AUSTIN, Texas – Senior James Wypych (Wellington, New Zealand) of the Drake University men's soccer team has been selected as a second-team honoree to the 2016 CoSIDA Academic All-America® Division I Men's Soccer Team, as chosen by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
 
Wypych is the first Bulldog named to a CoSIDA Academic All-America team since Nick Marshall was named to the first team in 2013. Wypych is one of two Missouri Valley Conference student-athletes to garner All-America honors in 2016 joining Clark Emerson of Bradley, who was picked to the third team.
 
Wypych was named to the All-Missouri Valley Conference First Team in each of his three seasons at Drake. Additionally, he was selected to the MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team in 2015 and 2016. The forward, who transferred from New Mexico prior to the 2014 season, scored a team-leading eight goals, handed out a team-high five assists and tallied a team-best 21 points this season.
 
Wypych is a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-District selection who owns a 3.57 GPA in international relations. He scored 20 goals and recorded 10 assists in 57 career matches for the Bulldogs.
 
To be nominated, a student-athlete must be a starter or important reserve with at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) at his/her current institution. Nominated athletes must have participated in at least 50 percent of the team's games at the position listed on the nomination form.
 
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