2025 NAIA Men's Soccer All-Americans Announced, Grand View's Kevin Ventura Named Player of the Year
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has announced the 2025 NAIA Men's Soccer All-America teams on Monday, after the competition of the National Championship in Orange Beach, Ala. Kevin Ventura of Grand View (Iowa) has been named the NAIA Men's Soccer Player of the Year.
The graduate defender, Ventura, concluded the 2025 campaign with five goals after managing 37 shots, 17 of them on frame. He aided the Vikings to their first-ever Red Banner for men's soccer, after coming into the championship tournament unseeded.
The NAIA All-America committee consists of the NAIA-Men's Soccer Coaches Association Executive Committee, and four men's soccer coaches representing different regions of the association.
Bethel (Ind.) and Life (Ga.) pace the list with four award winners apiece, followed by six institutions with three honorees each, including Oklahoma Wesleyan, Grand View (Iowa), Ottawa (Kan.), William Carey (Miss.), Indiana Tech, and Cumberlands (Ky.).
The 2025 Select Sport America-NAIA Men's Soccer National Coach of the Year will be announced on January 15.
2025 NAIA Men's Soccer All-America Teams
FIRST TEAM
| PLAYER | INSTITUTION | POSITION | YEAR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maarten Schouten | Bethel (Ind.) | GK | Fr. |
| Antonio Mugica | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | M | Sr. |
| Kevin Ventura | Grand View (Iowa) | D | Gr. |
| Luis Vergara | Oklahoma Wesleyan | D | Sr. |
| Biel Campo | Oklahoma Wesleyan | M | Fr. |
| Alonso Basauri | Ottawa (Kan.) | M | Sr. |
| Philipp Schmidtke | Cumberland (Tenn.) | F | Jr. |
| Souleymane Balde | Bethel (Tenn.) | M | So. |
| Miquel Gelabert | Cumberland (Tenn.) | F | Fr. |
| Jack Thomas | LSU Shreveport (La.) | M | Sr. |
| Caleb Marchany | LSU Shreveport (La.) | D | Sr. |
| Julen Recalde | WVU Tech (W.Va.) | F | Fr. |
| Andrei Apostu | Life (Ga.) | F | Fr. |
| Devin Koorn | Life (Ga.) | D | So. |
| Jamie Barry | William Carey (Miss.) | GK | Sr. |
SECOND TEAM
| PLAYER | INSTITUTION | POSITION | YEAR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Munoz | Grace (Ind.) | M | Jr. |
| Julian Vargas Talamantes | Bethel (Ind.) | F | Gr. |
| Fernando Laserna | Bethel (Ind.) | M | Jr. |
| Eduardo Pedroza | Bethel (Ind.) | D | Gr. |
| Jeremie Pelade | MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) | F | Fr. |
| Luis Helm | Grand View (Iowa) | GK | Gr. |
| Tylor Guerrero | Oklahoma Wesleyan | D | Fr. |
| Antonio Natalucci | Ottawa (Kan.) | F | Fr. |
| Michael Rempel | Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) | D | Sr. |
| Bruno Garcia | Cumberlands (Ky.) | D | Gr. |
| Julian Diaz | WVU Tech (W.Va.) | D | Sr. |
| Daniel Mulero | William Carey (Miss.) | M | Jr. |
| Jordy Lopez | Madonna (Mich.) | F | R-Sr. |
| Emerson Nieto | Indiana Tech | M | Gr. |
| Cuba Grant | Indiana Tech | GK | Gr. |
THIRD TEAM
| PLAYER | INSTITUTION | POSITION | YEAR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Watts | Columbia (Mo.) | M | Sr |
| Tyrique Bailey-Edwards | Union Commonwealth (Ky.) | D | Jr. |
| Lorenzo Jacon | Stanton (Ca.) | F | Fr. |
| David Russell | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | F | Fr. |
| Bodo Calderon | Warner Pacific (Ore.) | M | Sr. |
| Atjon Thaqi | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) | M | Fr. |
| Ousmane Fall | Georgia Gwinnett | F | Fr. |
| Vasco Tavares | Grace (Ind.) | D | So. |
| Hugo Garcia-Rosado Duran | Midland (Neb.) | M | Sr. |
| Sean Palena | La Sierra (Calif.) | M | Gr. |
| Anthony Ulloa | Wiley (Texas) | M | So. |
| Chafik El Idrissi | Baker (Kan.) | M | So. |
| Justin Figaroa | Grand View (Iowa) | F | So. |
| Felipe Padierna | Ottawa (Kan.) | D | Sr. |
| Horace Avila Jr. | Bethel (Tenn.) | F | Sr. |
| Mario Fernandez | Cumberlands (Ky.) | M | Sr. |
| Javiero Izquierdo | Cumberlands (Ky.) | GK | Sr. |
| Ronald Aguilar | Texas A&M University-San Antonio | F | Sr. |
| Marcos Miranda | John Brown (Ark.) | M | So. |
| Santiago Molina | William Carey (Miss.) | F | So. |
| Alvaro Hidalgo | Life (Ga.) | M | Fr. |
| Pawel Wolny | Life (Ga.) | GK | Jr. |
| Timo Boomkens | Keiser (Fla.) | D | So. |
| Thomas Cole | Indiana Tech | D | Jr. |
