024 Sergio Ors Navarro, F Max Broughton, D
Marcus Caldeira, F Ryan Baer, MF
ACADEMIC ALL-MAC
2012 Andy Bevin
2013 Hayden Bennett, Andy Bevin
2014 Ivo Cabral, Mike Desiderio, Christian Diaz, Paul Ehrenworth, Jack Elliott, Lee Johnston, Zak Leedom, Griffin Libhart, Jamie Merriam, Alex Ochoa
2015 Hayden Bennett, Ivo Cabral, Mike Desiderio, Jack Elliott, Zak Leedom, Louis Thomas
2016 Jad Arslan, Christian Diaz, Jack Elliott
2017 Jad Arslan, Stephen Banick, Sebastian Garcia-Herreros, Steven James, Ryan Kellogg, Logan Lucas
2018 Pascal Derwaritsch, Sebastian Garcia-Herreros, Ryan Kellogg, Logan Lucas, Kevin Morris, Joey Piatczyc, Ethan Shim, Tsubasa Takada
2019 Pascal Derwaritsch, Sebastian Garcia-Herreros, Ryan Kellogg, Logan Lucas, Ethan Shim, Pau Jimenez Albelda, Kevin Morris, Tsubasa Takada, Steven Tekesky
2020-21 Aaron Denk Gracia, Dyon Dromers, Pau Jimenez Albelda, Sam Morgan, Kevin Morris, Nic Short, Ike Swiger, Steven Tekesky
2021 Ryan Baer, Ciro Bourlot Jaeggi, Aaron Denk Gracia, Dyon Dromers, Pau Jimenez Albelda, Kyle Lehnert, Kevin Morris, Ike Swiger, Steven Tekesky
SUN BELT COMMISSIONER'S LIST
2022 Ryan Baer, Joseph Biafora, Marcus Caldeira, Aaron
Denk Gracia, Dyon Dromers, Jackson Lee, Kyle Lehnert, Sam Morgan, Bjarne Thiesen Max Trethewey
2023 Ryan Baer, Marc Bonnaire, Max Broughton, Marcus
Caldeira, Constantinos Christou, Kyle Lehnert, Luke McCormick, Lorenzo Nunez
SUN BELT ACADEMIC HONOR ROLL
2022 Elijah Borneo, Ciro Bourlot Jaeggi, Jacob Castro, Ryan Crooks, Lorenzo Nunez, Otto Ollikainen, Sergio Ors
Navarro, Barrett Saul
2023 Ryan Crooks, Carlos Hernando, Frederik Jorgensen,
Luke Lenz, Sam Nyenka, Otto Ollikainen, Sergio Ors
Navarro, Jake Ross, Barrett Saul, Max Trethewey
ALL-TIME ROSTER
A
Adams, Nate (m) Frederick, Md. 2009-10
Adler, Jan (gk) Camp Springs, Md. 1977-78
Ahmad, Ashraf (m) South Charleston, W.Va. 2003-06
Alfred, Martins (f) Ibadan, Nigeria 1970-71
Almeida, Dennis 1971-73
Alonge, Dave (m) 1981
Anderes, John (d) Bowie, Md. 1987-88
Andreetti, Dave (d) Marco Island, Fla. 1993
Andres-Llop, Albert (d) Vila-Real, Spain 2016-19
Angelucci, Josh (gk) Roswell, Ga. 2005
Angerer, Felix (f) Bayreuth, Germany 2015-16
Anoia, Mike (m) Lebanon, Pa. 2004-07
Ansari, Daniel (m) Martinsburg, W.Va. 2002
Anstey, Matt (m) Canberra, Australia 2003-06
Antoon, Phil (f) Long Branch, N.J. 1985-88
Arena, Tom (f) Furlong, Pa. 1986-88
Arjona, Julio (m) Germantown, Md. 2010
Armstrong, Kevin (gk) Luna Niguel, Calif. 2012
Arnold, Brent (gk) Lancaster, Pa.) 2013-14
Aronowicz, David (d) 1971
Arslan, Jad (m) Roswell, Ga. 2014-17
Arters, Sean (m) San Antonio, Texas 2007
Aspiotis, Angelo (m) 1961
Atcheson, Todd (m) Columbus, Ohio 1988
Austin, Mike (m) Oneonta, N.Y. 2000-01
B
Bachmann, Antonio (mf) Gainesville, Va. 2016-17
Bachteler, Mark (gk) Bowie, Md. 1987-90
Baer, Ryan (mf) Huntersville, N.C. 2020-24
Bahri, Rayan (d) Chelsea, Mich. 2017
Bailey, Andrew (d) Fairfax Station, Va. 2000
Bain, Andrew (gk) Hackettstown, N.J. 1984
Bair, Steve (d) Rowayton, Conn. 1977-79
Baker, Bob (gk) Old Forge, N.Y. 1975-77
Baleguero, Daniel (d) Nottingham, England 1997-98 Ball, Art (m) 1981-82
Yaquinto, Anthony (d) Washington, Pa. 1970 Yee, Jon 2003
Yi, Nam Su (m) Alexandria, Va. 1978
Yianne, Tim (m) Charleston, W.Va. 1993-96
Yochim, Brian (gk) Erie, Pa. 1996-00
Yocum, Tim (d) Wallingford, Pa. 1985-88
Yost, Alex (f) Royal Oak, Mich. 2005-08
Zappa, Gene (d) Pittsburgh, Pa. 1964-65
Zellum, Doug (gk) Lancaster, Pa. 1975
Zimmermann, Rudy (f) Philadelphia, Pa. 1969-72
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WVU PRESIDENT MICHAEL T. BENSON
Michael T. Benson, a veteran higher education administrator, became the 27th president of West Virginia University on July 15, 2025. He brings three decades of academic and administrative experience in higher education to his role leading West Virginia’s flagship, land-grant, R1 institution into a new era.
WVU is Benson’s fifth presidency. Prior to his arrival at Coastal Carolina in 2021, Benson led Snow College, Southern Utah University, and Eastern Kentucky University. During his tenure at Coastal Carolina, Benson secured a $10 million gift, the largest in the school’s history. He worked closely with community partners and policymakers to advance initiatives there, including the successful renewal of a local option penny sales tax to support public and higher education through the year 2039, the only tax of its kind in all of South Carolina.
In 2024, under his leadership, Coastal Carolina enrolled its largest number of students ever - 11,225 - while also setting a record retention rate.
As the 14th president of Snow College in Ephraim, Utah, he helped raise more private money for the institution during his tenure than had been secured in the previous 115 years of the college’s history combined.
Appointed at age 36, Benson was the youngest college president in the history of the Utah System of Higher Education.
Benson has also held faculty appointments at the University of Utah, the University of Notre Dame, and Johns Hopkins University, and has taught at each institution where he served as president, including Coastal Carolina where he was a professor of history.
His scholarly work has focused on the development of the research university and its impact on society. Benson’s book, “Daniel Coit Gilman and the Birth of the American Research University,” was released by Johns Hopkins University Press in 2022. He was a visiting professor in the Department of the History of Science and Technology at Johns Hopkins in 2020. Benson’s biography of Gilman was named to the list of Best Higher
Education Books of 2023 by Forbes magazine.
Benson is also the author of “Harry S. Truman and the Founding of Israel,” and, with co-author Hal Boyd, published “College for the Commonwealth: A Case for Higher Education in American Democracy” with the University Press of Kentucky. Nationally, Benson serves on the Council of Presidents of the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges. He also is the past board chair of Omicron Delta Kappa, the national leadership honor society and is the former chair of the NCAA Honors Committee.
Benson is sought after for public speeches and appearances. He was a featured contributor to the Huffington Post for 5 years; has written articles for The Jerusalem Post, Lexington Herald-Leader, Louisville Courier Journal, The Kansas City Star, Deseret News, and The Salt Lake Tribune, among others; and appeared on ESPN’s The Paul Finebaum Show. Born in Utah and raised in Texas and Indiana, Benson has worked and studied abroad for nearly 7 years in Italy, England, and Israel. He graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in political science and double minors in English and history from Brigham Young University in 1990. He completed his doctorate in modern history from the University of Oxford (St. Antony’s College) in 1995, where he was a Rotary Foundation Scholar and recipient of the Oxford Graduate Overseas Fellowship.
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Founder’s Award. Benson graduated with a Master of Liberal Arts from Johns Hopkins University in August 2021 and was elected to the Honor Society of the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs.
An accomplished athlete, President Benson played basketball at BYU and Oxford, and his best marathon time – 2 hours and 41 minutes – won his age division in the St. George (Utah) Marathon. He also finished among the top 25% of all runners in the 1984 Boston Marathon, one of only 19 teenagers from around the world to compete in the race.
An avid traveler, he has visited all 50 states and five of the seven continents.
He also earned a master’s degree cum laude in nonprofit administration in 2011 from the University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business, where he was the recipient of the prestigious Father Theodore Hesburgh
He and his wife, Debi, are the parents of three children – Truman, Tatum, and Talmage. He also has two older children from a previous marriage. Emma is a TV reporter for KSL in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Samuel writes for Politico in Washington, D.C. Sam’s wife, Keylla, is in her first year at Georgetown Law School.
WVU VICE PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS WREN BAKER
Wren Baker has changed the face of West Virginia University Athletics. He has reenergized the department and set it up for long-term success in the ever-changing world of college athletics. Whether it’s coaching searches, facility master plans, revenue sharing or a modern, business-like approach to Name, Image and Likeness, Baker has faced every challenge head on and has never looked back. He has brought new thinking and confidence to WVU Athletics, and his reputation across the country is secondto-none.
Baker is a high-energy leader, and Mountaineer success has been contagious in competition and in the classroom. Conference championships, NCAA appearances and a national championship have been followed by strong academic achievement for Mountaineer student-athletes, eclipsing previous department GPA highs. Under Baker, WVU has also turned in record fundraising numbers as his forward thinking and strategic planning are geared to bringing future success and revenue stability to the state’s Land-Grant Institution.
Missouri, Memphis, Northwest Missouri and Rogers State, he brought more than 20 years of experience to WVU.
Baker was an instant hit with WVU fans. In his first year in Morgantown, he traveled the state to learn its culture, geography, and history. He has met and listened to Mountaineer fans from all over the world and immersed himself on what it means to be a proud West Virginian. The results of his approach and work ethic speak volumes as the West Virginia Mountaineers continue to be a national brand. Despite accomplishing so much in a short period of time, Baker’s plate is still full. Continued revenue generation, launching an NIL full-service business agency for student-athlete advancement and premium seating options in his two major sports venues are still on his radar for the coming year. His endless energy never stops moving WVU forward.
Then WVU President E. Gordon Gee named Baker as WVU’s vice president and director of intercollegiate athletics on Nov. 30, 2022. He has oversight of 18 varsity sports, a department budget of more than $90 million, approximately 250 employees and nearly 500 studentathletes.
Baker is WVU’s 13th director of athletics and came to Morgantown from the University of North Texas, where he had been the associate vice president and athletics director since 2016. With previous stops at
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2001-05 Oklahoma State University Basketball Operations Assistant
2005-06 Valliant Public Schools Director of Athletics/Principal
2006-10 Rogers State University Director of Athletics
2010-13 Northwest Missouri State Director of Athletics
2013-15 University of Memphis Deputy Director of Athletics
2015-16 University of Missouri Deputy Director of Athletics
2016-22 University of North Texas Vice President/Director of Athletics
2022- West Virginia University Vice President/Director of Athletics
At North Texas, seven Mean Green programs combined to win 17 conference or division championships during Baker’s tenure. UNT also reached new heights in the classroom under Baker’s leadership, posting its top APR scores and four consecutive department Graduation Success Rate (GSR) records. Baker led record fundraising years at North Texas, and the overall top five largest gifts ever at UNT came under Baker’s leadership.
Prior to North Texas, Baker was the deputy director of athletics at Missouri from 2015 to 2016, serving as the top advisor and chief of staff.
Before Missouri, he spent time at Memphis from 2013-15 as deputy athletics director.
From 2011-13, Baker was athletics director at NCAA Division II power Northwest Missouri State. From 2006-11, Baker served as the first athletics director at Rogers State in Claremore, Oklahoma, where he was also the school’s first men’s basketball coach. His team went 2011 in his only season at the helm, and during his tenure, he developed a full-scale, competitive collegiate athletics program. In 2005, he was the principal and athletics director for Valliant Public Schools, and at age 26, was the youngest principal in Oklahoma history.
Originally from Valliant, Oklahoma, Baker earned his bachelor’s degree in education from Southeastern Oklahoma State in 2001 where he was a member of the honors program. He went on to earn his master’s degree in education leadership from Oklahoma State in 2003.
While at Oklahoma State, Baker was a graduate assistant and basketball operations assistant for the Cowboys’ men’s basketball program under legendary head coach Eddie Sutton. During his time with OSU, the Cowboys posted a 102-30 record, reaching four NCAA tournaments with trips to the 2004 Final Four and the 2005 Sweet 16.
Baker and his wife, Heather, a Bokchito, Oklahoma, native, have two daughters, Addisyn and Reagan.
The Baker Family: Reagan, Addisyn, Heather and Wren
WVU INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS
BrIttnEY o’DELL Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director/StudentAthlete Service and Wellness
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JASon BUttS Head Gymnastics Coach
SEAn CLEArY Head Cross Country/ Track and Field Coach
MAtt WELLS Deputy Athletics Director/ External Affairs
MICHAEL FrAGALE Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director,/ Communications
APrIL MESSErLY
JEn GrEEnY Head Volleyball Coach Jon HAMMonD Hayhurst Family Head Rifle Coach
roSS HoDGE Head Men's Basketball Coach
nIKKI IZZo-BroWn Head Women’s Soccer Coach
MArK KELLoGG Hayhurst Family Head Women’s Basketball Coach
JIMMY KInG Head Rowing Coach
MIHA LISAC Head Tennis Coach
BrEnt MAConDALD Head Swimming and Diving Coach
rICH roDrIGUEZ Head Football Coach
StEVE SABInS Head Baseball Coach
DAn StrAtForD Head Men’s Soccer Coach
MEDIA INFORMATION
MEDIA SERVICES
The West Virginia University Athletics Communications Office will be available throughout the 2024 men’s soccer season to accommodate any media requests. Following are some guidelines that should make it easy for media members to cover the West Virginia men’s soccer team. Any additional questions should be directed to men’s soccer contact Adam Grossman.
MATCH DAY
Parking is free for all home men’s soccer matches. Requested team members and coach Dan Stratford will be available for interviews on the field following a 15-minute grace period. Please see WVU men’s soccer contact Adam Grossman (adam.grossman@mail.wvu.edu) following the match for all interview requests.
GAME SERVICES
The athletics communications staff will be at your service throughout the match. Computer-generated scores will be available at the conclusion of each period and postgame. Press seating is located at the top of the concourse, and wireless internet access is available for working media members.
CREDENTIALS
Photographers and media members who wish to cover a match at Dick Dlesk Stadium should contact WVU men’s soccer contact Adam Grossman (adam.grossman@mail.wvu.edu) or phone (304-293-2821), at least 24 hours in advance.
RECEIVING INFORMATION
Media members may receive men’s soccer press releases, notes and more via email. Please email WVU men’s soccer contact Adam Grossman (adam.grossman@mail.wvu.edu) to be included to the distribution list.
WVUSPORTS.COM
WVUsports.com is the place for media and fans to go for the latest on Mountaineer men’s soccer. In 2024, streamed audio and video broadcasts will be available on WVU’s official athletic website. Player and coaching staff bios are available at the click of a finger by going to WVUsports.com. Updated following each match, WVUsports.com is your place to find the latest statistics for Mountaineer men’s soccer. Not only will you find this season’s stats and stories, but you also will be able to find the WVU record book for some historical perspective.
SOCIAL MEDIA
The WVU men’s soccer team is active on various social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Visit Facebook.com/WVUMensSoccer to like the Facebook page. To follow the Mountaineers on Twitter visit Twitter.com/WVUMensSoccer. To follow the team on Instagram visit Instagram.com/WVUMensSoccer.
DIRECTIONS TO THE WVU COLISEUM
From Interstate 79
Take the Star City/WVU (mile marker 155) exit. Cross the Star City Bridge and proceed up Monongahela Boulevard past the Texas
West Virginia University Athletics Communications Office is located in the WVU Coliseum near the Country Roads Gate. The main athletics communications office is Room 214.
Morgantown, WV 26507-0877
MICHAEL FrAGALE Executive Senior Associate
MIKE Montoro Assistant Athletics Director/ Football Communications
