Men’s Soccer

12-3-6/4-1-1 MAC

LUKE MCCORMICK

• The Mountaineers reached the NCAA Quarterfinals for the second time in program history and first since 1981 • WVU earned the No. 11 seed in the NCAA Tournament, its highest national seed since 2007 • West Virginia finished at No. 8 in the final United Soccer Coaches Top 25 poll, good for the highest finish in program history • The squad also finished at No. 7 in the TopDrawerSoccer poll, as well as No. 8 by College

Soccer News • The squad reached as high as No. 3 in the United Soccer Coaches poll on Sept. 28, marking the highest ranking by the poll in program history • WVU finished 8-0-3 at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium in 2021, the club’s first unbeaten, home campaign since 2007 • Redshirt sophomore defender Bjarne Thiesen was named to the United Soccer Coaches

All-America Third Team, while fifth-year senior defender Kevin Morris and sophomore midfielder Ryan Baer were all-region selections • Thiesen also was featured on TopDrawerSoccer’s Best XI Third Team. Additionally, freshman defender Frederick Jorgensen was named to the Freshman Best XI Second Team by TDS • For the second consecutive season, fifth-year senior defender Kevin Morris was placed on the Academic All-America First Team by the College Sports Information Directors of

America (CoSIDA). Senior defender Aaron Denk Gracia was selected to the third team • Four Mountaineers earned All-MAC recognition, as junior midfielder Luke McCormick was placed on the conference’s first team, while Morris, fifth-year senior goalkeeper Steven

Tekesky and sophomore forward Ciro Bourlot Jaeggi were picked for the second team • The Mountaineers were recognized with the Team Academic Award by the United Soccer

Coaches for the 14th straight year • WVU earned its 500th victory in program history with a 2-1 win over Georgia State on

Oct. 28 • A program-best 14 different Mountaineers combined to score the club’s 34 goals • Morris became the program’s all-time leader in career matches played (92), career starts (83) and minutes played (8,140) • Additionally, Tekesky tied for WVU’s No. 1 mark in career wins (45), as well as career starts by a goalkeeper (81). He also ranks No. 1 in WVU history in career matches played by a goalkeeper (83) • The club’s season-opening unbeaten streak reached 10 games, good for its longest ever to begin a campaign.

TEAM

• United Soccer Coaches Team Academic

Award

RYAN BAER

• United Soccer Coaches All-North Region

Third Team • Academic All-MAC • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team

CIRO BOURLOT JAEGGI

• All-MAC Second Team • Academic All-MAC • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team • MAC Player of the Week (Nov. 1)

RYAN CROOKS

• Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team

BJARNE THIESEN AARON DENK GRACIA

• CoSIDA Academic All-District Third Team • Dr. Gerald Lage Academic Achievement

Award • CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team • Academic All-MAC • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team • TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week (Oct. 5)

DYON DROMERS

• Academic All-MAC • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team

FREDERIK JORGENSEN

• TopDrawerSoccer Freshman Best XI

Second Team

PAU JIMENEZ ALBELDA

• CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team • Academic All-MAC • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team

KYLE LEHNERT

• Academic All-MAC • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team

LUKE MCCORMICK

• All-MAC First Team • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large Second

Team • TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week

Honorable Mention (Nov. 9) • United Soccer Coaches National Player of the Week (Sept. 8) • TopDrawerSoccer Player of the Week (Sept. 7) • TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week (Sept. 7) • WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Sept. 7) • MAC Player of the Week (Sept. 6)

STEVEN TEKESKY

KEVIN MORRIS

• CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team • All-MAC Second Team • United Soccer Coaches All-North Region

Third Team • CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team • Academic All-MAC • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team • TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week (Nov. 30)

OTTO OLLIKAINEN

• TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week

Honorable Mention (Nov. 30) • WVU Student-Athlete of the Week (Nov. 29)

SERGIO ORS NAVARRO

• Academic All-Big 12 At-Large Second

Team

YORAN POPOVIC

• MAC Player of the Week (Sept. 27)

IKE SWIGER

• Academic All-MAC • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team • TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week (Dec. 7)

STEVEN TEKESKY

• All-MAC Second Team • Academic All-MAC • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team • TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week (Nov. 30) • Senior CLASS Award Candidate

BJARNE THIESEN

• United Soccer Coaches All-America Third

Team • TopDrawerSoccer Best XI Third Team • United Soccer Coaches All-North Region

First Team • Academic All-Big 12 At-Large First Team • TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week

Honorable Mention (Dec. 7) • TopDrawerSoccer Team of the Week

Honorable Mention (Oct. 26)