Union's Edwards Nabs NAIA All-American Team Honors
December 16, 2024
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) announced the 2024 NAIA Men's Soccer All-America teams on Monday after the competition of the National Championship in Wichita, Kan. Callum Edwards of Union Commonwealth is the Appalachian Athletic Conference's (AAC) lone representative.
Edwards collected AAC Player of the Year and Golden Boot accolades this season, helping the Bulldogs to the regular-season championship and to a berth in the NAIA National Championship Tournament. He led the AAC in goals with 15 and points with 33. Edwards also dished out three assists during the year.
2024 NAIA Men's Soccer All-America Teams
FIRST TEAM
| PLAYER | INSITUTION | POSITION | CLASS | HOMETOWN |
| Sean Bohan | William Penn (Iowa) | GK | Sr. | Dublin, Ireland |
| Nicolas Leite | Dalton State (Ga.) | GK | Sr. | Santo Andre, Brazil |
| Antonio Bittencourt | Dalton State (Ga.) | DEF | Sr. | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Kazuki Hashimoto | Missouri Valley | DEF | Sr. | Yokohama, Japan |
| Henrique Mendes | Mobile (Ala.) | DEF | Jr. | Sao Paulo, Brazil |
| Edan Sears | William Penn (Iowa) | DEF | Sr. | Telford, England |
| Emilio Cazares | Mobile (Ala.) | FWD | Sr. | Monterrey, Mexico |
| Sam Green | Missouri Valley | FWD | Sr. | London, England |
| Luke Persenico | Clarke (Iowa) | FWD | Sr. | St. Charles, Ill. |
| Thomas Rodella | Life (Ga.) | FWD | Fr. | Verona, Italy |
| Piero Sabroso | Bethel (Ind.) | FWD | Sr. | Lima, Peru |
| Sami Charaf Amal | Bethel (Ind.) | MID | Sr. | Casablanca, Morocco |
| Yoshiki Igarashi | Missouri Valley | MID | Sr. | Tokyo, Japan |
| Caoimhin McConnell | William Carey (Miss.) | MID | Sr. | Antrim, Northern Ireland |
| Kirill Pakhomov | Oklahoma Wesleyan | MID | So. | Moscow, Russia |
SECOND TEAM
| PLAYER | INSTITUTION | POSITION | CLASS | HOMETOWN |
| Cristobal Benitez Delgado | Missouri Valley | GK | Jr. | Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain |
| Javiero Izquierdo | Cumberlands (Ky.) | GK | Jr. | Candás, Asturias, Spain |
| Jacob Adams | Missouri Valley | DEF | Sr. | Nottingham, England |
| Kazuma Ishizuka | Dalton State (Ga.) | DEF | Sr. | Yokohama, Japan |
| Michael Rempel | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | DEF | So. | Asuncion, Paraguay |
| Luis Vergara | Oklahoma Wesleyan | DEF | Jr. | Santiago, Chile |
| Mario Goic | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) | FWD | Gr. | Zadar, Croatia |
| Joseph McMahon | Mobile (Ala.) | FWD | Jr. | Liverpool, England |
| Brandon Nyagurungo | Indiana Wesleyan | FWD | Fr. | Harare, Zimbabwe |
| Sebastian Tregarthen | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | FWD | So. | Dolores, Uruguay |
| Louis Dolcini | Mobile (Ala.) | MID | So. | Genova, Italy |
| Jose Garcia | Indiana Wesleyan | MID | Fr. | Puerto Montt, Chile |
| Robbie Lyons | Cumberland (Tenn.) | MID | Sr. | Dublin, Ireland |
| Salvador Martinez | Cumberlands (Ky.) | MID | Sr. | Tampico, Tamaulipas Mexico |
| Samuel Mutiri | Mobile (Ala.) | MID | Jr. | Tervuren, Belgium |
THIRD TEAM
| PLAYER | INSTITUTION | POSITION | CLASS | HOMETOWN |
| Claudio Fuentealba | Mid-America Christian (Okla.) | GK | Sr. | Rancagua, Chile |
| Henry Hampshaw | William Carey (Miss.) | GK | Fr. | England |
| Juan Muniz Navarrete | Carroll (Mont.) | GK | Sr. | Hermiston, Ore. |
| Tylor Guerrero Castillo | Oklahoma Wesleyan | DEF | Fr. | Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| Tiago Dias | Indiana Tech | DEF | Sr. | Portimão, Portugal |
| Caleb Marchany | LSU Shreveport (La.) | DEF | Jr. | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico |
| Omar Murillo | William Woods (Mo.) | DEF | Sr. | Panama City, Panama |
| Daniel Santos Rosa | Grace (Ind.) | DEF | Sr. | Heidelberg, Germany |
| Ronald Aguilar | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | FWD | Jr. | - |
| Daniel Borges | UC Merced (Calif.) | FWD | Sr. | Turlock, Calif. |
| Alejandro Contrera | Georgia Gwinnett | FWD | Fr. | Asuncion, Paraguay |
| Andrea Croce | Governors State | FWD | So. | Rome, Italy |
| Sam Dolobaipu | Huntington (Ind.) | FWD | So. | Sioux Falls, S.D. |
| Marko Dordevic | Missouri Baptist | FWD | Jr. | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Callum Edwards | Union Commonwealth | FWD | So. | Preston, England |
| Manuel Flores | Tennessee Southern | FWD | Sr. | Lisbon, Portugal |
| Rick Hovinga | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | FWD | Sr. | Groningen, Netherlands |
| Katai Mukuka | Brescia (Ky.) | FWD | Fr. | Zambia, Africa |
| Jacobo Obradors | Williams Baptist (Ark.) | FWD | Sr. | Madrid, Spain |
| Trent Rickard | The Master's (Calif.) | FWD | So. | Valencia, Calif. |
| Ognjen Bozovic | Missouri Baptist | MID | So. | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Hugo Garcia-Rosado Duran | Midland (Neb.) | MID | Jr. | Barcelona, Spain |
| Mathis Guffroy | Texas Wesleyan | MID | Sr. | Saint Germain en Laye, France |
| Pol Mur | Oklahoma Wesleyan | MID | Sr. | Barcelona, Spain |
| Connor O'Reilly | William Penn (Iowa) | MID | Sr. | Letterkenny, Ireland |
| Tate Richards | Missouri Valley | MID | Sr. | London, England |
| Jack Thomas | LSU Shreveport (La.) | MID | Jr. | Whittington, England |