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)
Coach
Program
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)
Coach
Program
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)
Coach
Program
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)
Coach
Program
Blue Valley West High School (Overland Park, Kan.)