Sam Stockton, Leon Jones Named to C-USA All-Academic Team
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky men’s soccer’s Sam Stockton and Leon Jones were named to the 2018 Conference USA All-Academic Team on Monday.
Kentucky was one of two teams – along with Old Dominion – to have two players on the team. All eight men’s soccer teams in C-USA were represented on the All-Academic Team.
Stockton and ODU’s Niko Klosterhalfen were the only repeat honorees from 2017. Stockton holds a 3.85 grade-point average (GPA) in accounting. Stockton was also named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District Team a year ago.
The junior served a vital role in the midfield for the Wildcats screening the nation’s No. 4 goals against average defense, as well as helping start attacks for the No. 7 scoring offense in Division I.
Jones has maintained a 3.82 GPA in chemical engineering acting as a defensive stalwart for the Kentucky defense that has a nation-best 12 shutouts this season.
2018 InTouch Credit Union Conference USA Men’s Soccer All-Academic Team
Callum Montgomery, Charlotte, Sr., D, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 3.997 GPA in biology
Hagay Jalon, Florida Atlantic, Sr., GK, Northridge, California, 3.867 GPA in psychology
Santiago Patino, FIU, Sr., F, Orlando, Florida, 3.21 GPA in recreation and sport management
Leon Jones, Kentucky, So., D, Glasgow, Scotland, 3.82 GPA in chemical engineering
Sam Stockton, Kentucky, Jr., MF, Louisville, Kentucky, 3.85 GPA in accounting
Carlos Diaz-Salcedo, Marshall, Jr., D, Barcelona, Spain, 3.73 GPA in international business/finance
Simon Spangenberg, New Mexico, Sr., MF, Brussels, Belgium, 4.20 GPA in computer engineering
Niko Klosterhalfen, Old Dominion, Sr., MF, Koenigswinter, Germany, 3.88 GPA in psychology
Ryan McLaughlin, Old Dominion, Sr., D, Ireland, 3.7 GPA in mechanical engineering
Luca Mayr, South Carolina, Jr., F, Steyr, Austria, 3.560 GPA in finance
Eder Mora, UAB, R-Sr., MF, Dalton, Georgia, 3.94 GPA in Masters of Business Administration
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