AUSTIN, Texas – The Mid-America Christian men's soccer team had two players selected to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) NAIA Academic All-America Team in Rodrigo Albuquerque and Dejue Johnson while MACU women's soccer's Kelsey Henry was also selected to the women's team on Tuesday.
To be named to the esteemed list, a student-athlete must maintain a 3.40 cumulative grade-point average and are voted upon by CoSIDA member schools based off of academic and athletic prowess.
On the men's side, Albuquerque has broken every offensive record in the MACU record books during his third season with the program. With 15 goals and nine assists, the Recife, Brazil native was named the Sooner Athletic Conference Player of the Year during the 2021 campaign.
Albuquerque has been a multiple award recipient by garnering the SAC Co-Offensive Player of the Year honor in 2020 while being named to the All-SAC First Team three times, an NCCAA All-American First Team honoree twice (2021 awards TBA) and was also an NAIA All-American Honorable Mention in 2020.
In three seasons with the program, Albuquerque already owns the MACU program records in goals (47), assists (22), points (116), shots (289), shots on-goal (146) and game-winning goals (19).
Academically, Albuquerque is a Business Administration major and has amassed a 3.70 GPA. It is the fifth academic award of his career after being named an NCCAA Scholar-Athlete in 2020 as well as a NAIA, NCCAA and SAC Scholar-Athlete in 2021.
On the defensive side of the field, Johnson has been a stalwart defender that has been a key piece of some of the greatest defenses the MACU men's soccer program has ever put together.
A three-time SAC Defensive Player of the Year, Johnson once again was a crucial part of a defense that allowed just 1.05 goals per game with opponents attempting just 7.9 shots with just 3.1 of those attempts landing on-goal.
In his previous seasons with MACU, the Linstead, Jamaica native was part of a defense that allowed 0.92 goals per game in the Evangels' run to the 2019 NCCAA National Championship and was a key piece of an even better defense in 2020 that gave up only 0.82 goals per game in reaching the final 10 in the NAIA National Championships.
Johnson is a Psychology major at MACU and holds a 3.72 cumulative GPA. Johnson is a two-time NCCAA and SAC Scholar-Athlete and garnered NAIA Scholar-Athlete acclaim in 2021.
For the MACU women's soccer team, Henry has been one of the top offensive producers in the last two seasons for the Evangels.
Over the course of the 2021 campaign, the Arima, Trinidad & Tobago native led the team with eight goals and four assists while also notching a pair of game-winners.
In three seasons with the Evangels, Henry will be graduating as the program's ninth-most prolific goal-scorer (26), sixth in assists (14) and ninth in points (66). The 5-5 forward finished as one of the most effective goal scorers as she ranks second in the MACU record book in shooting percentage (.248) and fourth in shots on-goal percentage (.590)
Henry is wrapping up her illustrious career as an NCCAA First Team All-American and a two-time All-SAC First Team performer while also being an NAIA Scholar-Athlete as well as a two-time NCCAA and SAC Scholar-Athlete.
So far during her collegiate career, Henry has accumulated a 3.88 GPA while majoring in Biology.
2021 Academic All-America®
Men's Soccer Team
NAIA
FIRST TEAM
Pos. Name School Yr. GPA Major
GK Jan Kuepper Milligan University Gr. 3.98/4.00 MBA
D Juan Manuel Collazo St. Thomas University (Fla.) Gr. 3.90 MBA Financial Specialization
D Dejue Johnson Mid-America Christian University Sr. 3.72 Psychology
D Elies Sebbouh Milligan University Gr. 3.83/4.00 MBA
D Richie Taylor (1) Missouri Baptist University Sr. 3.95 Business Administration
M Moritz Lusch Morningside University Sr. 3.89 Business Administration
M Marco Magnoli Wayland Baptist University Jr. 3.82 Music
M Jake Mitchell Oregon Institute of Technology Sr. 3.81 Mechanical Engineering
F Rodrigo Albuquerque Mid-America Christian University Sr. 3.70 Business Administration
F Maxwell Amoako (1) Indiana Institute of Technology Gr. 3.78 Business Administration
F Alejo Binaghi University of Mobile Sr. 3.46 Business Management
SECOND TEAM
Pos. Name School Yr. GPA Major
GK Felipe Godoy Keiser University Sr. 3.82 Sports Management
D Fredrik Ackander Dalton State College Sr. 3.86 BBA Finance & Applied Economics
D Tommaso Ogliari University of the Cumberlands So. 4.00 Business Administration
D Alex Pike Wayland Baptist University Sr. 3.96 Management Information Systems
D Nicolo Tossici Missouri Baptist University Jr. 3.87 Accounting
M Lucas Garcia Embry-Riddle University (Ariz.) Jr. 4.00 Aerospace Engineering
M Carlos Hernandez Montreat College Sr. 3.77 Business Administration
M Osvaldo Reyes University of Saint Mary Sr. 3.95 Accounting
F Justin Eisenmann Olivet Nazarene University So. 3.83 Sport Management
F Quinn Partain Taylor University Sr. 3.91 Computer Science / Systems
F Juan Zamora Friends University Jr. 3.44 Health & Physical Education
CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year: Jan Kuepper, Milligan University
(1) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® first-team selection in 2020-21
2021 Academic All-America®
Women's Soccer Team
NAIA
FIRST TEAM
Pos. Name School Yr. GPA Major
GK Mackenzie Osther Embry-Riddle University (Ariz.) Sr. 3.95 Aerospace Engineering
D Maja Henriksson Keiser University Jr. 3.85 Business Administration Intl. Business
D Riley Massey (#) Taylor University Sr. 3.96 Exercise Science
D Abigail Meyer (1) (#) Columbia College (Mo.) Gr. 3.95 Nursing
D Becca Mindling (2) Spring Arbor University Sr. 3.95 Nursing
D Jenna Rockwell University of the Cumberlands Sr. 3.85 Exercise & Sports Science / Public Health
M Addie Adame (2) Georgia Gwinnett College Sr. 3.91 Psychology
M Laura Navajas Marin (1) University of the Cumberlands Sr. 3.97 Psychology / Human Services
M Ana Paula Santos (#) William Carey University Gr. 3.81 Health, Recreation, Physical Education
F Hannah Crum Aquinas College Sr. 3.78 Business & Sports
F Kelsey Henry Mid-America Christian University Sr. 3.88 Biology
F Callie Wright Northwest University Jr. 3.85 Business Administration
SECOND TEAM
Pos. Name School Yr. GPA Major
GK Samantha Tracey (1) Spring Arbor University Sr. 3.99 Math / Secondary Education
D Lena Balck Georgia Gwinnett College Sr. 4.00 Business
D Natalie Ford Tabor College Jr. 3.99 Social Work & Criminal Justice
D Bianca Roman Wayland Baptist University Sr. 3.82 Exercise Sport Science
M Kyoka Koshijima Keiser University Jr. 3.68 Business Administration Marketing
M Maddie Miller Oregon Institute of Technology Sr. 4.00 Diagnostic Medical Sonography
M Mackenzie Selvius (1) Spring Arbor University Sr. 4.00 Finance / Management
F Adisa Amang UT Southern Sr. 3.30 Nursing
F Montse Caparros Culver-Stockton College Sr. 3.95 Business Administration
F Miagh Downey (1) Middle Georgia State University Sr. 3.90 Business Administration
CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year: Ana Paula Santos, William Carey University
(1) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® first-team selection in 2020-21
(2) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® second-team selection in 2020-21
(#) – CoSIDA Academic All-America® second-team selection in 2019-20
