KANSAS CITY, Mo. – On Monday, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) released the 2025 Men's Soccer All-American Teams.
Indiana Tech would grab three spots across the three teams as
Cuba Grant,
Emerson Nieto, and
Thomas Cole all made the list. Grant and Nieto would be named to the Second Team, while Cole was named to the Third Team. The trio helped lead the Warriors to the NAIA National Tournament Quarterfinal and a seventh straight WHAC Tournament Championship this season.
Grant, a graduate student from Brampton, Canada, was one of two goalkeepers to make the second team after a standout season in goal for the Warriors. He posted a record of 18-5-1, starting all 24 games for the Orange & Black, and racking up 2,038 minutes played. Grant would record eight shutouts and 70 saves on the season, while posting a .761 save percentage and 0.97 goals against average.
Nieto, also a graduate student, was one of four midfield players named to the second team. The Fort Wayne, Indiana native played 22 games for the Warriors, starting in all 22 of those. Nieto recorded six assists and six points in 1,790 minutes this season.
Cole, a junior from Durham, England, was named to the third team as one of the five defenders. He led a Warriors back line that recorded eleven team shutouts during the season. Cole would play 22 games for Tech this season, starting 21 of them. He recorded the second most minutes played, behind fellow All-American, Grant, and the most minutes of any non-goalkeeper with 1,823. The junior would also chip in offensively with two goals, two assists, and six points.
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