The United Soccer Coaches have selected their Scholar All-Americans and All-Region student-athletes for the 2017 season and two members of the University of Rochester men's soccer team were selected.
 
Junior midfielder Bryce Ikeda was both a Scholar All-American and Scholar All-East Region selection, while senior goalkeeper Redd Brown was a Scholar All-Region honoree.  Ikeda was selected as a 1st Team All-Region player and 3rd Team All-American while Brown was 3rd Team All-Region.
 
The Scholar All-American and All-Region awards combines a players on-field prowess with their academic efforts in the classroom.  In order to be selected, a student-athlete must have at least a 3.50 cumulative GPA, have started more than 50 percent of all games and be an elite player as supported by their playing honors which includes All-conference recognition or contributions to the success of his or her team.  Also, the players must be a junior or above in academic standing at their current institution or be in the second year at an institution if a transfer student.
 
Ikeda earns his awards after being recognized as a 3rd Team All-Region honoree by the United Soccer Coaches, a 2nd Team selection within the UAA and an Academic All-District representative as selected by CoSIDA.  This season, the co-captain produced 14 points for Rochester, scoring five goals and adding four assists.  He recorded one game-winning goal and added an assist on UR's game-winner in the NCAA Sweet 16 contest against Amherst.
 
The Tacoma, Washington native currently carries at 3.74 grade point average in his Electrical and Computer Engineering major.
 
Brown had a magnificent season in goal for the Yellowjackets, starting all 21 games and ended up playing all but 45 minutes.  He finished the season with a 14-4-3 record, a 0.84 GAA (18 goals allowed) and a .775 save percentage (62 saves).  The senior also had nine solo shutouts, matching the school record set back in 1997.  He also was a 2nd Team All-UAA honoree and CoSIDA Academic All-District selection.
 
The Chalfont, Pennsylvania native has posted a 3.78 grade point average throughout his collegiate career so far and is an Economics and Religion major.