Daytona Beach, FL- Daytona State College’s Wakaba Kogure and Akari Kishida were named a United Soccer Coaches Second and Third Team Scholar All-American as recently announced by the organization. This marks Daytona’s first Scholar All-American honor since the 2021 season.

Wakaba Kogure

Forward

Tokyo, Japan

• Named to the United Soccer Coaches Association Second Team Scholar All-America team.
• A NJCAA First-Team All-American honoree 2023
• A United Soccer Coaches All-Region honoree 2022
• Kogure was named NJCAA Region 8 Player of the Year and First Team Region 8 in 2023
• She was named NJCAA Region 8 Freshman of the Year and First Team Region 8 in 2022
• Member of the NJCAA All-Academic team and FCSAA All-Academic award recipient in 2022
• The sophomore started in all 31 games during her career with the Falcons.
• In the 2022 season she scored 11 goals and had 5 assists for a total of 27 points
• During the 2023 season she had 7 goals and 7 assists for 21 points
• Kogure holds a 4.0 grade point average through Fall 2023

Akari Kishida

Midfielder

Tokyo, Japan

• Named to the United Soccer Coaches Association Third Team Scholar All-America team.
• Kishida was named NJCAA Region 8 First Team in both her freshman and sophomore seasons.
• Member of the NJCAA All-Academic team and FCSAA All-Academic award recipient in 2022
• The sophomore started in 30 games during her career with the Falcons.
• In the 2022 season she scored 8 goals and had 11 assists for a total of 27 points
• During the 2023 season she had 7 goals and 7 assists for 21 points
• Kishida holds a 3.87 grade point average through Fall 2023

United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-American

• To receive the award, the nominee must be a sophomore in athletic standing at the current institution, have at least a 3.30 cumulative GPA throughout their career, and play a minimum of 75 percent of all team’s games and be an elite player as supported by playing honors.
• Kogure and Kishida were the only two student-athletes from Region 8 to earn the honor