OREM, Utah – Utah Valley University junior Zach Maas was named to the CoSIDA 2019 Academic All-America® Men's Soccer Third Team, the organization announced on Thursday. Maas becomes just the fourth UVU student-athlete to receive the honor during the school's NCAA Division I era.
 
"Zach's commitment to academic and athletic excellence is remarkable. To be recognized as Academic All-America® is an incredible honor not just for him, but for our entire program and university as well," UVU head coach Greg Maas said. "I couldn't be more proud of Zach and the commitment to academics by all of our student-athletes here at UVU. I am hopeful this achievement may help to further inspire those to strive to do their best in the classroom and in competition."
 
Maas owns a 3.87 cumulative GPA while majoring in exercise science/pre-med with a minor in chemistry. On the pitch he was second on the team with six goals and 17 points, while sharing team-high honors with five assists.
 
Maas became eligible for the CoSIDA Academic All-America® teams after he joined teammate Mark Brown in earning CoSIDA Academic All-District 8 Team honors earlier in the fall. It was Maas' second selection to the all-district team and the program's 11th all-time.
 
Maas joins former UVU soccer player Paul Hoffmeister (2016 second team), men's basketball player Holton Hunsaker (2014 second team) and baseball player Billy Burgess (2012 third team) as Utah Valley student-athletes to be named Academic All-America®.
 
Maas is one of 33 DI men's soccer players to receive the distinction, and is one of two players hailing from the Western Athletic Conference with Grand Canyon University graduate senior Austin Day named to the first team.

 

FIRST TEAM Pos. Name School GPA Yr. Major GK Michael Creek  Missouri State  3.97 Jr. Entrepreneurship D Austin Day  Grand Canyon  3.99/3.91 Gr. MBA D Kyle Hiebert  Missouri State  4.0 Jr. Accounting D Marius Kullmann  Loyola University 3.96 Sr. Finance / International Business D Dylan Waugaman  Valparaiso  3.99 Gr. Accounting (UG) / MBA (G) M Anthony Bowie Western Michigan  4.0 Sr. Sales & Business Marketing M Nate Seaberg Drake  4.0 Sr. Health Sciences - Clinical & Applied Sciences M Jonas Westmeyer Marshall  4.0 Sr. Business (UG) / MBA (G) F Jan Maertins Northern Illinois  3.98 Sr. Leadership & Management F Tyrone Mondi  Coastal Carolina  4.0 Sr. Accounting F Daniele Proch  Duke  3.75 Sr. History SECOND TEAM Pos. Name School GPA Yr. Major GK Andrew Thomas Stanford  3.98 Jr. Engineering Physics D Gideon Betz  Campbell  3.79 Sr. Business Administration (UG) / MBA (G) D Christian Casagranda Quinnipiac  4.00/4.00 Gr. Public Relations D Matt Di Rosa Maryland 3.95 Jr. Information Systems D Joel Harrison Michigan 3.98 Jr. Computer Science D Jacob Wilkinson Radford  4 Sr. Finance M Ruben Garcia Liberty  4 Sr. Interdisciplinary Studies M Rikard Lindqvist  Northern Kentucky 4 Sr. Management M Pedro Valladao IUPUI 3.99 Sr. Mechanical Engineering F Ryan DeBois Western Illinois  4 Jr. Management F Cal Jennings UCF 3.7 Sr. Nonprofit Management F Samson Sergi Xavier  3.84/3.67 Gr. Marketing (UG) / MBA (G) THIRD TEAM Pos. Name School GPA Yr. Major GK Hagay Jalon Florida Atlantic  3.8 Gr. Psychology D Kasey French Washington 3.88 Sr. Physics / Mathematics  D David Grana  Saint Joseph's  3.95 Jr. Biology D Connor Ramlo Creighton  3.98 Sr. Finance D Ben Wendell Cincinnati 4 So. Neuroscience M Jack Casey  Notre Dame 3.87 Sr. Economics M Noah Leibold Wisconsin 3.94 Sr. Neurobiology M Zach Maas Utah Valley  3.87 Jr. Exercise Science / Pre-Med F Miguel Berry San Diego 3.36 Sr. Business Administration F Leandros Lillis Temple  3.97 Sr. Adult & Organizational Development F Johannes Pieles Fordham  3.94 Sr. Finance  CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year: Anthony Bowie, Western Michigan University