Men's Soccer | 11/17/2021 3:09:00 PM

TROY, N.Y.  – The 2021-22 Academic All-District Men's Soccer Teams have been selected by CoSIDA and four Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) student-athletes have been recognized. Luke Brezak, Michael Harten, Ben Kogan and Joaquin Rodriguez were all named to the First Team and are now eligible for National Academic All-America recognition.

A graduate student and goalkeeper from Camano Island, Wash., Brezak started all 18 games for the Engineers this season, going 11-5-2, with a 0.78 goals against average and a .791 save percentage. He recorded nine shutouts, including six in Liberty League play, where he was 7-2-0, with a 0.44 goals against average and an .818 save percentage.

Brezak, who was an All-Liberty League Honorable Mention in 2021, finished his RPI career with 44 games played. A graduate of The Overlake School, he posted a 25-8-6 record, with a 0.74 goals against average and an .815 save percentage with 19 shutouts. He concludes his career with 137 total stops in 3770:13 minutes.

Registering a 3.47 undergraduate grade point average in Applied Physics, Brezak is currently finishing his graduate degree in Aeronautical Engineering. A flight sciences intern at Eviation, he earned ECAC Division III North Goalkeeper of the Month in both September and October this season.

A graduate student and midfielder out of Merrick, N.Y., Harten was a First Team All-Liberty League selection this fall, starting all 18 games for the Engineers this season in a holding role. Averaging 86.4 minutes per match, he netted one goal on 10 shots (6 on target), with a game-winning tally against Keene State on September 17.

Harten played in 69 games for the Engineers, including 59 as a starter. The former Sanford H. Calhoun High School standout and United Soccer Coaches All East Region Second Team honoree had four goals and 12 assists for 20 points, with 48 shot attempts (15 on goal). Three of his tallies went for game-winners.

A multiple Liberty League All-Academic selection, Harten has a 3.57 cumulative GPA in Civil Engineering. He has interned at Turner Construction Company over the last three summers.

Kogan, who is a junior from Clifton Park, N.Y., played in 16 games for Rensselaer this season, including 15 as a starter. Splitting time between playing striker and in the midfield, he posted one goal and one assist for three points. Totaling 19 shots, including seven on goal, he averaged 58.9 minutes per match.

Through 36 career games at RPI, Kogan has three goals and one assist for seven points. The former Shenendehowa High School standout has 27 shots (5 on goal), with one game-winning tally.

Carrying a 3.71 GPA in Civil Engineering, he is a multiple-Liberty League All-Academic and Dean's Honor List recipient. A member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, he has interned at Aztech Geothermal, ABD Engineers and CHA Consulting Inc.

A senior midfielder from Miami, Fla., Rodriguez played in 13 games for the Engineers this year, including nine as a starter. Notching two shots, he averaged 50.7 minutes per match in a holding role.

Rodriguez played in 25 games for the Engineers in his career, including 10 as a starter, recording three shot attempts. He is a graduate of NSU University School.

Earning multiple Liberty League All-Academic honors, Rodriguez has a 3.51 cumulative grade point average, while earning a dual major in Industrial & Management Engineering and Economics. An MHEFI Scholarship Award recipient, he had a co-op at Johnson & Johnson.

The Engineers went 11-5-2 overall this season, including a 7-2-0 mark in the Liberty League.