Men's Soccer | 11/17/2022 12:35:00 PM
BLOOMSBURG, Pa. – Four Bloomsburg men's soccer team members earned College Sports Communications (CSC) Academic All-District Honors this past week. Graduate student
Olly Whitham (Clitheroe, Lancashire, England/Settle College), seniors
Liam Harmon (Bloomsburg, Pa./Bloomsburg Area) and
Stephen Hollis (Holtsville, N.Y./Sachem East), and junior
Alex Wilsterman (Orefield, Pa./Parkland) earned their first career honors.
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Whitham is a three-time Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) and D2ADA Scholar-Athlete for the Huskies and is an exercise science graduate student. He's played three seasons for Bloomsburg and has four goals and 16 assists in 55 games. Whitman made 51 starts over the last three seasons.
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Harmon was a first-team All-PSAC East honoree this season and a two-time PSAC and D2ADA Scholar-Athlete. He is an international business major from Bloomsburg. For his career, Harmon has eight goals and five assists in his two seasons with the Huskies. Harmon has started and played in 35 games for BU.
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Hollis is a three-year starter on Bloomsburg's defensive unit and a two-time All-PSAC East defender. He has eight goals and 13 assists in 52 games for the Huskies. Academically, Hollis is an exercise science major and a three-time PSAC, and a one-time D2ADA Scholar-Athlete.
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Wilsterman, a two-time PSAC and one-time D2ADA scholar-athlete is a criminal justice major from Orefield, Pa. He earned All-PSAC East second-team honors in 2021. Wilsterman has seven goals and three assists in 32 games in his two-year career with the Huskies. He started and played in all 17 games in 2021 and missed several contests this season due to injury.
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The foursome helped the Huskies to a 14-5-1 overall record and an 8-3-1 slate in the PSAC East. The 14 wins this season tied the program wins record, and the Huskies were the No. 1 seed in the East. Bloomsburg hosted the final four of the PSAC Tournament this season for the first time in program history.
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The 2022 Academic All-District® Men's and Women's Soccer Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. The CSC Academic All-America® program separately recognizes soccer honorees in four divisions — NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, and NAIA — for each gender.
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To be eligible, a student-athlete must have a 3.50 cumulative GPA and be a starter or significant reserve – playing in at least 50% of the team's contests.
Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second-, and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced in early December. The CSC Academic All-District® teams include the student-athletes listed on the following pages.
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The Division II and III CSC Academic All-America® programs are partially financially supported by the NCAA Division II and III national governance structures to assist CSC with handling the awards fulfillment aspects for the 2022-23 Divisions II and III Academic All-America® programs. The NAIA CSC Academic All-America® program is partially financially supported through the NAIA national office.
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