KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Carleton College men's soccer program earned the United Soccer Coaches' Team Academic Award for the 27th consecutive year, the longest active streak among the 811 NCAA men's soccer programs (D-I, D-II, and D-III).
 
To take home recognition, programs need to post a cumulative team grade-point average of 3.0 or better (on a 4.0 scale). The Carleton men put together a 3.71 team GPA during the 2025-26 academic year, ranking 13th among men's programs to take home the Team Academic Award. Bob Carlson's squad has led the nation in grade-point average three times during his team's run of success in the classroom.
 
Only one other MIAC men's programs owns an active streak of Team Academic Awards stretching more than three seasons.
 
Six team members — Alexander Grosse '26, Leo Kugel '26. Ben Pennell '26, Jonathan Vonderlage '26, Hays Turner '27, and Josh Zebrack '27 — were previously named to the CSC Academic All-District Team while a total of 13 players received Academic All-MIAC recognition.
 
Carleton was 1 of 175 schools across all three divisions of NCAA soccer to have both its women's and men's programs receive the Team Academic Excellence Award for 2025-26.