Kansas City, MO – After reaching the semifinals of the NAIA Invitational, three Patriots etched their name on the NAIA All-American list, announced by the national office Monday.  Cumberlands is one of three teams to have three players garner First Team All-American honors.

Chrystian Coleman, Dylan Crouch, and Jake Morgan were UC's three honorees.  The three first team selections are the most in program history and it also marks the fifth time that Cumberlands has had multiple All-Americans in a year.

Coleman, the sophomore midfielder, earned First Team honors after recording 49 ground balls and 24 caused turnovers on the year.  Coleman's 13 caused turnovers rank 13^th in the NAIA and he forced multiple turnovers in eight games on the season.  The Brandywine, MD native tallied three caused turnovers, which was a season-high in five games.  Coleman also scooped a season-high six ground balls in three games, including in the 13-11 win at (RV) Ottawa.  He played a vital role in UC's transition game, while dishing out an assist in three straight games. This marks Coleman's first All-American accolade and first team AAC All-Conference selection.

For the second straight season, Crouch earned NAIA All-American accolades.  The senior tallied 39 goals, 35 assists, 74 points, and 33 ground balls on the year.  The Trenton, OH native ranked third in the NAIA in assists and eighth in points on the year.  Crouch had 12 multi-goal games on the season to go along with ten multi-assists games.  The senior set the program record with 35 assists, while he averaged 4.11 points per game and 74 points which is second most in the program.  He dished out six assists to tie the single game record in the win over Columbia, while his eight points against Columbia and Benedictine are tied for seventh most.  Crouch is also the program's career leader in goals (144), assists (98), and points (242) as he became the first Patriot to net 100 career goals and tally 200 career points in a career.  The Trenton, OH native was a Second Team All-American in 2021.

Morgan becomes the Patriots first three-time First Team All-American selection and just the second player in program history to garner All-American honors three times.  Morgan is ranked second in the NAIA with 52 caused turnovers on the season, while his 77 ground balls are 13^th most in the country.  It marks the third straight year that the Easton, MD native has been ranked in the top three of the NAIA in caused turnovers.  The junior has recorded at least three caused turnovers in a game nine times, including a season-high six caused turnovers against Tennessee Wesleyan.  Morgan is Cumberlands career leader with 174 caused turnovers, averaging 2.95 caused turnovers per game, while his 340 ground balls are second most in program history.

Cumberlands closed out the season with a 13-5 record and finished the year averaging 13.89 goals per game, while limiting opponents to 7.41 goals per game. 

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