Rutgers-Camden soccer programs earn USC Team Academic Award honors
CAMDEN, N.J. (August 5, 2024) – While the Rutgers University-Camden soccer teams begin to prepare for the 2024 season, the Scarlet Raptors have added a prestigious honor for their work in the classroom during the 2023-24 scholastic year.
Both Rutgers-Camden soccer programs have earned the 2023-24 United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Award, making the Scarlet Raptors one of only 105 schools nationally to have both of their programs recognized. Overall, 423 teams posted a grade point average of 3.0 or higher to qualify for the USC Team Academic Award. There were 246 women's teams honored, while 177 men's teams were recognized.
USC Team Academic Awards
The Rutgers-Camden women, coached by
Kevin Luber, posted a 3.28 team GPA. The men's team, coached by
Tim Oswald, had a 3.20 GPA.
The Rutgers-Camden women placed 13 players on the New Jersey Athletic Conference All-Academic teams, including NJAC Academic First Team member
Kayla McKeever and NJAC Academic Honorable Mention performers
Hannah Crowley, Alexa D'Ilio, Michaela Graham, Josie Jackson-Conner, Amy Maurer, Alyssa Monti, Emily Owens, Jenna Peel, Alyson Petro, Lindsey Rodzon, Maresa Savarese and
Emilia Vallejos. Maurer also was named to the Philly-SIDA Academic All-Area Women's Soccer Team.
The women's team placed a total of 37 players on the Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director's Honor Roll over the two semesters during the 2023-24 academic year, including 28 on the Dean's List. Over the two semesters, they had eight student-athletes record a 4.0 GPA, including Maurer and D'Ilio twice and one semester apiece from Rodzon, Savarese, Peel and
Jazmin Brown.
The men also had a NJAC Academic First Team performer in
Khylei Neal, while adding 10 athletes among the NJAC Academic Honorable Mention performers:
Quincy Attobrah, Justin Bamgboye, Ethan Dreyer, Evan Isenbarger, Pedro Jovel-Castro, Aiden Kelley, Tommy Monaghan, Jason Stearn, Eric Swen and
Brandon Valeri.
During the two semesters of the 2023-24 scholastic year, a total of 48 athletes from the men's soccer team qualified for the Rutgers-Camden Athletic Director's Honor Roll, including 31 Dean's List students. Nine of them posted a 4.0 GPA during the year, including
Joshua Pereira, who had a 4.0 GPA during both semesters. Also posting a 4.0 GPA during one of the semesters were Swen, Bamgboye, Dreyer,
Miguel Graterol, Oded Sela, Andrew Grello and a newcomer who was sidelined by injury for the entire season,
Dylan Gargulinski.
Both Rutgers-Camden teams open their season on Friday, August 30. The men host Neumann University at 6 p.m. as part of their annual Cialella Soccer Classic. The women travel to St. Mary's College of Maryland for the Seahawk Classic, where they will play Salisbury University in a 7 p.m. opener.
