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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- The College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced the 2016 Academic All-District Teams for men's soccer on Thursday, listing a pair of Christopher Newport student-athletes among those honored. Senior
Jimmy Grace and sophomore
Bobby Seifert each collected their first career honor from the organization, marking the first time in program history multiple players have been selected as Academic All-District in the same season.
The national organization recognized three CNU soccer players on Thursday afternoon, announcing that Grace and Seifert would be joined by CNU women's soccer senior, Victoria Perry. With the award, CoSIDA recognizes the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom. The Academic All-District teams include student-athletes from eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada. First team Academic All-District honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America Team ballot,w here first-, second-, and third-team All-America honorees will be selected later this month.
The Captains were honored as first team selections in District 5, and the duo joins Billy Lucas (2004), Michael Zimmerman (2012), and
Garrett Van Nutt (2015) as the only men's soccer players to earn Academic All-District honors in CNU history.
Grace, playing in his senior season after missing all of last year to an injury, has been the Captains' offensive leader all season out of the midfield. The Ashburn, Va. native is leading the league in scoring with a career-high 28 points. He has also scored a league-high 11 goals with five game-winning strikes, while also dishing out six assists this season. Grace was named the Co-Rookie of the Year in 2013 and is a two-time second team All-Conference selection. Off the field, Grace carries a 3.58 cumulative GPA while majoring in Finance.
On the other end of the field, sophomore
Bobby Seifert is one of the team's top defensive players. The second-year player from Springfield, Va. has led the team in minutes played in each of his first two seasons and has, in fact, only been off the field for a combined total of 25 minutes in 37 games. He has registered 3,471 minutes of a possible 3,496, anchoring a strong defensive unit that has picked up 16 shutouts in that span. As center back, Seifert was named a second team All-State selection last year and was also named to the Conference All-Academic squad. He is majoring in Computer Engineering and boasts a 3.56 cumulative GPA.
Led in part by Grace and Seifert, the Captains captured their first ever CAC regular season crown and will be the top seed in next week's conference championship tournament. Christopher Newport will host a CAC Semifinal matchup on Tuesday, November 1 at 6:00 pm, taking on either #4 Penn State Harrisburg or #5 Frostburg State.
CoSIDA Academic All-District Honors - All-Time (CNU)
| Name |
Sport |
Year |
Honor |
| Ashley Alston |
Women's Tennis (At-Large) |
2002-03 |
2nd Team |
| Aimee Gibbs |
Women's Track & Field/XC |
2002-03 |
1st Team |
| Aimee Gibbs |
Women's Track & Field/XC |
2003-04 |
1st Team |
| Billy Lucas |
Men's Soccer |
2004-05 |
2nd Team |
| Barbara Davis |
Women's Basketball |
2010-11 |
2nd Team |
| Jacob Capin |
Men's Basketball |
2010-11 |
2nd Team |
| Kenneth Hall |
Football |
2010-11 |
1st Team |
| Dominik Taylor |
Football |
2010-11 |
1st Team |
| Jarod Lindner |
Football |
2011-12 |
1st Team |
| Brian Jaeger |
Men's Golf (At-Large) |
2012-13 |
1st Team |
| Michael Zimmerman |
Men's Soccer |
2012-13 |
1st Team |
| Evan Moog |
Football |
2012-13 |
1st Team |
| A.J. Schmetzer |
Football |
2012-13 |
1st Team |
| Evan Moog |
Football |
2013-14 |
1st Team |
| Marlene Lichty |
Field Hockey (At-Large) |
2013-14 |
2nd Team |
| David Furrow |
Football |
2014-15 |
1st Team |
| Enuma Ezenwa |
Women's Track & Field |
2014-15 |
1st Team |
| Victoria Perry |
Women's Soccer |
2015-16 |
1st Team |
| Garrett Van Nutt |
Men's Soccer |
2015-16 |
1st Team |
| David Furrow |
Football |
2015-16 |
1st Team |
| Hunter Wetherell |
Men's Basketball |
2015-16 |
1st Team |
| Arttu Fiva |
Men's Tennis (At-Large) |
2015-16 |
1st Team |
| Victoria Perry |
Women's Soccer |
2016-17 |
1st Team |
| Jimmy Grace |
Men's Soccer |
2016-17 |
1st Team |
| Bobby Seifert |
Men's Soccer |
2016-17 |
1st Team |
