Wisconsin Soccer Central

Two Wisconsin players were named first-team Scholar-Athletes by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America for the 2014 college season, while two others were third-team selections and 33 state athletes earned regional accolades.

Notre Dame junior midfielder Patrick Hodan (Milwaukee Marquette) made the first team in the men's University Division.

The Brookfield native, who led the Fighting Irish with nine goals and added three assists, previously was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Offensive Player of the Year, a first-team NSCAA All-American and a first-team Capital One CoSIDA Academic All-American. Hodan is a business major with a 3.93 grade-point average.

Marquette junior defender Axel Sjoberg, who carries a 3.86 GPA in finance, was a third-team selection. The 6-foot-7 Swedish center back had three assists and anchored a Golden Eagles backline that posted nine shutouts in 18 matches this fall.

On the women's side, Valparaiso's Jennifer Fassbinder (Hudson) made the third team in the University Division. The junior defender carries a 3.94 GPA as a biology major and was an integral part of a Crusaders defense that allowed just nine goals in 20 games and recorded 12 clean sheets in the program's best season (14-2-4).

Lake Forest (Ill.) striker Michelle Greeneway (Sheboygan North) claimed a spot on the first team of the women's College Division Scholar-Athlete team after her record-setting season for the Foresters.

The junior ranked fourth in the nation with a program-record 33 goals, breaking the mark she set in 2013, was second in the country with 11 game-winning goals and tied for 15th with 13 assists. Greeneway, who had a goal or an assist in 19 of 22 matches, also was an NSCAA Division III first-team All-American and a second-team pick on the Capital One CoSIDA Division III Academic All-American team.

Here's a look at the state players on regional Scholar-Athlete teams:

• Hodan claimed two more postseason accolades, as he was named a first-team All-American by College Soccer News and made the second team of the TopDrawerSoccer.com Men's Division I Best XI teams.
• Two University of Wisconsin players made the TopDrawerSoccer.com Women's Division I Best XI teams: Sophomore midfielder Rose Lavelle earned a spot on the second team, while goalkeeper Genevieve Richard landed on the third team. Lavelle scored three goals and had a team-best 10 assists in 24 matches, while Richard posted a 0.42 goals-against average and set a school record with 16 shutouts as the Badgers (19-3-2) recorded the most wins in a season in program history.
• Jeff Pill, who led Maranatha Baptist to its first National Christian College Athletic Association Division II national championship, was named the NSCAA's NCCAA Division II men's Coach of the Year.