2020-21 CoSIDA Academic All-America Men's Soccer Team
ROSEMONT, Ill. – Nine Big Ten Conference soccer students have been selected as Academic All-Americans by members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), the organization announced Monday. In addition, Penn State senior defender Kerry Abello became the first Big Ten women’s soccer student-athlete chosen the CoSIDA Academic All-America Team Member of the Year.
Four Big Ten women’s soccer students earned Academic All-America plaudits on Monday, including three first-team selections — Abello, PSU graduate student midfielder Sam Coffey and Indiana senior goalkeeper Bethany Kopel. Penn State was the lone school with multiple first-team Academic All-Americans, while the Big Ten’s three first-team honorees were more than any other Division I conference in the country.
Abello is a rare three-time Academic All-America selection, capturing first-team honors in 2019 and 2020-21 along with second-team accolades in 2018. Both Coffey and Kopel received their first Academic All-America citations, with Kopel the first Hoosier women’s soccer player chosen for first-team Academic All-America status and just the second to make any of the award’s three teams (classmate Allison Jorden was a third-team honoree in 2019).
Rounding out the Big Ten’s women’s soccer Academic All-Americans was Penn State graduate student midfielder Frankie Tagliaferri, who secured a place on the third team.
Five Big Ten men’s soccer players collected Academic All-America honors this season, led by first-team selections Joel Harrison of Michigan and Pierre Reedy of Penn State. Harrison, a graduate student defender, is a two-time Academic All-American, while Reedy, a graduate student midfielder, captured his first certificate.
Three others appeared on the Academic All-America Second Team — Indiana sophomore forward Victor Bezerra and senior defender Spencer Glass, along with Michigan senior midfielder Marc Ybarra.
Collectively, Indiana and Penn State were two of the five Division I schools to produce men’s and women’s soccer Academic All-Americans for the 2020-21 season.
In order to be considered for Academic All-America status, students must not only maintain a minimum 3.30 GPA, but must also be a starter or key reserve, competing in at least 50 percent of their school’s contests.
A full list of the Big Ten soccer Academic All-Americans can be found below, with the complete rundown of Division I soccer Academic All-Americans available by clicking here and here.
CoSIDA Academic All-America Team Member of the Year – Women’s Soccer
Kerry Abello, Sr., D, Penn State (4.00, Science/Spanish)
CoSIDA Soccer Academic All-Americans
First Team
Bethany Kopel, Sr., GK, Indiana (3.99, Human Biology)
Joel Harrison, Grad., D, Michigan (4.00, Computer Science Engineering Masters)
Kerry Abello, Sr., D, Penn State (4.00, Science/Spanish)
Sam Coffey, Grad., M, Penn State (3.88, Journalism)
Pierre Reedy, Grad., M, Penn State (3.66, Security & Risk Analysis/Corporate Finance)
Second Team
Victor Bezerra, So., F, Indiana (3.60, Sport Marketing & Management)
Spencer Glass, Sr., D, Indiana (3.39, Marketing, Management & Sales)
Marc Ybarra, Sr., M, Michigan (3.45, Business Administration)
Third Team
Frankie Tagliaferri, Grad., M, Penn State (3.65, Kinesiology/Movement Science)
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