KANSAS CITY, Mo. (July 12, 2024) – United Soccer Coaches announced on Friday the Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Award recipients for high school programs competing in the Spring season. Today’s awards recognize a total of 36 teams across the country for exhibiting fair play, sporting behavior and adherence to the laws of the game. 
 
Four teams earned the United Soccer Coaches Platinum Team Ethics Award for completing the entire 2024 Spring 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.

2024 United Soccer Coaches  

High School Spring Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Award Winners 
 


Platinum Award 

School (City, State) CoachProgram
Greenville High School (Greenville, Ill.) Chris Swift Girls 
Lutheran High School (Springfield, Ill.) David Isham Girls 
Pomfret School (Pomfret, Conn.) Erin Fisher Girls 
Williamsville High School (Williamsville, Il.) Joe Fandel Girls 

 
Gold Award 

School (City, State) CoachProgram
Dow High School (Midland, Mich.) Spencer Sandow Girls 
East Bladen High School (Elizabethtown, N.C.) Jay Raynor Girls 
Hinsdale Central High School (Hinsdale, Ill.) Anthony Madonia Girls 
Marion High School (Marion, Ark.) Chris Paslay Girls 
Mid-Buchanan High School (Faucett, Mo.) Danielle Burkart Girls 
Nile C. Kinnick High School (Yoksuka, Japan) Nicolas Hindie Girls 
Southern Boone High School (Ashland, Mo.) Wade Vandelicht Girls 
Starr’s Mill High School (Fayetteville, Ga.) John Bowen Girls 
Woodland High School (Cartersville, Ga.) Kyle Morgan Girls 

 
Silver Award 

School (City, State) CoachProgram
Anchor Bay High School (Fair Haven, Mich.) Kevin Grammens Girls 
Benet Academy (Lisle, Ill.) Gerard Oconer Girls 
Bentonville West High School (Centerton, Ark.) Alex Castillo Girls 
Bishop Miege High School (Roeland Park, Kan.) Nate Huppe Girls 
Blacksburg High School (Blacksburg, Va.) Travis Bishop Girls 
Deep Run High School (Glen Allen, Va.) Steven Chapman Girls 
Des Moines Christian School (Urbandale, Iowa) Dan Webster Girls 
Hillcrest Academy (Kalona, Iowa) Marcus Miller Boys 
Holland Hall School (Tulsa, Okla.) Troy Tokarchik Girls 
Lone Jack High School (Lone Jack, Mo.) Bryan Davenport Girls 
Marshalltown High School (Marshalltown, Iowa) Stacy Galema Girls 
Mauldin High School (Mauldin, S.C.) Alison Stelling Girls 
Milton High School (Milton, Wis.) Ryan Wagner Girls 
Norfolk Academy (Norfolk, Va.) Richard Peccie Girls 
Olathe East High School (Olathe, Kan.) Keeley O’Grady Girls 
Starr’s Mill High School (Fayetteville, Ga.) Aaron Buck Boys 
Sugar River (Belleville/New Glarus Co-Op, Wis.) John Ziperski Girls 
Tremper High School (Kenosha, Wis.) Todd Hardy Girls 
Whitewater High School (Fayetteville, Ga.) Scott Schmitt Boys 

 
Bronze Award  

School (City, State) CoachProgram
Blue Valley West High School (Overland Park, Kan.) Kyle Conley Girls 
Captain Shreve High School (Shreveport, La.) Erik Lane Girls 
Mid-Carolina High School (Prosperity, S.C.) Mike Mauldin Girls 
Wilson High School (Florence, S.C.) Robert Sloan Girls