Members of the award winning team for their outstanding academics include in the accompanying photo, front row from left, Thomas Knight and Seth Moody; second row from left, Emmanuel Toral, Robert Depo, Joseph Sharpe, Luke Frazier, Irving Cheluca and Andrew Daniel; third row from left, Will Pernell, Jonathan Byrom, Brian Martinez, Brandon Lopez, Evan Stinson, Lehman Ford and Augustin Escamila; and back row from left, Hunter Dement, Jake Wiggins, Chris Pendergrass, Coach Razvan Tegean, Brooks Falkner, Eric Lemmond, Connor Pendergrass and Lucas Hamrick. Tobias Mosely was unavailable for the photo.
The NSCAA annually recognizes high school soccer programs that have excelled in the classroom in addition to their work on the field. A total of 401 soccer teams (152 men’s and 249 women’s) from throughout the United States have earned the NSCAA Team Academic Award for exemplary performance in the classroom as a team during the 2014-2015 academic year.