KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Dec. 29, 2025) – United Soccer Coaches announced on Monday the 2025 College Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Award recipients.
In all, 45 men’s and women’s teams received either the Platinum, Gold, Silver or Bronze version of the College Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Award, which recognizes teams that exhibit fair play, sporting behavior and adherence to the laws of the game, as reflected by the number of yellow caution cards or red ejection cards they are shown by referees throughout the season based on the number of cards accumulated divided by the number of games played (i.e., 5 cards divided by 20 games played is 0.25 or 25%, which qualifies for a Silver Award).
One team-the women of Washington & Jefferson College-was the recipient of the Platinum Award, which is given to team who have no cards accumulated during the season. Two teams were recipients of the Gold Award, which is given to teams with a percentage of cards ranging from 1-10%. A total of 23 teams claimed the Silver Award, which is given to teams that accumulate a percentage of cards ranging from 11-30%, while the Bronze Award went to 19 teams, which is presented to teams that accumulate a percentage of cards ranging from 31-50%.
A complete list of recipients and level explanation follows:
- Platinum: No cards accumulated during the season
- Gold: Percentage of cards accumulated during the season ranging from 1-10%
- Silver: Percentage of cards accumulated during the season ranging from 11-30%
- Bronze: Percentage of cards accumulated during the season ranging from 31-50%
2025 United Soccer Coaches College ????Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Award Recipients
| Platinum | ||
| School | Coach | Team Gender |
| Washington & Jefferson College | Dan Dubois | Women |
| Gold | ||
| School | Coach | Team Gender |
| University of Massachusetts-Boston | Amy Zombeck | Women |
| Salve Regina University | Tanya Roberts | Women |
| Silver | ||
| School | Coach | Team Gender |
| Albertus Magnus College | Nicholas Wajnowski | Women |
| Alfred University | Craig Yanni | Women |
| Belhaven University | Kimberly Harrell | Women |
| Belmont Abbey College | Mike Lynch | Women |
| Bowdoin College | Brianne Smithson | Women |
| Brevard College | Juan Mascaro | Women |
| Clark University | Brienne Smith | Women |
| Earlham College | Lydia Harvey | Women |
| Eastern Arizona College | Charles Long | Women |
| Emerson College | David Suvak | Women |
| Frostburg State University | Brian Parker | Women |
| Grove City College | Melissa Lamie | Women |
| Gustavus Adolphus College | Lauren Johnson | Women |
| Houston Christian University | Nick Whiting | Women |
| Kenyon College | Sarah McClellan | Women |
| Lebanon Valley College | Frank Carrozza | Women |
| University of Massachusetts | Bobby Desilets | Women |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | Amy Helliwell | Women |
| Salem College | Robin Ramirez | Women |
| University of Scranton | Colleen Pivirotto | Women |
| University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | Jason Murphy | Women |
| Utica University | Brooke Barbuto | Women |
| Wheaton College (Ill.) | Patrick Gilliam | Women |
| Bronze | ||
| School | Coach | Team Gender |
| University of Akron | Maggie Kuhn | Women |
| Anderson University (Ind.) | Alejandra Gomez Nogueras | Women |
| Daytona State College | Hope Clark | Women |
| University of Dubuque | Jason Berna | Women |
| Evangel University | Bruce Deaton | Women |
| University of Findlay | Sierra Tom | Women |
| Kansas City Kansas Community College | Jefferson Roblee | Women |
| Liberty University | Lang Wedemeyer | Women |
| New College of Florida | Serge Lipovetsky | Women |
| Northwest Missouri State University | Marc Gordon | Women |
| Oakton College | Tristram Bisgrove | Women |
| Penn State University-Berks | Steve Small | Men |
| Sarah Lawrence College | Maurizio Grillo | Women |
| SUNY Old Westbury | Jeff Littwin | Women |
| Tusculum University | Vanessa Fyffe | Women |
| Vassar College | Keith Simons | Women |
| Waynesburg University | George DeAugustino | Women |
| Wilkes University | John McNichol | Women |
| University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | Dawn Crow | Women |