ATHENS, Tenn. – The University of Pikeville men's soccer team had 20 players named academic all-conference, the AAC announced on Tuesday.
 
It also had a member of the champions of character team.
 
The champions of character representative is Lucas Gibson. He is a junior from Hyden. Members of this team were nominated by their coaches based on their leadership on and off campus, as well as their demonstration of the five core character values of the NAIA.
 
Bears named academic all-conference were Sam Allison, a sophomore from Sydney, Aust.; Yali Cohen, a senior from Tel Aviv, Israel; Jorge Cruz, a sophomore from Bogota, Colombia; Juan Farkas, a senior from Santiago, Chile; Gibson; Gabriel Gomez, a junior from Bogota, Colombia; Alejandro Iglesias, a sophomore from Madrid, Spain; Martin Larraguibel, a junior from La Serena, Chile; Cristobal Leyton, a senior from Santiago, Chile; Amogelang Mofokeng, a senior from Rustenburg, South Africa; Jhonatan Moreno, a sophomore from Bogota, Colombia; Kevin Mullins, a sophomore from Pikeville; Juan Manuel Pineda, a sophomore from Botota, Colombia; Alex Prichard, a junior from Manchester, England; Sam Rienks, a sophomore from Breda, Netherlands; Jakob Rus, a junior from Winterthur, Switzerland; Mahmoud Shech-Ichya, a senior from Tel Aviv, Isreal; Andrew Vinson, a sophomore from Louisa; Curtis Wallace, a junior from Pikeville; and Alex Ward, a senior from Nottingham, England.