Bowling Green State University men's soccer star Trace Terry has been named to the TopDrawerSoccer Best XI Third Team. The website recently announced their postseason awards for the 2024 season.

Additionally, Terry and fellow Falcon phenom Kyle Cusimano each landed on the TDS Postseason Top-100 list, a ranking of the top players in the nation in NCAA Division I. Terry was ranked 30th on the list, while Cusimano was 80th in the country.

(Scroll to the bottom of the page for a list of BGSU's honors and awards from the 2024 season to date)

Terry, a native of Bellbrook, Ohio (Bellbrook), has earned a veritable plethora of honors in 2024. In addition to the TDS All-America Third-Team honor, he was named to the United Soccer Coaches All-America Second Team. He also was voted to the All-Missouri Valley Conference First Team, and landed on the MVC's All-Tournament Team as well.

The forward was a United Soccer Coaches All-West Region First-Team selection, and also was named to the TDS Midseason Top 100 list in mid-October, checking in at number 16.

Terry had totals of 12 goals and 29 points on the season, ranking second on the Falcons in both categories. He also recorded five assists to rank fourth on the club. Terry played in 18 of BGSU's 20 matches, starting all 18, and had a team-leading five game-winning goals. He scored at least one point in 13 of his 18 matches.

Terry, who was named to the Preseason All-MVC Team back in August, led the team in scoring in MVC regular-season matches, with five goals and 10 points. He had at least one goal in five consecutive matches from mid-September to early October, the longest such streak by a Falcon since 2005. That streak included two-goal games vs. both Bradley (Sept. 21) and Eastern Illinois (Sept. 24).

Terry scored the first goal of the match no fewer than six times in 2024. He was named MVC Offensive Player of the Week in back-to-back weeks (Sept. 24 and Oct. 1), and he had at least one point in each of BGSU's three MVC Tournament matches, including the lone goal in the Falcons' semifinal-round win over Drake.

Terry has scored 47 points in 51 matches in his BGSU career, with 18 goals and 11 assists. Seven of the goals have been game winners. He is ranked among the school's career leaders in goals (tied for 17th), GWG (tied for ninth) and points (tied for 26th).

On Dec. 20, Terry was selected by Seattle Sounders FC in the third round of the 2025 MLS SuperDraft. He became the second BGSU underclassman in the last three years to be chosen in the MLS SuperDraft.

Cusimano, a native of Bay Village, Ohio (Bay), adds to his lengthy list of honors as well. He was named one of just 15 semifinalists for the 2024 MAC Hermann Trophy, and was named to the United Soccer Coaches All-America First Team, becoming the Falcons' first player to earn that accolade since 1996. The Missouri Valley Conference Defensive Player of the Year, he also was chosen to both the All-MVC First Team and the USC All-West Region First Team.

The defender had six points on two goals and two assists, and the fifth-year Falcon played 1,667 of the first 1,668 minutes of the season (coming off the pitch due to an injury but returning after just over a minute) before being injured early in the second half of the MVC Tournament semifinal match. The latter injury forced him to miss the remainder of that match and all of the championship contest.

Cusimano helped the Falcons keep six clean sheets on the season. He was named to the TDS National Team of the Week on Sept. 3. Additionally, he was named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete Second Team, and also was selected to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District® Team.

Cusimano played in 79 career matches, starting 78, in his stellar Falcon career. He is tied for 11th in school history in appearances and ranks seventh in career starts. And, he had 33 career points, with 10 goals and 13 assists.

BGSU finished the 2024 season with an overall record of 12-6-2, and the Falcons went 4-3-1 in their second season in the MVC, tying for third in the nine-team league. The Orange and Brown picked up wins over UIC and Drake to advance to the championship match of the MVC Tournament, before falling in overtime to Evansville.

BGSU'S 2024 HONORS TO DATE
(as of Dec. 29, 2024)
ALBERTO ANAYA
All-MVC First Team
Preseason All-MVC Team
Academic All-District® Team, selected by CSC
MVC Scholar-Athlete Second Team
TDS National Team of Week (Oct. 1) – HM
MVC Offensive Player of Week (Nov. 5)

JAKE BERGIN
Academic All-District® Team, selected by CSC

KYLE CUSIMANO
MAC Hermann Trophy Semifinalist
USC All-America First Team
USC All-West Region First Team
MVC Defensive Player of Year
All-MVC First Team
Academic All-District® Team, selected by CSC
MVC Scholar-Athlete Second Team
TDS Postseason Top-100 List – No. 80
TDS National Team of Week (Sept. 3)

JOSH ERLANDSON
Academic All-District® Team, selected by CSC
MVC Scholar-Athlete Second Team

BRENDAN GRAVES
All-MVC Second Team
MVC All-Tournament Team
Academic All-District® Team, selected by CSC
MVC Scholar-Athlete Second Team
MVC Defensive Player of Week (Sept. 3)
MVC Defensive Player of Week (Oct. 1)
MVC Defensive Player of Week (Nov. 5)

JAKE LANE
MVC All-Tournament Team
MVC Elite 18 Award winner
MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team

BENNETT PAINTER
All-MVC Second Team
TDS Midseason Top-100 List – No. 53
MVC Offensive Player of Week (Oct. 15)
TDS National Team of Week (Oct. 15)

ANDREW SHAFFER
MVC Scholar-Athlete First Team
Academic All-District® Team, selected by CSC

TRACE TERRY
Drafted by Seattle in 3rd Round of MLS SuperDraft
USC All-America Second Team
TDS Best XI (All-America) Third Team
All-MVC First Team
USC All-West Region First Team
MVC All-Tournament Team
Preseason All-MVC Team
TDS Midseason Top-100 List – No. 16
TDS Postseason Top-100 List – No. 30
MVC Offensive Player of Week (Sept. 24)
TDS National Team of Week (Sept. 24) – HM
MVC Offensive Player of Week (Oct. 1)

CSC - College Sports Communicators; TDS - Top Drawer Soccer

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