The Barry Buccaneers, who are heading into the third round of the NCAA Tournament, placed six members on the re-vamped 2022 Academic All-District V team, as selected by College Sports Communicators. The district teams, which recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom, advance to the Academic All-America ballot.
Barry placed keepers Nils Buecheler and Jean Claude Consol, midfielders Yamil Gauna and Daniel Schaal and defenders Jean Ghafourian and Andreas Volk on the District V team, which covers Gulf South Conference and Sunshine State Conference. The six Buccaneers represent the maximum allowed under the new award criteria.
Buecheler, played the most in goal for the Bucs this season, posting a 1.42 goals against average in almost 700 minutes, with a 6-2-0 record and two shutouts. Athletically a sophomore and academically a senior, Buecheler carries a 3.91 GPA in finance.
Consol, who started the season in goal, has a 3-1-2 record with a 1.34 goals against average and two shutouts in a little over 600 minutes between the pipes. A graduate transfer, he has a 3.88 GPA in his MBA program at Barry, after posting a 4.0 mark at Newman in business before transferring.
Gauna has played in 11 of the Bucs' 17 games, making three starts. He has a pair of assists in 271 minutes. A sophomore, he has a 3.75 GPA in accounting.
Schaal is another graduate transfer from IU International University of Applied Science in Germany, where he graduated in business with a 3.64 GPA. Pursuting his MBA at Barry, he carries a 3.91 mark. Schaal has been one of the most productive Bucs this season, ranking second on the team with five goals, five assists and 15 points, while playing in 15 games. He was named to the First-Team All-SSC squad as the Bucs won the league's regular season title.
Ghafourian, currently a sophomore athletically, he had his freshman year wiped out by the pandemic. He has played in 11 games, making seven starts as a central defender, as Barry won the SSC regular-season title. He has a 3.75 GPA in management as a junior student.
Volk is in his fifth season with the Bucs, getting an extra year due to the pandemic. He has a 3.69 GPA as a senior in international business. He has played in 12 games this season, making five starts, as Barry posted a 1.35 goals against average and five shutouts in winning the SSC championship.
The Executive Board of Directors approved a plan presented by the Academic All-America Core Committee to update the awards criteria and selection and strengthen several key components of the association's signature program, including:
- Elimination of All-District voting (all eligible nominees earn All-District)
- An increase in the minimum GPA to nominate to 3.50
- The addition of Men's Swimming & Diving and Women's Swimming & Diving as sport-specific contests in the winter (previously included in the At-Large program)
- The addition of Men's Tennis and Women's Tennis as sport-specific contests in the spring (previously included in the At-Large program)
- A limit on the maximum number of submissions by a school in each sport, with soccer limited to six.
- Later nomination periods to include more complete season data
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