On Campus: Three Academy Players Still Alive in NCAA Tournament

The first two rounds of the NCAA men’s soccer tournament are behind us and of the 12 Sporting Kansas City academy graduates who started the tournament, only three remain in the tournament. Of those three, only one is a regular contributor on the field, Grayson Barber of Clemson. Barber scored the winning goal in overtime for the Tigers in their 2-1 win over Charlotte on the weekend. They’ll host Providence in the next round of the tournament this coming weekend. The other two players have not appeared for their school, Connor Jordan-Hyde is at 10 seeded Virginia Tech who defeated New Hampshire this weekend, they’ll play seventh seeded Standford in the third round. Then there’s Ryan Fessler who is at Wake Forest. The fourth seeded Demon Deacons beat Maryland 3-0 on Sunday and will host Michigan in the third round.

In the NAIA, Massimo Salvoni and the Baker Wildcats won their first two games of the NAIA tournament this past weekend as well and are headed to Irvine California for the third round onward of the tournament. They’ll be playing second seeded Columbia in the third round of the tournament. Here’s this week’s full update.

Class of 2015

Bryce Gibson (Creighton) - D - RSr - Season over.

Class of 2016

Ryan Kellogg (West Virginia) - D - Sr - Started both West Virginia’s 5-1 win over Butler and 2-1 loss to Marshall.

John Leisman (Yale) - F - Sr - Started Yale’s 3-0 loss to Boston College.

Logan Lucas (West Virginia) - D - Sr - Started both West Virginia’s 5-1 win over Butler and 2-1 loss to Marshall, scoring a goal in the second game.

Andrew McLeod (Northwestern) - D - Sr - Season over.

Absalom Solorio (Niagara) - MF - Sr - Season over.

Class of 2017

Christian Albelo (Marquette) - D - RSo - Season over.

Chase Bromstedt (Tulsa) - MF - Jr - Season over.

Joe Corner (Gonzaga) - MF - Jr - Season over.

Leroy Enzugusi (Drake) - F - Jr - Season over.

Alex Kaddah (Denver) - MF - RSo - Did not play in Denver’s 1-0 loss to Missouri State.

Steven Tekesky (West Virginia) - GK - Jr - Started both West Virginia’s 5-1 win over Butler and 2-1 loss to Marshall.

Patrick Wilkinson (Saint Louis) - D/M - Jr - Season over.

Class of 2018

Grayson Barber (Clemson) - F - So - Started and scored a goal in Clemson’s 2-1 win over Charlotte.

Alex Brown (Lipscomb) - GK - RFr - Season over.

Colin Innes (Kentucky) - MF - RFr - Came on as a substitute in both Kentucky’s 2-1 win over Loyola and 3-0 loss to Indiana.

Connor Jordan-Hyde (Virginia Tech) - GK - So - Did not play in Virginia Tech’s 4-1 win over New Hampshire.

Gabe Kash (Marquette) - D - RFr - Season over.

Roman Knox (North Carolina) - MF - RFr - Season over.

Dawson Lee (Missouri State) - F - So - Came on as a substitute in both Missouri State’s 1-0 win over Denver and 2-1 loss to Central Florida.

Isaac McGinnis (Penn) - MF - So - Season over.

Reagan Mugume-Rice (Cal Poly) - F - So - Season over.

Mason Visconti (Kentucky) - F - So - Came on as a substitute in Kentucky’s 2-1 win over Loyola. Did not play in Kentucky’s 3-0 loss to Indiana.

Alec Wons (Marquette) - GK - RFr - Season over.

Class of 2019

Mohammad Abualnadi (Notre Dame) - D - Fr - Started Notre Dame’s 3-2 loss to Wright State.

Sebastian Cruz (Cal State Fullerton) - M - Fr - Season over.

Ryan Fessler (Wake Forest) - MF - Fr - Did not play in Wake’s 3-0 win over Maryland.

Dontell Gilyard (UMKC) - D - Fr - Season over.

Johnny Hansen (Gonzaga) - D - Fr - Season over.

Sean Karani (Temple) - F - Fr - Season over.

Karson Kendall (High Point) - D - Fr - Season over.

Sebastian Kennedy (Barton County) - MF - Fr - Season over.

Massimo Salvoni (Baker) - D - Fr - Started both Baker’s 2-0 win over Eastern Oregon and 4-0 win over Tennessee Wesleyan, scoring a goal in the first game.