Wisconsin Soccer Central

Eight Wisconsin college teams earned Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Awards from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

The awards are based on the number of red and yellow cards teams received during the 2013 season. No state sides were among the 25 teams nationwide that claimed the Gold Award, which are awarded to teams that were not issued any cards.

However, four Wisconsin teams had no red cards and no more than five yellow cards and were Silver Award winners. And four others were honored with the Bronze Award for not accumulating more than 10 total cards during the season.

A total of 254 college teams received the awards, including five of the nine women's teams in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Maranatha Baptist was the only state men's team honored, collecting a Silver Award after being issued just two yellows during the season.

Silver Award
Men
Maranatha Baptist, coach Jeff Pill: Two yellow cards
Women
UW-La Crosse, Sara Burton: Three yellows
Milwaukee School of Engineering, Rolf Zersen: Four yellows
UW-Oshkosh, Erin Coppernoll: Four yellows

Bronze Award
Women
UW-Eau Claire, Sean Yengo: Six yellows
UW-Superior, Melissa Hanson: Six yellows
Wisconsin Lutheran, Tony Pierce: Seven yellows
UW-Whitewater, Ryan Quamme: Nine yellows

• Marquette (13-6-2) was 12th in the final NSCAA men's Top 25 of the season, while UW (14-5-2) was 19th and UW-Milwaukee was among other teams receiving votes.
• Tory Pomeroy was named the inaugural coach of the Madison College women's team, which will start play as an NJCAA Division III program next fall. She has coached in the Madison La Follette and Oregon prep girls programs and local clubs Magic SC and Waunakee Area SC, and currently coaches with the Madison 56ers.
• Milwaukee School of Engineering announced nine 2014 inductees for its athletic Hall of Fame, and four of them played soccer for the Raiders. Chris Boardman (Wauwatosa West) and Ben Herrmann both were three-time all-conference performers for the MSOE men's team, while Leah Leja (Pulaski) and Catherine Chappell were multi-sport athletes who collected women's all-conference honors. They will be honored at a ceremony Feb. 8 at the Kern Center.