Wake Forest Athletics
Wake Forest Men's Soccer Lands Six on All-ACC Academic Team
6/16/2021 4:00:00 PM | Men's Soccer
The six All-ACC Academic Team selections are the most in a single year in Wake Forest men’s soccer program history.
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Six members of Wake Forest men's soccer were named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Academic Team, the league office announced on Wednesday.
Nico Benalcazar, Cole McNally, Andrew Pannenberg, Isaiah Parente, Takuma Suzuki and Garrison Tubbs all garnered the prestigious honor thanks to a combination of academic and athletic achievements during the 2020-21 campaign.
Pannenberg and Parente were also named to the 2019 All-ACC Academic Team.
Academic requirements for selection to the All-ACC Academic Team are a 3.0 grade point average for the previous semester and a 3.0 cumulative average during one's academic career. Athletic achievements during the most recent season are also considered in selecting the All-ACC Academic Team.
The six honorees are the most in program history for a single year and marks the fifth-straight season Wake Forest has had at least four members of the men's soccer program named to the All-ACC Academic Team.
Nico Benalcazar, Sophomore, Economics
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Named an All-ACC Second-Team Selection and was on the TopDrawerSoccer Best XI Second-Team
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Earned his first ACC Defensive Player of the Week (Nov. 2, 2020) honors during the fall portion of the split season
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Was one of just two Demon Deacons to appear in and start all 18 matches during the 2020-21 season
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Played a team-high 1,649 minutes and was on the field for every minute of the spring slate of games
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Was the anchor of a backline that allowed just 0.94 goals against per match as the Demon Deacons logged seven clean sheets
Cole McNally, Redshirt Freshman, Mathematical Business
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Appeared in 10 games with nine starts, all coming in the spring
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Recorded 29 saves with four shutouts
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Tallied a goals against average of 1.00 and a save percentage of .744
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Made his collegiate debut against UAB in a 3-0 victory during the fall portion of the season
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Recorded a clean sheet in his first career start against Davidson on March 1
Andrew Pannenberg, Senior, Communication
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Marks the second-straight year he has been named an All-ACC Academic Team selection
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Started all nine of the team's matches during the fall season
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Recorded four clean sheets
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Allowed just seven goals in 747 minutes of action
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Finished the fall with 26 saves, a 0.84 goals against average and a 0.77 save percentage
Isaiah Parente, Junior, Communication
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Marks the second-straight year he has been named an All-ACC Academic Team selection
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Earned United Soccer Coaches Second-Team All-American honors
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Earned United Soccer Coaches First-Team All-South Region honors
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Earned All-ACC First-Team honors
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Started all six of his appearances in the fall, tallying four assists along with the game-winning goal against NC State on Nov. 7
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Signed a Homegrown Contract with the Columbus Crew in January
Takuma Suzuki, Sophomore, Economics
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Started all 14 of his appearances during his sophomore season
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Had an assist in Wake Forest's 2-0 victory over Clemson on Oct. 30
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Tallied another assist in Wake Forest's 3-2 NCAA Tournament win over Coastal Carolina on May 2
Garrison Tubbs, Freshman, Undeclared
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Was named an All-ACC Freshman Team honoree and a TopDrawerSoccer Freshman Best XI First-Team Selection
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Appeared in 13 matches with 12 starts
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Was stout on the backline with eight starts during the fall regular season as opponents scored just five goals in Tubbs' eight appearances in the fall
