NEWARK, Del. - - For their combined dominance on the field and in the classroom, Wilmington University men's soccer's Shawn Genus and Carson Talboys were named to the 2021 College Sports Information Directors of American (CoSIDA) Academic All-America Teams, as voted on by the division's sports information directors.

Just named a First Team All-American for his performance solely on the field, Shawn Genus (St. Elizabeth, Jamaica) can add to his trophy case as he was named a First Team Academic All-America as well. Graduate student Carson Talboys (Huntersville, N.C.) was voted a Third Team Academic All-American as well for his efforts on both the field and classroom this year.

Genus led the East Region and finished second in the country with 21 goals and 48 points. Since of his goals went as game-winners and he converted 4-of-5 from the penalty spot this season. He is also carrying a 3.63 cumulative grade point average while studying for his Sports Management degree.

Talboys started all 21 games at centerback for the Wildcats and helped led the Wildcats to holding opponents to just 0.98 goals per game. He also got in on the offensive side of the ball, scoring six goals and adding two assists for 14 points. In the classroom, Talboys is pursuing his master's degree at Wilmington after graduating from Catawba with an accounting degree with a 3.52 grade point average. He currently has a 3.84 graduate grade point average in studying for his MS in Accounting.

Genus and Talboys are the eighth and ninth Wilmington student-athletes to earn the distinction of Academic All-American and the sixth and seventh men's soccer student-athlete overall. It is the 11^th and 12^th time overall a Wildcat has earned Academic All-American, with two of the recipients earning the award multiple seasons.

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2021 CoSIDA Academic All-America Men's Soccer Teams

FIRST TEAM

Pos. – Name – School – Yr. – GPA – Major
GK – Garret Wild – Colorado State University Pueblo – Sr. – 3.95 – Business Management
D – Patrick Allan (2) – Colorado School of Mines – Gr. – 3.98/3.75 – Civil & Envmtnl Engineering
D – Alec Bevis – Fort Hays State University – Sr. – 3.92 – Chemistry
D – Andrew Elkins – Auburn Univ. at Montgomery – Gr. – 4.00/4.00 – Business Administration
D – Carlos Ferrando Felis (1) – Franklin Pierce University – Gr. – 3.98/3.67 – Health Science
M – Harri Lovett – Chowan University – Sr. – 4.00 – Business
M – Tom Marriott – Lander University – Sr. – 3.69 – Business
M – Travis Swallow (2,#) – Seattle Pacific University – Sr. – 3.94 – Business Administration
F – Jacques Fokam-Sandeu – Coker University – Jr. – 3.89 – Business Administration
F – Shawn Genus – Wilmington University – Sr. – 3.63 – Sports Management
F – Johannes Oeksnevad (1) – Lees-McRae College – Sr. – 4.00 – English / Sports Management
F – Thaylan Silva (2) – Carson-Newman U – Gr. – 3.73/3.80 – Communications (UG)/Business (G)

SECOND TEAM

Pos. – Name – School – Yr. – GPA – Major
GK – Dimitrios Karousos (3) – University of Indianapolis – Sr. – 3.82 – Physics
D – Bryce Goodwyn – Anderson University – Sr. – 4.00 – Political Science
D – Matthias Kuhn – Mercy College – Jr. – 3.90 – International Business
D – Ryan McCully – Northeastern State University – Sr. – 4.00 – Finance
D – Jonny Stephens (2) – Cedarville University – Sr. – 3.85 – Civil Engineering
M – Sergio Del Castillo – Gannon University – Sr. – 3.54 – Business Administration
M – Edin Hernandez – University of Montevallo – Sr. – 4.00 – Exercise & Nutrition Science
M – Beckham Sibiski – Lock Haven Univ. – Gr. – 3.90 – SecEd/Math(UG)/Teaching & Learning(G)
F – Rodrigo Descalzo Rocca – Adelphi University – Gr. – 3.82 – Management
F – Kristian Hooker (2) – Regis University – Sr. – 4.00 – Biochemistry

THIRD TEAM
Pos. – Name – School – Yr. – GPA – Major
GK – Kosta Maniatis – Franklin Pierce University – Jr. – 3.75 – Accounting
D – Ethan Anderson – Colorado Mesa Univ. – Sr. – 3.32 – Business Administration/Marketing
D – Jeppe Christensen – Mars Hill University – Sr. – 3.96 – Business Administration
D – Mo Kanani Slippery – Rock University – Sr. – 3.89 – Psychology
D – Adam Kirkwood – Young Harris College – Sr. – 3.82 – Management – Marketing
D – Carson Talboys – Wilmington University – Gr. – 3.52/3.84 – MS Accounting
D – Lorenzo Valentini (3) – Northwest Nazarene U – Gr. – 3.96 – Rec&Sport Mngt (UG)/MBA (G)
M – Hannes Nilsson – University of Bridgeport – Sr. – 4.00 – Mathematics
M – Michael Sprauer – Colorado School of Mines – Sr. – 3.93 – Electrical Engineering
M – Yesin van der Pluijm – Young Harris College – Sr. – 3.93 – Management – Finance
F – Paolo Marciano – Adelphi University – Gr. – 3.83 – Sport Management
F – Max McNulty – Lander University – Jr. – 3.83 – Business
F – Sidney Warden – Mercyhurst University – Sr. – 3.92 – Marketing

CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year:  Carlos Ferrando Felis, Franklin Pierce University

(1) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® first-team selection in 2020-21
(2) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® second-team selection in 2020-21
(3) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® third-team selection in 2020-21
(#) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® second-team selection in 2019-20