WASHINGTON - No. 6/6 Georgetown University men's soccer junior defender Joshua Yaro (Santa Barbara, Calif./Cate School) was named to the College Sports Information Directors Association (CoSIDA) Academic All-District II First Team last week. He became the first Hoya to be recognized on the organization's academic all-district lists since the 2009 season.

Yaro, a 2014 MAC Hermann Trophy semifinalist, was named First Team All-American and First Team All-Great Lakes Region last season. The 2014 BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year was also a unanimous selection to the first team. He was a key part of Georgetown's 10 shutouts in 2014, including a league-best six in the nine conference games played. He also got into the action on offense with an assist coming at Princeton. Yaro earned BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week honors on three occasions last season and was a member of the Preseason All-BIG EAST squad. His sophomore year was a breakout season with conference, regional and national honors, marking the first in his career.

Yaro has battled through an early-season injury to start 11 games for the Hoyas this year. Already this season, Yaro has been named to the Hermann Trophy Watch List, the BIG EAST Preseason Defensive Player of the Year, Preseason All-BIG EAST and to TopDrawerSoccer.com's Preseason Best XI First Team. He was also named the BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 26.

The Hoyas are 12-2-2 overall and 8-0 in BIG EAST Conference play clinching a share of the BIG EAST Regular Season Championship. The team is on a program-record 13-game unbeaten streak and has broken the record for consecutive wins with 10. Earlier this year, the Blue & Gray posted six-consecutive shutouts for a program record and has seven total on the season.

Yaro was one of four honorees from the BIG EAST Conference. The last time a Georgetown men's soccer player was honored was in 2009 when Alex Verdi was named to the second team and Mark Wilber was named to the first team before going on to be named Second Team Academic All-America.

The CoSIDA Academic All-District Teams recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom. The Academic All-District teams are divided into eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada. First Team Academic All-District honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team All-America honorees will be selected later this month.

Georgetown will host No. 1/2 Creighton University on Thursday in the regular-season finale and senior day at Shaw Field. The game will decide the top two seeds in the BIG EAST Championship. Kickoff is scheduled for 2 p.m., and the game will be broadcast live on the BIG EAST Digital Network with Dan Helfrich and Tom Greaser calling the action. Live stats will also be available through www.GUHoyas.com.

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