James Randall (Brampton, Ontario/Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School)

AUSTIN, Texas - Senior midfielder,, was named to the 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team Tuesday afternoon. He becomes the eighth player in program history to be named an Academic All-American and just the second player to earn first team honors.Randall has raked in the academic awards this season having already earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors earlier this year. He was also named the PSAC Scholar Athlete prior to the conference semifinal game. He is the third male athlete at Gannon to be honored this year with the PSAC Scholar award and the first men's soccer player since the 2017 season.In the classroom, Randall boasts a perfect 4.0 GPA as a finance major in his final year of undergraduate courses. He will move back to Canada to continue his academic career pursuing his MBA upon graduation. In addition to his academic success, Randall has been a leader on the field for the Knights helping lead the 2019 squad to a regular season title, a PSAC Championship game appearance, and their first trip to the NCAA Tournament since 2012. Randall has two goals and two assists on the year and has taken 14 total shots.Randall and the Knights will be in action Thursday in the Super Region 1 semifinals vs. No. 3 Charleston at 1 pm at McConnell Family Stadium.