KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Washington & Jefferson College men's soccer team received recognition from the United Soccer Coaches for a third consecutive year and fourth time in the past five years due to the squad's exemplary performance in the classroom during the 2020-21 academic year.

The Presidents, who finished with a cumulative team grade-point average of 3.18, were among 282 collegiate men's teams to earn the 2020-21 Team Academic Award.

The Team Academic Award recipients are active members of the United Soccer Coaches College Services Program with a composite grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale for all players on the roster for the 2020-21 academic year.

The men's soccer placed 10 student-athletes on the 2020-21 Presidents' Athletic Conference Academic Honor Roll (3.60 GPA or Higher). Among that group were the following team members: Zach Bowser (Beaver, Pa./Beaver), Thomas Einolf (Carlisle, Pa./Middletown), Jake Fetterman (Pottstown, Pa./The Hill School), Nicholas Maknoon (Allison Park, Pa./Hampton), Colin Martincic (Bridgeville, Pa./South Fayette), Quinn Pickering (Camp Hill, Pa./Camp Hill), Lucas Puskarich (Cadiz, Ohio/Harrison Central), Jeffrey Wilkinson (Apollo, Pa./Kiski) and Jonathan Youse (New Cumberland, Pa./Cedar Cliff).

On the field in the spring of 2021, W&J put together a championship season. The Presidents finished with a 8-2-1 record against conference competition. With a 2-1 win over Westminster College on April 30, the Red and Black claimed their second straight conference title. Ian McDonald was named PAC Coach of the Year for a sixth time.

A total of 602 soccer teams (220 men, 382 women) posted a team grade point average of 3.0 or higher, thereby earning the United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award for the 2020-21 academic year.

Of that total, 90 schools had both their men's and women's programs recognized.