Spring 2019 High School Team Ethics Awards announced

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (July 29, 2019) – United Soccer Coaches announced its Spring High School Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Awards on Monday with three teams receiving the Platinum Award for completing the entire 2019 season without receiving either a yellow or red card.

The Belleville/New Glarus Co-Op High School Girls Team (Belleville, Wis.), Governer Thomas Jefferson High School Girls (Frederick, Md.) and Lincoln Lutheran High School Girls program (Lincoln, Neb.) all received the Platinum Award for having no cards during the season.

In all, 40 spring season teams received either the Platinum, Gold, Silver or Bronze version of the Team Ethics and Sportsmanship Award, which recognizes teams that exhibit fair play, sporting behavior and adherence to the laws of the game, as reflected by the number of yellow caution cards or red ejection cards they are shown by referees throughout the season based on the number of cards accumulated divided by the number of games played (i.e., 5 cards divided by 20 games played is 0.25 or 25%, which qualifies for a Silver Award).

Twenty teams were recipients of the Gold Award, which is given to teams with a percentage of cards ranging from 1-10%.

A total of 11 teams claimed the Silver Award, which is given to teams that accumulate a percentage of cards ranging from 11-30%, while the Bronze Award went to six teams, which is presented to teams that accumulate a percentage of cards ranging from 31-50%.

A complete list of recipients and level explanation follows:

Platinum: No cards accumulated during the season
Gold: Percentage of cards accumulated during the season ranging from 1-10%
Silver: Percentage of cards accumulated during the season ranging from 11-30%
Bronze: Percentage of cards accumulated during the season ranging from 31-50%

2019 Spring High School Team Ethics & Sportsmanship Award Winners

Platinum Award

School (City, State)	Coach	Program
Belleville/New Glarus Co-Op High School (Belleville, Wis.)	John Ziperski	Girls
Governor Thomas Jefferson High School (Frederick, Md.)	Adam Weinstein	Girls
Lincoln Lutheran High School (Lincoln, Neb.)	David Gosselin	Girls

Gold Award

School (City, State)	Coach	Program
Albemarle High School (Charlottesville, Va.)	Amy Sherrill	Girls
Anchor Bay High School (Fair Haven, Mich.)	Kevin Grammens	Girls
Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School (Kernersville, N.C.)	Ray Alley	Girls
Needham B. Broughton High School (Raleigh, N.C.)	Tony DuBois	Girls
Carman-Ainsworth High School (Flint, Mich.)	Jessyca Mathews	Girls
Catholic Memorial High School (Waukesha, Wis.)	John Burke	Girls
Clayton High School (Clayton, Mo.)	Joseph Mott	Girls
Dawson School (Lafayette, Colo.)	David Criswell	Girls
Fort Gibson High School (Fort Gibson, Okla.)	Billy Whitehead	Girls
Greenville High School (Greenville, Ill.)	Chris Swift	Girls
Hammond School (Columbia, S.C.)	Rafael Marquez	Girls
The King’s Academy (Florence, S.C.)	Robb Sloan	Girls
Nile C. Kinnick High School (Yokosuka, Japan)	Nicolas Hindie	Girls
Lee’s Summit West High School (Lee’s Summit, Mo.)	Shawn Owens	Girls
Mid-Carolina High School (Prosperity, S.C.)	Mike Mauldin	Girls
Northwest Guilford High School (Greensboro, N.C.)	Terry Murphey	Girls
Matthew C. Perry High School (Iwakuni, Japan)	Shannon Maury	Girls
Port Washington High School (Port Washington, Wis.)	Eric Liebergen	Girls
Thales Academy Apex High School (Apex, N.C.)	W. McGeath Freeman	Girls
Troy High School (Troy, N.Y.)	Justin Haviland	Girls

Silver Award

School (City, State)	Coach	Program
Central High School (Cheyenne, Wyo.)	Jeff Norman	Girls
Christiansburg High School (Christiansburg, Va.)	Scott Duff	Girls
Hudson United High School (Hudson, Iowa)	Sue Rink	Boys
Kearney High School (Kearney, Neb.)	Scott Steinbrook	Boys
Louisburg High School (Louisburg, Kan.)	Kyle Conley	Girls
Mauldin High School (Mauldin, S.C.)	Raimond Hartmann	Girls
May River High School (Bluffton, S.C.)	Misael Garzon	Boys
Saxony Lutheran High School (Jackson, Mo.)	Chris Crawford	Girls
South High School (Salina, Kan.)	Don Crow	Girls
Tremper High School (Kenosha, Wis.)	Todd Hardy	Girls
Wyandotte High School (Kansas City, Kan.)	Josh Winkler	Girls

Bronze Award

School (City, State)	Coach	Program
Benet Academy (Lisle, Ill.)	Gerard Oconer	Girls
Carl Sandburg High School (Orland Park, Ill.)	Desai Vuillaume	Girls
George Mason High School (Falls Church, Va.)	Frank Spinnello	Boys
Iowa Mennonite School (Kalona, Iowa)	Marcus Miller	Boys
Abraham Lincoln High School (Council Bluffs, Iowa)	Robbie Miller	Girls
Matthew C. Perry High School (Iwakuni, Japan)	Mark Lange	Boys