Nov. 30, 2011

BALTIMORE, MD - The Johns Hopkins men's soccer team placed two players on the Capital One Academic All-America teams as announced by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) on Tuesday night. Senior Sean Coleman was named to the first team and classmate Drew Hollandearned second team honors.

Coleman is the first player in team history to earn First Team Academic All-America honors. Coleman and Holland are the fourth and fifth players overall to earn Academic All-America honors. The pair led the Blue Jays to a 10-5-3 record and the Centennial Conference regular season championship in 2011. In addition, Hopkins placed three women's soccer players on the Academic All-America teams and brings the JHU Athletic Department's total to 88 Academic All-Americans since 1975-76.

To be eligible for Capital One Academic All-America® consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director.

Senior Drew Holland garnered Second Team Academic All-America honors.

Coleman has led the Blue Jays in scoring in each of his two seasons at Homewood after transferring from the University of New Hampshire. This season he has scored seven goals and dished out a career-high five assists for 19 points to earn First Team All-Centennial Conference honors. Five of his goals were game-winners to rank second in the conference. In his two seasons at JHU, Coleman scored 18 goals with seven assists, while 11 of his goals were game-winners as he ranks tied for fifth in school history in that category. He earned First Team All-Centennial Conference, Second Team NSCAA All-Region and ECAC All-South honors in 2010, his first season with Hopkins. Coleman ranked fourth in the conference in goals (11) and points (24) last season and led the Centennial in game-winners. In addition to his play on the field, he is a circulation assistant at Johns Hopkins' Eisenhower Library, as well as a youth soccer referee and a counselor at Soccer Dimensions. Coleman played for Real Maryland of the USL Professional Development League and led the team in goals (9). A Dean's List student, he is majoring in both philosophy and history and boasts a 3.75 cumulative GPA.

Holland was a four-year starter and a captain on a defense that posted a 0.69 goals against average with nine shutouts in 2011. For his career, the JHU defense boasted a 0.641 goals against average with 44 shutouts. Holland has helped Hopkins to the NCAA Sweet 16 in each of his first three seasons and the 2009 Centennial Conference title. In addition to his efforts on the field, he has interned with Biogen Idec the past two summers as an Intern Analyst in US Business Intelligence and Operations. He is also an admissions representative for Johns Hopkins, interviewing and evaluating prospective students. Holland has also volunteered for his high school's alumni relations department as well as at a nursing home. He is a Dean's List student with a double major in economics and history and boasts a 3.74 cumulative GPA and was the first player in program history to earn CoSIDA Academic All-District honors three times.