KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The United Soccer Coaches recognized a total of 192 teams across the country for exhibiting fair play, sporting behavior, and adherence to the laws of the game during the 2021 season. The Division III Women's National Champion Captains of Christopher Newport University were among them, earning the Bronze Level certificate of the 2021 Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Award announced by the organization on Monday.
The Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Award is given to United Soccer Coaches members at four levels. Teams honored at the platinum level went an entire season without a player or coach receiving a single yellow or red card. Teams honored at the gold (1-10%), silver (11-30%), and bronze (31-50%) levels are based on a percentage calculated by the total number of cards received by players and coaches divided by the team's total number of games played.
Christopher Newport earned the award for the second time after also being selected as Silver level honorees in 2019. Christopher Newport received only one card in a dominant six-game run through the NCAA Tournament that featured five shutouts on route to the team's first ever national championship. In a 23-game season that saw the Captains set program records defensively with 16 shutouts and a 0.30 goals-against average, the CNU women's soccer team was issued just eight cautions and had no disqualifications.
2021 College Team Ethics & Sportsmanship Awards
| Category |
School |
Coach |
Program |
| Platinum |
Brookdale Community College |
Nil Onder |
Women |
| Platinum |
Chaffey College |
Grace Cooper |
Women |
| Platinum |
Defiance College |
BJ Pheasant |
Women |
| Platinum |
Emory & Henry College |
Lisa Buckley |
Women |
| Platinum |
Grove City College |
Melissa Lamie |
Women |
| Platinum |
Kalamazoo College |
Bryan Goyings |
Women |
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| Gold |
Alfred University |
Craig Yanni |
Women |
| Gold |
Anderson University |
Jennifer Myhre |
Women |
| Gold |
Bridgewater College |
Michael Van Horn |
Women |
| Gold |
Centre College |
Jay Hoffman |
Women |
| Gold |
Eastern Nazarene College |
Taylor Dempsey |
Women |
| Gold |
Frostburg State University |
Brian Parker |
Women |
| Gold |
University of New England |
Carly Gettler |
Women |
| Gold |
Pacific Lutheran University |
Seth Spidahl |
Women |
| Gold |
University of Pittsburgh-Bradford |
Melissa Graham |
Women |
| Gold |
Rochester Institute of Technology |
Liz Masterson |
Women |
| Gold |
Saint Anselm College |
Joel Bancroft |
Women |
| Gold |
St. Edward's University |
Nick Cowell |
Women |
| Gold |
Salem State University |
Nicolle Wood |
Women |
| Gold |
SUNY Oswego |
Brian McGrane |
Women |
| Gold |
United States Coast Guard Academy |
Susan Grant |
Women |
| Gold |
Westminster College (Pa.) |
Girish Thakar |
Women |
| Gold |
Williams College |
Sarah Raymond |
Women |
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| Silver |
Amherst College |
Jen Hughes |
Women |
| Silver |
Arcadia University |
Rick Brownell |
Women |
| Silver |
Belmont Abbey College |
Mike Lynch |
Women |
| Silver |
Belmont University |
Heather Henson |
Women |
| Silver |
Bowdoin College |
Brianne Smithson |
Women |
| Silver |
California Institute of Technology |
Ellery Gould |
Women |
| Silver |
Calvin University |
Emily Ottenhoff |
Women |
| Silver |
Case Western Reserve University |
Jennifer Simonetti |
Women |
| Silver |
Central College |
Michael Kobylinski |
Women |
| Silver |
University of Central Oklahoma |
Mike Cook |
Women |
| Silver |
Colby-Sawyer College |
Grace Sokolow |
Women |
| Silver |
University of Dubuque |
Jason Berna |
Women |
| Silver |
Earlham College |
Lydia Harvey |
Women |
| Silver |
Eastern Connecticut State University |
Christian D'Ambrosio |
Women |
| Silver |
Gustavus Adolphus College |
Laura Burnett-Kurie |
Women |
| Silver |
High Point University |
Brandi Fontaine |
Women |
| Silver |
Hood College |
Molly Kovarik |
Women |
| Silver |
Lees-McRae College |
Cally Morrill |
Women |
| Silver |
Luther College |
Hollie Gray |
Women |
| Silver |
Marywood University |
Andrew Smith |
Women |
| Silver |
Minnesota State University Moorhead |
Christie Kopietz |
Women |
| Silver |
Muskingum University |
Dani Gunderson |
Women |
| Silver |
University of Nebraska-Kearney |
Chloe Roberts |
Women |
| Silver |
Neumann University |
Rosie Kays |
Women |
| Silver |
New England College |
Paul Vazquez |
Women |
| Silver |
Penn State Behrend |
Patrick O'Driscoll |
Women |
| Silver |
Rhodes College |
Katelyn Chambers |
Women |
| Silver |
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology |
Amy Helliwell |
Women |
| Silver |
College of Saint Benedict |
Steven Kimble |
Women |
| Silver |
St. Cloud State University |
Gretta Arvesen |
Women |
| Silver |
St. Mary's College of Maryland |
Peter Krech |
Women |
| Silver |
St. Norbert College |
Bob Rickards |
Women |
| Silver |
Sarah Lawrence College |
Maurizio Grillo |
Women |
| Silver |
University of Scranton |
Colleen Pivirotto |
Women |
| Silver |
SUNY Delhi |
Zach Ward |
Women |
| Silver |
SUNY Geneseo |
Nathan Wiley |
Women |
| Silver |
SUNY Oneonta |
Liz McGrail |
Women |
| Silver |
Suffolk University |
Ashley Van Vechten |
Women |
| Silver |
University of Virginia |
Steve Swanson |
Women |
| Silver |
Wabash Valley College |
Patrick Harris |
Women |
| Silver |
Washington & Jefferson College |
Kendra Jones |
Women |
| Silver |
Washington College |
Thomas Reilly |
Women |
| Silver |
Wellesley College |
Missy Price |
Women |
| Silver |
Western Michigan University |
Sammy Boateng |
Women |
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| Bronze |
Baldwin Wallace University |
Jim Wojtkun |
Women |
| Bronze |
Bloomsburg University |
Matthew Haney |
Women |
| Bronze |
University of California, Santa Cruz |
Lauren Nadler |
Women |
| Bronze |
Catholic University |
Casey Sommers |
Women |
| Bronze |
Central Connecticut State University |
Michael D'Arcy |
Women |
| Bronze |
Christopher Newport University |
James Gunderson |
Women |
| Bronze |
Cisco College |
Brandon McGibeny |
Women |
| Bronze |
The College of Saint Rose |
Laurie Darling Gutheil |
Women |
| Bronze |
Georgian Court University |
James Moore |
Women |
| Bronze |
Heidelberg University |
Madalynn McLaughlin |
Women |
| Bronze |
Indiana University |
Todd Yeagley |
Men |
| Bronze |
University of Indianapolis |
Holly Cox |
Women |
| Bronze |
Juniata College |
Joe Alianiello |
Women |
| Bronze |
Kean University |
Brian Doherty |
Women |
| Bronze |
Loras College |
Matt Pucci |
Women |
| Bronze |
Mansfield University |
John Shaffer |
Women |
| Bronze |
University of Mary Washington |
Scott Gerseny |
Women |
| Bronze |
University of Massachusetts-Lowell |
Mira Novak |
Women |
| Bronze |
McMurry University |
Charles Nobles |
Women |
| Bronze |
Middle Tennessee State University |
Aston Rhoden |
Women |
| Bronze |
Monmouth University |
Krissy Turner |
Women |
| Bronze |
University of Montana |
Chris Citowicki |
Women |
| Bronze |
Mount Aloysius College |
Adam Sprague |
Women |
| Bronze |
College of Mount Saint Vincent |
Stuart Dick |
Women |
| Bronze |
University of New Hampshire |
Steve Welham |
Women |
| Bronze |
University of North Carolina-Pembroke |
Lars Andersson |
Women |
| Bronze |
Northern State University |
Bob Casper |
Women |
| Bronze |
Northwest Missouri State University |
Marc Gordon |
Women |
| Bronze |
University of the Ozarks |
Natalie Dreyer |
Women |
| Bronze |
Penn State Abington |
Daniel Mannella |
Women |
| Bronze |
Piedmont University |
Timmy McCormack |
Women |
| Bronze |
Robert Morris University |
Chris Shaw |
Women |
| Bronze |
Salem College |
Robin Ramirez |
Women |
| Bronze |
San Bernardino Valley College |
Kristin Hauge |
Women |
| Bronze |
Sonoma State University |
Emiria Salzmann |
Women |
| Bronze |
South Dakota State University |
Brock Thompson |
Women |
| Bronze |
St. Lawrence University |
Sinead McSharry |
Women |
| Bronze |
Stony Brook University |
Tobias Bischof |
Women |
| Bronze |
Tennessee Tech University |
Steven Springthorpe |
Women |
| Bronze |
Texas Woman's University |
Babak Abouzar |
Women |
| Bronze |
Tiffin University |
Michael Cracas |
Women |
| Bronze |
Trine University |
Gary Boughton |
Women |
| Bronze |
Vassar College |
Keith Simons |
Women |
| Bronze |
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse |
Jason Murphy |
Women |
| Bronze |
University of Wisconsin-Platteville |
Sam Koenig |
Women |
| Bronze |
University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point |
Dawn Crow |
Women |
