ST. LOUIS – Six Belmont University males’s soccer gamers have been acknowledged for his or her dedication and arduous work in the classroom and on the pitch with final Tuesday’s announcement of the 2025 Missouri Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete Team. Additionally, 5 of the six Bruins have additionally been honored by College Sports Communicators (CSC), previously College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), with the 2025 Academic All-District® Team introduced this Tuesday.
Senior defender Riley Clothier, senior midfielders Brad Dildy and Oscar Hough, redshirt senior ahead Jimiyu Mark, redshirt junior midfielder Ethan Schlegel, and redshirt sophomore ahead Lucas Wolthers had been all named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete Team. Clothier, Dildy, Mark, Schlegel and Wolthers had been additionally chosen as CSC Academic All-District® honorees.
Belmont and Western Michigan are the solely two packages to have six student-athletes represented on the 2025 MVC Scholar-Athlete Team. Additionally, the Bruins and the Broncos are the solely two groups from the Valley to have 5 or extra gamers chosen for 2025 CSC Academic All-District® distinction.
An All-MVC Second Team performer, Clothier owns a 3.55 cumulative grade level common whereas majoring in provide chain administration.
Dildy repeats as each an MVC Scholar-Athlete honoree and CSC Academic All-District® alternative. The San Antonio, Texas (Smithson Valley HS), native joined redshirt senior defender Dylan Steely this fall as Belmont’s first All-MVC First Team picks. Majoring in finance, Dildy holds a 3.86 cumulative GPA and additionally earned a spot on the 2025 MVC All-Tournament Team.
A CSC Academic All-District® decide final 12 months, Hough finishes his collegiate profession as the Bruins and MVC’s highest-rated midfielder. He has maintained a formidable 3.96 GPA as an economics main.
Like Dildy and Hough, Mark was a CSC Academic All-District® member final fall. Majoring in sport administration, Mark boasts a 3.54 cumulative GPA.
Earning 9 begins this fall after serving in a reserve capability, Schlegel has a 3.8 cumulative GPA whereas majoring in enterprise programs and analytics.
Arriving in the Music City in January, Wolthers performed a key position in Belmont’s system this season. He has been equally nearly as good in his research with a 3.92 cumulative GPA as a biophysics main.
Advancing to the nationwide poll, Dildy is a CSC Academic All-America® finalist. CSC members will vote for first, second and third-team Academic All-America® honorees, which will likely be introduced on Wednesday, Dec. 10.
To be eligible for the MVC Scholar-Athlete Team, males’s soccer student-athletes should have a 3.50 cumulative GPA, each as an undergraduate and graduate pupil. Additionally, student-athletes have to be at the very least a sophomore in each tutorial and athletic standing. Eligible nominees should compete in 75 % of their group’s matches performed throughout the common season or should begin in at the very least 50 % of the group’s common season matches.
The 2025 Academic All-District® Men’s Soccer Team, chosen by CSC, acknowledges the nation’s high student-athletes for his or her mixed performances on the area and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program individually acknowledges males’s soccer honorees in 4 divisions – NCAA Division I, Division II, Division III and the NAIA.
Eligibility standards for CSC Academic All-District® and subsequent Academic All-America® consideration is as follows:
- A student-athlete should have at the very least a 3.50 cumulative GPA as each an undergraduate and graduate pupil (when relevant).
- A student-athlete have to be at the very least a sophomore academically and athletically.
- Transfer student-athletes are instantly eligible if the above tutorial and athletic standards is met.
- For males’s soccer, student-athletes should compete in 90 % of the group’s matches performed or should begin in at the very least 66 % of the group’s matches.
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