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SIMA Alumni in NCAA Tournament

By SIMA, 11/20/19, 1:15PM EST

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Starting on Thursday, November 21, the collegiate soccer world will see the beginning of the 2019 NCAA Division I Tournament, marking the next step of the post-season. The SIMA program will see a total of 11 teams with alumni participants in this tournament with four squads ranked in the top 16.

These 11 rosters represent conferences all over the country including the Atlantic Coast Conference, ASUN Conference, Conference USA, Big East Conference, West Coast Conference, and American Athletic Conference. From these conferences, several of our alumni’s teams were champions of their conference including New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) who captured Regular Season and Conference Championships, St. Mary’s College of California and Marshall University.

All 11 of these collegiate rosters bolster a total of 20 SIMA alumni, many who have already received awards from their respective conferences on their play throughout the regular season. Some have even been selected to post-season All-Tournament Teams for their contribution during their conference tournaments.

Starting on Saturday, November 23, the 2019 NCAA Division II Tournament will kick off with six teams holding a total of 14 SIMA alumni on their rosters. Of the six teams, both the University of Charleston at West Virginia and Wingate won their Conference Championships with Palm Beach Atlantic and West Florida falling just short in the finals.

These teams represent conferences including Great Lakes Valley Conference, Mountain East Conference, South Atlantic Conference, Sunshine State Conference, and the Gulf South Conference from states along the east coast to the Midwest.

While the NCAA Division III Tournament is already underway, SIMA saw three alumni representing two teams in the first round with Luther College advancing to the Third-Round set to be played on November 22.

See below for a full list of SIMA alumni participating in the NCAA tournament with their respective teams, conferences, divisions, and matchups.

Alumni Name Grad Year College/University Conference Division
Edward Kizza 2017 University of Pittsburgh Atlantic Coast Conference NCAA DI
Jackson Walti 2018 University of Pittsburgh Atlantic Coast Conference NCAA DI
Rodrigo Almeida 2018 University of Pittsburgh Atlantic Coast Conference NCAA DI
Justin Malou 2017 Clemson University Atlantic Coast Conference NCAA DI
Malick Mbaye 2016 Clemson University Atlantic Coast Conference NCAA DI
Philip Mayaka 2019 Clemson University Atlantic Coast Conference NCAA DI
Nolan Lennon 2015 Clemson University Atlantic Coast Conference NCAA DI
Weston King 2019 University of Louisville Atlantic Coast Conference NCAA DI
Bruno Lapa 2016 Wake Forest University Atlantic Coast Conference NCAA DI
Joao Souza 2019 Marshall University Conference USA NCAA DI
Bleno Cruz 2019 Marshall University Conference USA NCAA DI
Gabe Sitler 2019 Marshall University Conference USA NCAA DI
Paul Ramsey 2018 St. Mary's College of California West Coast Conference NCAA DI
Kameron Lacey 2019 UNC Charlotte Conference USA NCAA DI
Arrio Rusnak 2018 New Jersey Institute of Technology ASUN Conference NCAA DI
Usman Gil Ivern 2017 Butler University Big East Conference NCAA DI
Gabriel Gjergji 2018 Butler University Big East Conference NCAA DI
Enrique Facusse 2017 University of Kentucky Conference USA NCAA DI
Matt Douglass 2018 University of Central Florida American Athletic Conference NCAA DI
Jeremy DiLallo 2019 University of Central Florida American Athletic Conference NCAA DI
Bryan Moreira 2019 University of Indianapolis Great Lakes Valley Conference NCAA DII
Matheus Maccari 2019 University of Indianapolis Great Lakes Valley Conference NCAA DII
Christopher Jensen 2019 University of Indianapolis Great Lakes Valley Conference NCAA DII
Juan Pablo Echeverry 2019 University of Indianapolis Great lakes Valley Conference NCAA DII
Joao Curvo 2019 Wingate University South Atlantic Conference NCAA DII
Luiz Oliveira 2019 Wingate University South Atlantic Conference NCAA DII
Leonardo do Couto Sousa 2018 University of Charleston, West Virginia Mountain East Conference NCAA DII
Joao Gallo Lima 2019 University of Charleston, West Virginia Mountain East Conference NCAA DII
Leonardo Gama 2018 Palm Beach Atlantic University Sunshine State Conference NCAA DII
Nicolas Boucher 2018 Palm Beach Atlantic University Sunshine State Conference NCAA DII
Andre Castro 2017 Queens University South Atlantic Conference NCAA DII
Yuri Poplawski 2018 Queens University South Atlantic Conference NCAA DII
Ciao Brandao 2019 Queens University South Atlantic Conference NCAA DII
Sergi Agusti 2018 University of West Florida Gulf South Conference NCAA DII
Luca Galitelli 2018 Hanover College Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference NCAA DIII
Giancarlo Leite 2018 Luther College American Rivers Conference NCAA DIII
Luiz Sodre 2018 Luther College American Rivers Conference NCAA DIII