Yannik Felber
Yannik Felber

Felber Named Academic All-District By CoSIDA

RINDGE, N.H. (November 8, 2018) – Franklin Pierce University sophomore forward Yannik Felber (Vallendar, Germany) has been chosen to the 2018 Google Cloud Academic All-District Men's Soccer Team selected by CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) it was announced Thursday afternoon. Because of his selection, Felber will move on to the Academic All-America ballot. It is Felber's first ever Academic All-District Honor.

To be eligible for selection, each student-athlete must own a 3.30 cumulative grade-point average or higher, be at least a sophomore in academic standing and be a starter or significant contributor athletically. The Academic All-District and All-America teams are voted on by sports information directors in the district and nation, respectively.

Felber, a 2018 Northeast-10 Conference Third Team honoree set new personal-bests in games played (18), games started (17), goals (6), assists (3), points (15), shots (43), shots on goal (21) and game-winning goals (3). Felber was second on the Ravens in goals, assists, and was tied for the team lead in points. The sophomore notched five points (two goals, one assist) in a 3-1 Raven win at New Haven on September 30th. He followed that up with a four-point (two goals) effort a couple of weeks later in a 3-1 victory at the hands of Saint Michael's on October 9th. Felber. A management major, Felber worked equality as hard in the classroom resulting in an unblemished 4.0 GPA. He was the only NCAA Division II District 1 athlete with a perfect GPA.

Franklin Pierce ended their season with a 7-10-1 overall mark, a 6-6-1 record in NE10 play and suffered an opening-round exit in the 2018 NE10 Conference Championship.

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