Four Golden Eagles Named to Academic All-District Team
11/7/2019 12:28:00 PM | Men's Soccer
Coan, Cukaj, Prpa and Sunesson honored for their academic accomplishments
MILWAUKEE – Four Marquette University men's soccer players have been named to the 2019 Google Cloud Academic All-District® Men's Soccer Team. This marks the seventh time in the past eight years that a Marquette player has earned this distinction.
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It's the first time in program history that four Golden Eagles were named to the Academic All-District 6 team. The previous program-best was three players, which happened in 2017, 2013 and 2012.
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For the third year in a row, senior midfielder Luka Prpa, who earned CoSIDA Academic All-American® honors in 2017 and 2018, earned academic all-district honors.
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Fellow senior Josh Coan and sophomores Lukas Sunesson and Manuel Cukaj earned their first-ever CoSIDA Academic All-District honors. MU men's soccer players made up four of the 13 representatives (31 percent) on the District 6 team.
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All four of MU's all-district honorees are eligible for All-American status, and they will be placed on the All-American ballot. Voting begins Nov. 12.
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MU will take part in the BIG EAST tournament for the second straight season, earning the sixth and final spot in the six-team bracket yesterday after defeating DePaul on the road for the first time in 17 seasons. A postseason bid was clinched when Seton Hall, which entered the day in sixth place in the conference standings, fell to Villanova, 1-0.
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The Golden Eagles will take on the third-seeded Providence Friars on Saturday, Nov. 9 at 11 a.m. CT in the tournament quarterfinals at Anderson Field in Providence, Rhode Island. Television coverage will be had by the BIG EAST Digital Network.
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NCAA DIVISION I – DISTRICT 6 (AR, IA, LA, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, SD, WI, WY)
FIRST TEAM
Pos.  Name                  School                               GPA    Yr.    Major
GK     Michael Creek     Missouri State University    3.97    Jr.    Entrepreneurship
D       Manuel Cukaj     Marquette University        3.89    Jr.    Finance & Information Systems
D       Kyle Hiebert        Missouri State University    4.00    Jr.    Accounting
D       Jake Kelderman  Milwaukee                          3.61    Jr.    Finance & Marketing
D       Vuk Latinovich     Milwaukee                          3.91    Jr.    Education
D       Scott Misselhorn  Drake University                 3.43    Sr.    Finance
M       Noah Leibold       University of Wisconsin      3.94    Sr.    Neurobiology
M       Luka Prpa           Marquette University        3.84    Sr.    Biomedical Sciences
M       Nate Seaberg      Drake University                 4.00    Sr.    Health Sciences
M       David Viox           Saint Louis University         3.96    Sr.    Biology
F        Josh Coan          Marquette University        3.58    Sr.    Business Administration
F        Evan Conway      Milwaukee                          3.72    Sr.    Finance
F        Lukas Sunesson Marquette University        3.72    So.   Finance & Marketing
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Keep up with the Marquette men's soccer program through social media by following on Twitter (@MarquetteSoccer) and Instagram (@MarquetteSoccer) and `liking' on Facebook (/MarquetteSoccer).
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It's the first time in program history that four Golden Eagles were named to the Academic All-District 6 team. The previous program-best was three players, which happened in 2017, 2013 and 2012.
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For the third year in a row, senior midfielder Luka Prpa, who earned CoSIDA Academic All-American® honors in 2017 and 2018, earned academic all-district honors.
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Fellow senior Josh Coan and sophomores Lukas Sunesson and Manuel Cukaj earned their first-ever CoSIDA Academic All-District honors. MU men's soccer players made up four of the 13 representatives (31 percent) on the District 6 team.
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All four of MU's all-district honorees are eligible for All-American status, and they will be placed on the All-American ballot. Voting begins Nov. 12.
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MU will take part in the BIG EAST tournament for the second straight season, earning the sixth and final spot in the six-team bracket yesterday after defeating DePaul on the road for the first time in 17 seasons. A postseason bid was clinched when Seton Hall, which entered the day in sixth place in the conference standings, fell to Villanova, 1-0.
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The Golden Eagles will take on the third-seeded Providence Friars on Saturday, Nov. 9 at 11 a.m. CT in the tournament quarterfinals at Anderson Field in Providence, Rhode Island. Television coverage will be had by the BIG EAST Digital Network.
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NCAA DIVISION I – DISTRICT 6 (AR, IA, LA, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, SD, WI, WY)
FIRST TEAM
Pos.  Name                  School                               GPA    Yr.    Major
GK     Michael Creek     Missouri State University    3.97    Jr.    Entrepreneurship
D       Manuel Cukaj     Marquette University        3.89    Jr.    Finance & Information Systems
D       Kyle Hiebert        Missouri State University    4.00    Jr.    Accounting
D       Jake Kelderman  Milwaukee                          3.61    Jr.    Finance & Marketing
D       Vuk Latinovich     Milwaukee                          3.91    Jr.    Education
D       Scott Misselhorn  Drake University                 3.43    Sr.    Finance
M       Noah Leibold       University of Wisconsin      3.94    Sr.    Neurobiology
M       Luka Prpa           Marquette University        3.84    Sr.    Biomedical Sciences
M       Nate Seaberg      Drake University                 4.00    Sr.    Health Sciences
M       David Viox           Saint Louis University         3.96    Sr.    Biology
F        Josh Coan          Marquette University        3.58    Sr.    Business Administration
F        Evan Conway      Milwaukee                          3.72    Sr.    Finance
F        Lukas Sunesson Marquette University        3.72    So.   Finance & Marketing
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Keep up with the Marquette men's soccer program through social media by following on Twitter (@MarquetteSoccer) and Instagram (@MarquetteSoccer) and `liking' on Facebook (/MarquetteSoccer).
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