CSC Academic All-District Teams
 
GOLDEN, Colo. – The College Sports Communicators (CSC) announced the Academic All-District teams for the sport of men's soccer Tuesday and five members of the Colorado School of Mines men's soccer program were recognized for the accomplishments on the pitch and in the classroom, as Caden Allaire, John Burnett, Quin Collins, Caelin David and Marc Zimmerman were among those named to the Division II team.
 
The 2023 Academic All-District® Men's Soccer Teams, selected by College Sports Communicators, recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances on the field and in the classroom. Changes to the program this year included immediate eligibility for undergraduate transfers, waiving a 12-month residency requirement and athletic eligibility criteria being changed so that student-athletes must participate in 90% of games played are start 66% of games played. Student-athletes who meet both athletic and academic standards laid out by the CSC Academic All-America Core Committee will be selected to advance to the Academic All-America ballot.
 
Allaire earned a spot on the All-District list as part of the new rules for undergraduate transfers. After coming to Mines in January from Casper College, Allaire took over as the everyday goalkeeper for the Orediggers in his first season in Golden, he started all 16 matches in which he appeared for 1,402:16 with 56 saves against 25 goals allowed for a GAA of 1.60 and a .691 save percentage with three solo shutouts while combining for a fourth. One of those shutouts came against defending national runner-up CSU Pueblo back on September 21, during which he recorded six saves. Allaire currently holds a 4.000 GPA in Quantitative Biosciences & Engineering.
 
Burnett earned a spot on the Academic All-District list for the first time in his career and comes on the heels of a season in which he was named Second Team All-RMAC. The junior from Windsor started 15 of 17 matches for 1,126 minutes and set a new career-high with four assists while also scoring once for six points. Three of his assists came in a five-match stretch from mid to late October while five of his six points also came during that period. A productive member of the Mines attack, the Orediggers are 10-1-2 in his career when he registers a point. Burnett holds a 3.590 GPA in Geological Engineering.
 
Collins earned his second Academic All-District honor in as many seasons following a season in which he also earned First Team Academic All-RMAC laurels. The Austin native started 15 times in17 matches for Mines this season, logging the fourth-highest workload on the team with 1,363 minutes played and posting an almost identical stat line to last season, scoring twice with two assists for six points to match his 2022 numbers but posting career-highs in shots (29) and shots on goal (11). His two goals came in back-to-back matches against South Dakota Mines and Fort Lewis and he added an assist against Adams State to post five points over that stretch at the end of October. Collins owns a 3.983 GPA in Quantitative Biosciences & Engineering.
 
David served as team captain this season and was one of two players to start all 17 matches in 2023 for Mines, leading the club with 1,471 minutes played. The junior from Alpharetta, Georgia broke through this season for the first two goals of his career, both of which were game winners against South Dakota Mines and Adams State. Collins maintains a 3.879 GPA in Quantitative Biosciences & Engineering.
 
Zimmermann rounds out the group with his First Academic All-District honor following a season in which he took home RMAC Academic Player of the Year honors. A second-year player for the Orediggers from Orsingen-Nenzingen, Germany, Zimmermann started 10 times in 17 matches for 833 minutes and had a breakout season, scoring the first four goals of his career and doubling his assist total from 2022 to finished the season with 11 points. He scored in three of the first five matches of the season and had a game winner against Westminster on October 8 before ending the season with an assist in each of the final two matches. Zimmermann holds a 3.932 GPA in Electrical Engineering.
 
Academic All-District® honorees advance to the CSC Academic All-America® ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America® honorees will be announced December 19.
 
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