KANSAS CITY, Mo. (May 16, 2024) – United Soccer Coaches announced on Thursday the Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Award recipients for high school programs competing in the winter and spring seasons. Today’s awards recognize a total of 14 teams across the country for exhibiting fair play, sporting behavior and adherence to the laws of the game.
Two high school girls teams earned the United Soccer Coaches Platinum Team Ethics Award for completing the entire 2023-24 winter seasons without receiving either a yellow or red card.
The Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Award is given to United Soccer Coaches members at four levels. Teams honored at the platinum level went an entire season without a player or coach receiving a yellow card or red card. Teams honored at the gold (1-10%), silver (11-30%) and bronze (31-50%) levels are based on a percentage calculated by the total number of cards received by players and coaches divided by the team’s total number of games played.
2023-24 United Soccer Coaches
High School Winter Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Award Winners
Platinum Award
| School | Coach | Program |
| Cambridge Christian School | Kevin Hickinbotham | Girls |
| Maricopa High School | Cortney Kellenaers | Girls |
Gold Award
| School | Coach | Program |
| Cypress Lakes High School | Pres Holcomb | Girls |
| Olympic Heights High School | Jim Capello | Girls |
| Ursuline Academy of Dallas | Darren Hedges | Girls |
| Walker High School | Brenna Beckman | Girls |
Silver Award
| School | Coach | Program |
| Cypress Woods High School | Amy Trocquet | Girls |
| Mansfield Legacy High School | John Koehn | Girls |
| McKeel Academy of Technology | Jacob Sweeney | Girls |
| Snyder High School | Jessica Lima | Girls |
| Sunlake High School | Jami Finan | Girls |
Bronze Award
| School | Coach | Program | ||
| Cambridge Christian School | Kevin Hickinbotham | Boys | ||
| John Paul II High School | Fred Kaiser | Boys | ||
| Lutheran South Academy | Nate Hagge | Boys | ||