Go WEST young man (and NORTH)

[Kuiper]

Not ideal for this SCIAC member school

La Verne president steps down after only 10 months on the job.

University of La Verne President Pardis Mahdavi, the second woman in history to hold the school's top job, stepped down this month after less than a year at the private college.

In an email to the campus on Friday, Mahdavi cited "personal reasons" for her sudden departure. Mahdavi was selected as president after a months-long national search that began in late 2022 to replace Devorah Lieberman, a prolific fundraiser, who led the university for more than a decade before announcing her retirement.

Mahdavi's resignation came as a surprise to many faculty members who had high hopes for her leadership. The university, which serves roughly 6,000 students, has faced a series of challenges in recent years, including enrollment declines following the COVID-19 pandemic, faculty turnover and a series of leadership changes that have been detailed in reports from the Western Assn. of Schools and Colleges, an accrediting organization.

Paul Alvarez, a kinesiology professor and the faculty senate president, said Mahdavi's resignation "sent a very clear message that we have some issues we need to deal with."  Alvarez said Lieberman, the former president, was given a one-year contract to advise Mahdavi, which made some faculty feel like Mahdavi wasn't being "given the rein to do what she needed."

[Ron Boerger]

There have been several "announce today, gone tomorrow" departures by small college presidents this year.  As you say, far from ideal and shows issues either by the college, the president, or both.

[Kuiper]

Given all the questions about the future of the ASC and what school might be willing to consider either moving to NAIA/DII or what school might be willing to move to DIII to help re-build the ASC's numbers, I thought it was interesting that Wayland Baptist's schedule this year includes both McMurry and Howard Payne.  They've played Howard Payne before, but it's been several years, and I don't know when they last played McMurry.  Plus, WBU advanced pretty far in the NCCAA last year, losing to a strong Westmont team, so scheduling two D3 teams that aren't particularly strong isn't about beefing up the W-L record because a coach is in trouble. 

[Kuiper]

Northwest Conference names Shana Levine new Commissioner

Levine was a member of the Women's soccer team at Washington & Lee and was the former Assoc. AD at W&L and AD at Lewis & Clark, before becoming a consultant at 3 Fold Group Consulting.

Levine's professional journey includes her role as Partner of 3 Fold Group Consulting, where she collaborated extensively with NCAA institutions and conferences, particularly within Division III, on strategic planning and gender equity initiatives. Prior to this, she served as the Director of Athletics & Physical Education at Lewis & Clark College, offering invaluable insights into the dynamics of the Northwest Conference. Levine has contributed at the national level through service on various NCAA committees and associations, such as NADIIIAA and Women Leaders.

A distinguished academic background complements Levine's professional achievements. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Washington and Lee University, where she was a student-athlete, and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law.

[Kuiper]

Cross-Posting this from the Simple Coach Thread

Following up on Simple Coach's great interview a week ago with Cal Tech HC Duncan Gillis, I thought I would post this year-end review of Cal Tech's season that was posted earlier this month.  To give an idea WHY Simple Coach said he would have named Gillis coach of the year last year, consider several facts, some of which are from the year-end review:

1.  Gillis led Cal Tech to its highest win total in 53 years

2023 proved to be a historic year for the Caltech men's soccer team, who recorded the program's highest win total in 53 years.

The group picked up six strong wins as part of a 6-6-4 record, with three of those wins coming over SCIAC opponents. The Beavers finished the year tied for the fourth-most wins in the conference.

The review doesn't actually state the win total from 53 years ago or who they played, but 1970 is the year that Ralph Graham scored 12 goals for Cal Tech, which is the most goals from an individual player in a single season in program history.  In 2023, Ishaan Mantripragada and Etienne Casanova each scored 11 goals.   

2.  From 2012 to Coach Gillis' arrival in 2021, Cal Tech won a combined 7 games.  In 2023, they won 6 games

It is an impressive feat for third-year head coach Duncan Gillis and the program, who have now won 10 total games across the past three seasons. The program won just seven games from 2012 to Gillis' arrival in 2021.

3.  In 2023, Cal Tech scored 32 goals, in 2022, they scored 17 goals, in 2021 (Coach Duncan's first year on the job), they scored 7 goals.  From 2006 until 2021, they had only had a double digit number of goals total, as a team, four times.

4.  In Gillis' three years at Cal Tech, they have never conceded more than 40 goals in a season.  From 2006 until Gillis arrived in 2021, they had never conceded fewer than 44 and in all but two years they conceded between 60 and 90 goals.

[Kuiper]

The NCAA DIII Championships Committee granted the American Southwest Conference's request to have UT Dallas classified as a DIII opponent for 2024-2025 even if the school is accepted into the DII provisional process, subject to restriction regarding deviating from the DIII financial aid limitations

https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/committees/d3/champs/Jun2024D3CC_Report.pdf

7. Academic and membership affairs.

a. America Southwest Conference – reclassifying member. The committee conditionally
approved the ASC's request for the University of Texas at Dallas to continue to be counted
as a Division III opponent for the 2024-25 academic year even if they are accepted into the
Division II provisional process. The committee noted that Texas-Dallas has applied to start
the Division II reclassification process and has also applied to be a part of Division II's new
expedited membership process. If accepted into the expedited process, it would not be
possible for Texas-Dallas to maintain the Division III financial aid model that does not
permit athletics financial aid to be awarded. The committee agreed that Texas-Dallas would
be considered a Division III opponent for in-region requirements. The committee further
agreed that Texas-Dallas would be considered a Division III opponent for championship
selection criteria only if they followed Division III regulations, including financial aid
requirements.

[Kuiper]

Another Region X conference, the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, joins the FloSports bandwagon, although this one is messy.

The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) announced today it has entered into a multi-year, seven-figure media rights agreement with FloSports, a global sports media company, making it the fourth Division III conference to be featured on the upcoming FloCollege platform. The agreement will also fuel productions for the soon to be created SCACtv Network beginning in the 2024-25 academic year.

The messy part is that not all the conference schools are participating

Over the length of the five-year partnership, FloSports will stream all live and on-demand SCAC events from participating members Centenary College, Colorado College, Concordia University (Texas), University of Dallas, McMurry University, University of the Ozarks, Schreiner University and University of St. Thomas, including the conference's 18 championships on FloCollege. On-demand access will last for a period of 72 hours following each contest, after which video will be archived on the SCACtv Network and member institutions will be able to provide access free-of-charge through their institutional platforms. FloSports will also leverage the local, national and international brands of SCAC member institutions by producing original content and social media programming.

Only 8 schools are listed, when the conference currently has 12 members.  The fact that Trinity and Southwestern aren't listed makes sense because they are moving to the SAA next year, but that still leaves 2 other schools opting out - Texas Lutheran and Austin College.  Either those two schools are planning a move as well and haven't announced it yet or FloSports is willing to accept a partial conference deal, which is pretty odd.  It means that buying FloSports won't get SCAC fans access to all games and fans of schools opting out won't have access to the conference championships without subscribing.

On the Flo Sports deal, this is unfortunate, but it starts to make the deal a better value proposition for fans of Region X schools that want to keep tabs on games in other conferences in Region X.  That's because the SCIAC already announced last month it was moving to FloSports.  So, signing up for the service now at least gets you more games that might interest you.

On the schools not signing this deal, it raises real questions about Austin College and Texas Lutheran.  Three possible explanations:

1.  Austin and TLU held out on principle to the idea of selling their games and were willing to forgo the revenue (even from the championship games) to do so.  Seems unlikely Flo Sports would go along with that.

2.  Austin and TLU are going to the SAA.  The SAA has 10 members with Southwestern and Trinity and without Birmingham Southern and this would give them 12.  If you were going to identify teams that might make sense for the SAA, from both an academic and geographical perspective, it might be those two.  You could start thinking about a western and eastern division of the SAA, with maybe Hendrix and Millsaps moving to the West, which alleviates some of the travel burden for most schools (Hendrix and Millsaps would have a bit longer trips, but would avoid Centre I guess). 

3.  Austin and TLU are going to the ASC.  Seems unlikely, but the ASC could have lured them away in a last ditch effort to stay alive.  They would both bring football teams, which is the biggest issue for the ASC, and maybe they have agreed to cover enough expenses to make it worth their while.

I think the SAA explanation seems most likely, but that's just a guess.

[Kuiper]

There's a fourth explanation, or a variant of the previous ones I mentioned upthread, as to why Austin and TLU didn't sign on to the SCAC's FloSports deal.

It may be that they are not confident that the SCAC without Trinity and Southwestern will be to their liking and they want to remain flexible for a possible future move (whether or not they have had any discussions with the SAA and the ASC already about the possibility of a move).  If these FloSports deals are being structured as grant-in-rights deals by the schools, then schools should take a close look at the litigation involving the ACC and Clemson/Florida State.  In a world in which conference membership is constantly changing because of schools closing or cutting certain sports, the last thing a school wants is to limit its ability to be nimble and adjust to changing circumstances by moving elsewhere.

For a SCAC school, this seems particularly relevant because there are potentially three conferences that have overlapping geographical coverage now and membership has shifted back and forth repeatedly over the years.  For a SCIAC school, that may have been less of an issue because there are no other DIII schools or conferences nearby and it would take a massive shift of a bunch of NAIA or DII schools to DIII for a new conference to develop.  Indeed, in the SCIAC, some of the wealthier schools may have signed on because they needed to help the poorer schools create more revenue flows to make sure they stick around and keep the conference viable.

[SKUD]

FLO is the worst!  Take it from someone who had to subscribe for years to see their children's events!  Our best hope is the platform doesn't fail and the schools keep the quality they had prior to the agreement.

[Gray Fox]

FLO is the worst!  Take it from someone who had to subscribe for years to see their children's events!  Our best hope is the platform doesn't fail and the schools keep the quality they had prior to the agreement.

My school's soccer is OK but other sports are very lacking.  I'm still waiting to find out my cost.

[Kuiper]

Good news for fans of grass fields and Trinity University (TX)'s McGinlay Field.  The renovations are nearing completion and the grass looks gorgeous for mid-summer.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C9lIQkZPJjr/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

[Kuiper]

I think I'm reaching the end of updating this list of newcomers at Region X schools

This isn't the comprehensive list since there are a lot of schools that don't announce commits and where I don't have separate sources of information. I also add some information about position, club/hs team when I can find it, but some kids don't have much of a social media presence or their name is too common for me to be sure I have the right one.  The list also may be overinclusive since kids change their minds as they get off waitlists etc.  Nevertheless, it gives you an idea.

SCIAC

Cal Tech:

Dean Yao (M)  FC Delco MLS Next

Matthew Luk (F) Pipeline Soccer Club ECNL/C. Milton Wright

Quinn Hartman (D) CDA Slammers ECNL & California Rush UPSL/Marina (also committing to Cal Tech baseball)

Mitchell Agris (M) Great Neck SC/Queens HS for the Sciences

Arjun Chatha (M) DMCV Sharks ECNL/Canyon Crest Academy (San Diego)

Andrew Qin (M) De Anza Force/Cupertino

Brendan Lee (M) Liverpool SoCal Academy (EA)/Troy

Piotr Zawislan (M/F) Chicago Inter (NPL)/Amos Alonzo Stagg

Henry Gaston (D) Pittsburgh Riverhounds ECNL/Bethel Park

Chapman:

Brian McKinley (F/M) Laguna United FC (EA)/Beckman (Irvine)

Tyler Yzuel (D/M) Placer United ECNL/Granite Bay

Evan Crownfield (M) Laguna United FC EA2/Edison

Carter Kappes (D/F) Real Salt Lake AZ MLS Next/Brophy Prep

Diego Perez (M) Union Sacramento EA/Jesuit (Sacramento)

Ethan Roberts (F/M) Seattle United ECRL/Lincoln (Seattle)

Cole Poling (F/M) Pateadores Irvine NPL/Esperanza

Dylan Chung (D) Eastside FC ECNL/Bellvue HS (WA)

Isaac Storms (M) Transfer from Puget Sound

Evan White (M) Marin FC ECNL/Redwood

Cooper Haley (D) Seattle United ECNL/Garfield

Alex Jung (M) Transfer from Cal State San Marcos

Ben LeClair (D) Santa Clara Sporting ECNL/Oak Ridge

Reed Leidlein (D) Marin FC ECNL/Marin Academy

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps:

Heiko Schultz (M/F)  LA Surf MLS Next

Bo Gardner (OB/OM) Boulder County United

Dane Knudsen (MF) Marin FC

Lucius Ng (GK) Charterhouse (London, Eng)

Paul Melendres (M) Rio Rapids ECNL/El Dorado HS (New Mexico)

Zeno Bang (D) World Class FC/Don Bosco Prep

Roby Hooper (M) Washington Premier/Puyallup Union

Kevin Xia (M) Napa United MLS Next

Collin Ross (M/F) Davis Legacy ECNL/Christian Brothers

Ian Rodriguez (D) Beach FC ECNL/Mira Costa

Trusten Lehmann-Karp (M) IMG Academy MLS Next

La Verne:

Jeffrey Grijalva (RB)  San Rafael HS (Richmond, CA)

Sebastian Gonzalez (M) Sporting California ECNL/Eleanor Roosevelt HS

Marcus Lewinsohn (GK) VDA Boys ECNL/Highland

Occidental:

Andrew Lee (D)  LA Surf MLS Next

Aryan Amin (D) Baltimore Armour MLS Next

Devin Benning (F/M) LA Surf MLS Next

Matt Shea (M/D) Boston Bolts MLS Next/Worcester Academy

Edward Siladie (D) Ballistic United SC MLS Next

Cooper Gersch (D) Transfer from Whitman (DIII)

Aleksander Bosanac (M) Ventura County Fusion MLS Next

Ayden Rieke-Wey (D) Seattle United ECNL/Roosevelt

Carlos Abram (GK) Seattle United ECNL-RL/Bush

Pomona-Pitzer:

Charlie Leonard (D) Chicago Fire Youth SC/Latin HS

Josh Goldhaber (GK) FC United (E64)/Latin HS

Gavin Honey (GK) Eastside FC (WA)/Liberty HS

Sammy Faham (M/F) De Anza Force MLS Next/Burlingame HS

Nolan Todd (D/M) Seattle United ECNL/Lincoln

Gabe Anca (D) Palo Alto SC (NPL)/Nueva School

Oak Jarvis (M) Santa Monica Surf EA/Crossroads

Jack Yang (M) De Anza Force ECNL/Harker

Redlands:

Ronaldo Fernandez (F) City SC MLS Next/Murrieta Valley HS

Ryan Hubbard (D) Laguna United FC (EA)/Aliso Niguel HS

Jared Keyvan (M) Laguna United FC (EA)/Mater Dei

Jacob White (D) Sporting California ECRL/Etiwanda

Mateo Ambriz (D) Legends ECNL/Orange Lutheran

Whittier:

Anthony Dolce (D/DM)  Impact United/East HS (Salt Lake City, UT)

Allessandro Seccia (M) Laguna United FC UPSL/Saddleback College

Shae Kolmer (M) Seattle United/Shorecrest HS (WA)

Raif Sablan (F/M) Players SC Las Vegas/Shadow Ridge

Cobey Penner (D/M) Wasatch SC (EA)/Davis

Ben Harrison (D) Impact United SC/Olympus HS (UT)

Teodor Hamilton (F) Transfer from D2 Fort Hays State (Stockholm, Sweden)

Rowan Toomey (D) FC Portland/Forest Grove

Patrick Nolan (M/F) San Francisco Elite Academy ECNL/Sacred heart Cathedral

Osvaldo Avalos (M) Transfer from Hartnell College(?)

Joel Montalvo (D/M) Davis Legacy ECNL/River City (Sacramento)

Owen Nance (M) Impact United/East HS (Salt Lake City)

Milton Oliviera (F) LA Breakers ECNL/Torrance North/Transfer from Santa Monica College

Bobo Andersson (F) Sweden

Jack Hindmarsh (M) Nosaby IF (Sweden)

Mikael Naesheim Hinna Fotball (Norway)

Elver Dorado (D) Anaheim FC/Western HS

Bryan Lopez (M) Western HS (Anaheim)

Adrian Iggstedt (D) Lycka FF (Sweden)

Matias Delso (D) Nomads MLS Next/San Diego HS

Chris Flores (D) Transfer from Mission College (JC)

Gustav Lind (D) Taby FK U19/Stockholm, Sweden

Waldemar Finsnes Oslo, Norway

Arvid Ogren Sweden

Brian Aragon (M) Transfer from Fullerton College

Benji Banks (F) Transfer from Montana State University Billings (DII)

C2C

UC Santa Cruz

Kotestu Horike (M) Pateadores ECNL/South

Alessandro Castro (M/F) Palo Alto SC/Wilcox

Sigi Valencia (F) Transfer from De Anza College

Toby Jacobson-Bell (GK) Spurs FC/Berkeley

Oliver Gill (M/F) 1974 Newark FC ECNL/Berkeley

Gavin Lane (D) Murrieta Soccer Academy/Murrieta Mesa

Marcus Hevesy-Rodriguez (D/M) Transfer from Santa Monica College (previously LA Breakers ECNL/Palisades)

Lawyer Mamaril (M) Transfer from DII Cal State East Bay

Nico Herrera Land (F) Transfer from Humboldt State (DII)

SCAC

Austin College

Kaleb Arredondo (D) BVB Int'l Academy ECNL/Arlington

Jonah Ferrente (M/D) Lonestar ECNL/Cedar Park

Ethan Hamby (D) FC Brownsville Cosmos/Harlingen

Claudio Rodriguez (M) Dallas Texas ECRL/Burleson

Oscar Moreno (D) Transfer from Texas A&M Texarkana (NAIA)

Chandler Southerland (M) HTX Woodlands/Lake Creek

Colorado College

Teddy Opler (F) Jackson Hole (WY)

Will Jones (D) Pikes Peak Rush/Cheyenne Mountain

Jamie McFarland (M/D) Florida Premier ECNL/Tampa Prep

Texas Lutheran

Romario Salazar (Wingback/winger) FC Westlake Elite (previously San Antonio FC DA/MLS Next)/Jefferson HS

Andy Garcia (GK) Cypress Lakes HS

Raymond Palmer (F) San Antonio City ECRL/Clark

Nicholas Dunn (M/D) Capital City SC/Wemberly

Allan Solis (CB/CDM) IDEA Toros Futbol Academy McAllen

Nico Gonzalez (OB/OM) Rise SC/Cypress Park

Ben Gutierrez (M/F) Sam Houston

Jonathan Rodriguez (D/M) Rise SC/Houston Academy for Int'l Studies

Luis Lopez (D) HTX ECNL/Humble

Emilio Longoria (D/M) RGV Toros/Veteran's Memorial (Brownsville)

Schreiner

Mason Szymanski (GK) Sting SC ECRL/Panther Creek (TX)

Benni Ponce (F) Georgetown HS

Trinity

Jason Sukow (MF) Transfer from D1 Loyola Chicago

Joey Perryman (F) Transfer from D1 Central Connecticut State University

Cade Dougan (D/M) Transfer from D1 UNC Wilmington

Alex Ramirez (M) Transfer from D3 Kenyon College

Julian Lopez (M) Austin, Texas

Sam Theiss (F) Transfer from D1 University of San Diego

Hagan Ward (D/M) San Diego Surf/Cathedral Catholic (played with gap year program Eture in Spain in 23-24)

Kent Knight (D) Capital City SC MLS Next/Pflugerville

Daniel Urquidi (D) Capital City SC/Round Rock

Alexandre Baltov (M/F) Lousiana TDP MLS Next/Caddo Magnet

Owen Hoy (D) Transfer from D1 Clemson (Spring 2024 roster only)

St. Thomas

Fernando Lazo (D) Albion Hurricanes ECNL/Seven Lakes

Leonardo Herrera (D/F) Atascosita HS (formerly Houston Dynamo Academy)

Aldo Hernandez (F/M) Crush FC ECRL (formerly Houston Dynamo MLS Academy 3 years)/MacArthur

Aaron Rodriguez (M) Humble HS

Juan Pablo Rodriguez (M/F) Dobie HS

Jorge Lucas (M) Houston Rangers MLS Next/Harmony School of Ingenuity

Hani Ahmadie (F/M) LA Surf EA/Glendale

Brandon Gasca (D) Transfer from Blinn College (JC)

Arlen Garcia (M) Transfer from Concordia (TX) (DIII)

Lucas Eleftherion (M) Challenge United SC/College Park

Jacob Reyes (D) Rise SC MLS Next/MacArthur HS

Carlos Ayala (D) Transfer from National Park College (NJCAA)

Hamilton Estrada (D) Transfer/Re-enrollment (USC 2022 first team All Region X player)

Ozarks

Seth Phillips (GK) HTX Soccer/Montgomery

McMurry

Gavin Sotelo (M/D) HTX ECRL/Deer Park

D'Mari Washington (D/F) HTX ECRL/Thomas Randle

Randy Bonilla (D/M) Lamar Soccer Club/Travis

Landyn Snider (M) FC Dallas NPL/Memorial (Frisco)

Carter Thao (M) Westside Alliance ECRL/Bixby

Carson Burkhalter (GK) Albion Hurricanes/Thomas Randle

D'Mari Washington (D) HTX/Randle

Killian Murphy (D) Lonestar/Glenn

Julian Trevino (D) BVB Int'l Academy/Town View Magnet

Noah Banda (D/M) North Texas Celtic/Burleson

Rocco Guevara (D) Victory/Oakridge

Stellios Poulos (F) Solar ECRL/Oakridge

Jovani Burnett (M) BVB Int'l/Sunset

Pedro Yanez (F) Lobos FC/Valley View

ASC

East Texas Baptist

Joshua Daley (F) Allen

Ryder Thornton (GK) Allen

Junior Lopez (F) Lufkin

Isaac Concha (D) Mansfield

Quinlan Lindley (D) Mansfield

Matthew Aguilar (M) Wylie

Ryan Lord (GK) DKSC/Rockwall

Regan Trojacek (F/M) Dallas Surf/Ennis

Kyu Peterson (D) Allen

Mary Hardin-Baylor

Evan Ruiz (M) Solar SC/Allen

Sebastian Martinez (M) Transfer from DIII LeTourneau

Dylan Vadnais (D) Transfer from UT-Tyler (DII)

Zachary Paclibar (D) Transfer from Dallas Baptist (DII)

Hardin-Simmons

Caden Vault (D) Dallas Surf/North Forney

Dylan Caudle (D) Transfer from McMurry

Daniel Canales (F) Macarthur

Chaden Hammonds (F) Solar ECRL/Mansfield

Daniel Villagomez (M) Dallas Texans ECRL/University

Korbin Raef (M) Texas Spures/Amarillo

Isaiah Guerra (D) Avanti SC/Duncanville

Jordan Garcia (F/M) FC Dallas/Midland

Colin Elliot (D) Transfer from Gordon College

Celani Nkomo (F/M) Solar ECRL/Mansfield Lake Ridge

Jacob Castro (M) FC Dallas/San Angelo Central

Caden Tully (GK) FC Dallas/Midland

James Webb (F) Lonestar ECRL/Lorena

Godfrey Vela III (M) Express SC/Flour Bluff

Trace Binyon (D) Solar ECRL/Frisco Reedy

Howard Payne

Kolby Lara (F) HTX Humble/Cleveland

LeTourneau

Joshua Van Wagener (GK) HTX ECRL/Clear Creek

Jonas Coyle (M) SSA/Glynn Academy

Joaquin Sanchez (GK) Legends FC/Pieper HS

Carson Gamble (GK) San Francisco Elite Academy ECNL/Los Altos

Zachary Parris (M) Christian Brothers Academy (Memphis)

Brennan West (F) Gulf South Texans/Live Oak

Patrick Bauer (M) South Carolina United ECRL/Wando HS

Octavio Jacquez (GK) Transfer from Angelina College/Mary Hardin-Baylor

NWC

Lewis & Clark

Sam Gunderson (D) Eagles ECRL/Agoura Hills

Trevor Koo (F) Marin FC/Tamalpais

Brandon Paynter (M) Eagle River (Alaska)

Aleister Alfstad (D) West Seattle

Talen Haywood (D) Seattle Celtic/Nathan Hale

Kaden Nakamura (M) Leahi Na Koa SC/Mid-Pacific Institute

Sam London (M) Seattle United/Lincoln

Alexander Woods (F) Billings (MT)

Emmet McDonough (M)  PacNW/Stadium HS (Tacoma)

Linfield

Jaren Nishikawa (D) Beach FC ECNL/Palos Verdes Peninsula

Pacific

Carter Zeiset (F) IMG Academy

Gregory Wheeler (F) Crossfire Premier/O'Dea

Jared Sakai (F) Leahi SC/University Lab School (Honolulu)

Arya Alijani (D) Washington Premier SC/Lake Tapps

Justin Tilton (D) Hawaii Rush/Mililani

Hawkin Sweeney (F) Transfer from Casper College

Giovanny Adaya-Ortiz (M) Santos FC/Forest Grove (OR)

Elliott Morgan (M) Pelada Football Academy/Sheldon (OR)

Garrett Heuett (D) Transfer from Eastern Oregon

Pacific Lutheran

Ian Reckling (GK) Pacific NW/Sumner (WA)

Daniele Meloni (F) Transfer from Augustana

Quinn Bieber (M) Transfer from Northland College

Gio Aguilar-Gutierrez (GK) Spanaway Lake

Landon Gordon (GK) Washington Premier/Timberline

Preston Soeum (D) Washington Premier ECRL/Franklin Pierce

Marvin Soeum (F) Washington Premier ECRL/Franklin Pierce

Mike Sinclair (F) Brooke House College (England)

Aziah Donaghy (M) Kings Christian College (Australia)

Liam Stoner (F) Washington Premier/Puyallup

Addison Doyle-Newe (F/M) Issaquah

Seamus Miller (F) Transfer from Linfield

Caden Davis (M) Eastside Timbers/PDX FC (USL 2)/Franklin

Fisher Stilwell (D) Eastside FC ECRL/Eastlake

Puget Sound

Jackson Smith (M/F) Shorewood

Whitworth

Dawson Heuett (M) transfer from Eastern Oregon (NAIA)

Evan Garcia (F/M) Albion SC MLS Next (San Diego)

Dax Flanders (GK) Hawaii Rush/Mililani

Liam McAdams (D) Montana Surf/Capital

Liam Bia (M) Rehoboth Christian (New Mexico/Navajo Nation)

Greyson Wheeler (D/M) Rush WA/Lake Stevens

Jack Eschliman (D) Rangers/Bellingham

RC Wells (D) Washington East Surf EA/Mead

Hunter Lisowski (F) Montana ODP/Glacier HS

Whitman

Spencer Lovell (D) Oregon Premier/Lakeridge

Ellet Clum-Stockton (M) Baton Rouge SC/Willow

Kevin Serrano Maldonado (M) Academia de Futebol/La Salle Catholic

Alex Evans (M) Arlington SC/Quince Orchard

Tait Whittemore (GK) Rebels IE/Redlands East Valley

Niclas Isensee (GK) Transfer from Chapman (rising Junior)

Cristian Herrera (D) Kennedy Catholic

Adrian Valencia (D) Transfer from Evergreen Valley College (CCCAA)

Willamette

Evan Bierman (GK) Colorado Edge ECRL/Ralston Valley

Vaibhav Thikkavarapu (D) FC Westlake/McNeil (Austin)

Javi Sandoval Gongora (M) Portland City United/Marist

Owen Albrecht (M) Seattle United/Lincoln

Diedrik Boberg (F) FC Maur Zurich, Switzerland

Jack Chase (F) Boise Timber Thorns/Mountain View

Nicholas White (GK) Westside Metros

Rory McKee (D/M) Transfer from Southern Oregon University (NAIA)

[Kuiper]

Good news for fans of grass fields and Trinity University (TX)'s McGinlay Field.  The renovations are nearing completion and the grass looks gorgeous for mid-summer.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C9lIQkZPJjr/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

Another new field shot from the NORTH part of this thread.  Calvin's new field/stadium looks pretty impressive

https://twitter.com/CalvinWSoccer/status/1814632872109646208/photo/1

[Kuiper]

Schreiner has posted its 2024 roster

I won't do this for every team most likely, but I took a closer look just because it's early.  A few observations:

-  Holy cow that's a big roster.  52 names listed!  Last year they had 48, though, so this isn't a new development.

-  What is perhaps even more interesting is that only 26 had jersey numbers last season and only 17 have jersey numbers in the current roster. 

-  They do have a legitimate reserve team schedule (6 games last year), so perhaps the players without numbers are on the reserve team and they had 22 on the reserve team last year.  If so, then about 35 guys are currently fighting for first team spots (although the 26 with roster numbers last year might have been by the end of the season because of performance or to replace guys with injuries). 

-  The players with jersey numbers include 4 keepers, which means that there are only 13 field players on the roster with jersey numbers now.

-  I thought maybe jersey numbers just reflected returners to the team, but two of the freshman keepers have jersey numbers, but no other freshman do right now.  Talk about pressure to come and impress in a short amount of time to earn a number!

[Kuiper]

University of Wisconsin-Stout posted its 2024 roster

A few observations:

-  As a team in its first year, all players are obviously new

- Roster size is 32, which is pretty reasonable in terms of aggregate numbers, but you almost never would bring in 32 new recruits to a team.  Credit to the coach for even finding 32 players to join the team in a single year

- Every single player is listed as a freshman.  I thought for sure they would try to bring in a few transfers just to provide some leadership and experience, whether from Northland when it looked like that school was going under, or from another area private school considering that Stout could offer lower in-state tuition.  Nope. 32 freshman are going to take on Platteville and Eau Claire and Whitewater, among other schools.  Those boys will have to grow up fast and the coach literally has days to figure out what he's got and which players are ready to play from Day 1.

- I was surprised to see that over a third of the players (12/32) are from out of state, including not only bordering states such as Minnesota and Illinois, but also a player from Georgia and Mexico City.  Considering one of the attractions was in-state tuition, it shows the powerful draw of a recruiting pitch that all starting spots are up for grabs.