Delgado Rodriguez honored by CoSIDA

Rio Grande/CoSIDA Sports Information
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – University of Rio Grande senior midfielder Pau Delgado Rodriguez has been named to the 2016 CoSIDA Academic All-America® College Division Second Team.
The team was selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Delgado Rodriguez, a native of Barcelona, Spain, was recently named the River States Conference Offensive Player of the Year after leading the RedStorm - and the league - in goals and points.

Rio Grande captured the RSC Tournament championship last weekend with a win over WVU-Tech and will host St. Thomas (Fla.) in the opening round of the NAIA National Championship on Saturday.
Senior Aleksi Pahkasalo of Lindsey Wilson College was named as the CoSIDA Academic All-America of the Year for College Division Men's Soccer for the second consecutive year.
The CoSIDA Academic All-America® College Division soccer teams are comprised of student-athletes from NAIA, Canadian and two-year institutions.
Pahkasalo, a senior from Vantaa, Finland, also repeated as the Mid-South Conference Player of the Year and has his Blue Raiders' finish at 13-4-2 after falling in the conference tournament final in penalty kicks.
The three-time CoSIDA Academic All-America® selection – named to the second team in 2014 and to the first team in 2015 and 2015. Pahkasalo boasts a 4.0 G.P.A. and is majoring in recreation, tourism and sport management. The midfielder has posted 25 goals and six assists while playing in only 15 matches in 2016. Pahkasalo has four game-winning goals and leads the Blue Raiders with 90 shots, 48 which have come on goal.
In addition to Pahkasalo being a repeat selection on the first team, senior goalkeeper Robbie Barnhill of Grace, senior defender Michael Caccavo of Spring Arbor and senior forward T.J. Ifaturoti of Davenport University are repeat selections to the CoSIDA Academic All-America first team. Gabe Garbin moved up to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® first team after being a second-team selection in 2015.
Joining Pahkasalo, Barnhill, Caccavo, Garbin and Ifaturoti on the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Men's Soccer College Division first team are seniors Lucas Prolow of Johnson & Wales (Colo.) University, Sergio Reyes of Purdue University Northwest, Jake Kirchoff-Sleet of Lourdes University, Lukas Muszong of Bethel (Ind.) College and Mauricio Salgado of Trinity Christian University as well as junior Rodrigo Alves of William Woods.
The 11-member CoSIDA Academic All-America® College Division Men's Soccer first team has an average G.P.A. of 3.80, which includes two student-athletes with a 4.0 G.P.A. The team is represented by 10 seniors and one junior.