KANSAS CITY, Mo. (July 13, 2023) – United Soccer Coaches announced on Thursday the Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Award recipients for high school programs that competed in the 2023 spring season. Today’s awards recognize a total of 37 teams across the country for exhibiting fair play, sporting behavior, and adherence to the laws of the game.
Seven high school girls’ teams received the United Soccer Coaches Platinum Team Ethics Award for completing the entire 2023 winter season 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 United Soccer Coaches High School Spring Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Award Winners
| Platinum Award | ||
| School | Coach | Program |
| Cary High School | Laura Kerrigan | Girls |
| Ernest J. King High School | Andrew Mitzi | Girls |
| Lakeside Lutheran High School | Hannah Uher | Girls |
| Mid-Buchanan High School | Danielle Burkart | Girls |
| Oakland Christian School | Patrick Reyes | Girls |
| Pomfret School | Erin Fisher | Girls |
| Wilson Memorial High School | Kyle Congleton | Girls |
| Gold Award | ||
| School | Coach | Program |
| Belleville/New Glarus-Sugar River | John Ziperski | Girls |
| East Bladen High School | Johnathan Raynor | Girls |
| Kenosha Tremper High School | Todd Hardy | Girls |
| H.H. Dow High School | Spencer Sandow | Girls |
| Nile C. Kinnick High School | Nicolas Hindie | Girls |
| Moses Brown School | Gara Field | Girls |
| Norfolk Academy | Richard Peccie | Girls |
| Ursuline Academy of Dallas | Darrin Hedges | Girls |
| Vance Charter School | Johnny Yount | Girls |
| Silver Award | ||
| School | Coach | Program |
| Anchor Bay High School | Kevin Grammens | Girls |
| Bentonville High School | Steven Porter | Girls |
| Christiansburg High School | Scott Duff | Girls |
| Deep Run High School | Steven Chapman | Girls |
| Des Moines Christian | Dan Webster | Girls |
| Elkton Pigeon Bay Port Laker High School | Rebecca Krohn | Girls |
| Hickory High School | Jeff Rodarmel | Girls |
| Hinsdale Central High School | Anthony Madonia | Girls |
| John Glenn High School | Matt Hamilton-Kraft | Girls |
| Land O’ Lakes High School | Vicky King | Girls |
| Lee’s Summit West High School | Chris Brizendine | Girls |
| Marshalltown High School | Stacy Galema | Girls |
| Mauldin High School | Alison Stelling | Girls |
| Mid-Carolina High School | Mike Mauldin | Girls |
| Milton High School | Ryan Wagner | Girls |
| Nation Ford High School | Christopher Dundr | Girls |
| Ocean Lakes High School | Christine Thornton | Girls |
| University School of Milwaukee | Eric Liebergen | Girls |
| Bronze Award | ||
| School | Coach | Program |
| Academic Magnet High School | Dr. Jason Hamil | Boys |
| Benet Academy | Gerard Oconer | Girls |
| Blue Valley West High School | Kyle Conley | Girls |