Kubel Named Candidate for Senior CLASS Award
September 22, 2017 | Men's Soccer, Academic Services
Defender has 18 career goals and 20 total assists with 3.688 GPA in finance
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - University of Louisville defender Tim Kubel was named Friday among 30 candidates for the 2017 Senior CLASS Award in collegiate men's soccer. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition.
A native of Stuttgart, Germany, Kubel has started 69 matches in his four years at Louisville, including six this season for the No. 10 Cardinals. Kubel has accumulated 18 career goals and 20 assists overall, including a trio of goals and one assist in 2017. In the classroom, Kubel has accumulated a 3.688 cumulative GPA while majoring in finance with a minor in marketing.
During his junior season in 2016, Kubel was an NSCAA Second Team All-America selection and was a MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist after scoring three goals and matching a school record with 11 assists while starting all 22 matches at right back. He was also named to the TopDrawerSoccer.com Best XI First Team, All-ACC First Team, ACC Championship All-Tournament Team and NSCAA All-South Region First Team. In 2015, he earned All-ACC First Team honors, while in 2014, Kubel was named ACC Freshman of the Year, All-ACC Second Team and NSCAA All-South Region First Team.
An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.
Each of the 60 men's and women's candidates has displayed a strong work ethic in the classroom and on the pitch with 30 having grade-point averages of 3.5 or higher and 12 being returning All-Americans. Outside of academics and athletics, all candidates also have been consistently involved in community service on their campus or in their communities.
Each of the two candidate classes will be narrowed to 10 finalists midway through the regular season, and those 10 names will be placed on the official ballot. Ballots will be distributed through a nationwide voting system to media, coaches and fans, who will select one male candidate and one female candidate who best exemplifies excellence in the four Cs of community, classroom, character and competition. ?
The Senior CLASS Award winners will be announced during the 2017 NCAA Men's and Women's College Cup® championships in December. For more information on all the candidates, visit www.seniorCLASSaward.com.
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2017 SENIOR CLASS AWARD MEN'S SOCCER CANDIDATES
Marcos Arroyo, Army West Point
Will Bagrou, Mercer
Jon Bakero, Wake Forest
Josh Castellanos, North Florida
Mauro Cichero, SMU
Fraser Colmer, Radford                          Â
Jalen Crisler, Gonzaga
Meshack Eshun Addy, Hofstra
Jimmy Fiscus, Michigan State
Mamadou Guirassy, NJIT
James Haupt, Dayton
Tomas Hilliard-Arce, Stanford
Paul Hoffmeister, Utah Valley
Niki Jackson, Grand Canyon
Mark Jecewiz, Providence
Joonas Jokinen, Temple
Nate Kohl, Ohio State
Tim Kubel, Louisville
Foster Langsdorf, Stanford
Grant Lillard, Indiana
Scout Monteith, Lipscomb
Tyler Moorman, Detroit Mercy
Timmy Mueller, Oregon State
Wyatt Omsberg, Dartmouth
Afonso Pinheiro, Albany
Kevin Politz, Wake Forest
William Pyle, South Carolina
Jake Rozhansky, Maryland
Drew Skundrich, Stanford
Milorad Sobot, Siena
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