KANSAS CITY, Mo. (December 19, 2019) – No. 7 nationally-ranked Franklin Pierce University men's soccer senior midfielder Niklas Laudahn (Olfen, Germany) has earned yet another academic award this time being selected to the United Soccer Coaches 2019 NCAA Division II Scholar All-East Region First Team the organization announced Monday.

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To be eligible for Scholar All-Region recognition, student-athletes must meet the following criteria. Have a 3.30 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) or better throughout career, start more than 50 percent of all games and significantly contribute to their team, be nominated by a head coach of a current College Services member institution and be a junior or above in academic standing; and, if a transfer student, in second year at school.

Laudahn earned his third academic honor this year to go along with his 2019 CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) Academic All-America® Division II Men's Soccer Third Team honor and his 2019 Academic All-District Men's Soccer Team selected by CoSIDA selection. The business management major and marketing minor had a 3.97 GPA, the highest on the USC Scholar All-East Region First Team. He was the sole representative on the men's side for the Northeast-10 Conference.

On the field, he was a United Soccer Coaches All-East Region Second Team selection, a Division II Conference Commissioner's Association (D2CCA) All-Region Second Team player and an NE10 First Team choice. He appeared in 18 games for the crimson and grey making 17 starts and set a new personal-best in assists (5), which ranked third on the team and he has tied his career-high with seven points. Laudahn finished his Raven career with six goals, nine assists, 21 points in 70 games played.

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