WASHINGTON – Georgetown University juniors Dante Polvara and Will Sands were both named United Soccer Coaches First Team Scholar All-Americans as announced by the organization on Thursday. This marks Georgetown's first Scholar All-American honor since the 2015 season.

Dante Polvara
Jr. | M
Pleasantville, N.Y. / Brunswick

• This is Polvara's first national academic honor.
• He was also selected First Team Scholar All-South Region by the United Soccer Coaches.
• On Wednesday, Polvara was named a MAC Hermann Trophy finalist.
• It was his second time being named a MAC Hermann semifinalist after earning the distinction a season ago.
• Polvara was the 2021 BIG EAST Midfielder of the Year as well as a First Team All-BIG EAST selection.
• He also earned United Soccer Coaches Second Team All-American and First Team All-East Region honors.
• The midfielder started all 22 games for the Blue & Gray and led the team in scoring with seven goals and six assists for 20 points.
• Three of his goals were game winners this past season.
• The team captain was named to the TopDrawerSoccer.com Team of the Week twice this past year as well as earning a nod to the BIG EAST Weekly Honor roll.
• Polvara is a finance major with a 3.560 cumulative GPA.

Will Sands
Jr. | D
Rye, N.Y. / Brunswick

• This is Sands' first national academic honor.
• He was also selected First Team Scholar All-South Region by the United Soccer Coaches.
• Sands was selected as a United Soccer Coaches Third Team All-American.
• The defender was a First Team All-BIG EAST selection and a First Team All-East Region honoree from the United Soccer Coaches.
• He was twice named BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Week (10/25 & 10/11).
• Sands also earned two nods to the TopDrawerSoccer.com Team of the Week on 10/25 and 12/3.
• He appeared in all 22 games for the Blue & Gray with 21 starts to his credit.
• Sands had three goals and as many assists for nine points on the season.
• The junior has two game winners for the year.
• Sands is a government major with a 3.806 cumulative GPA.

Scholar All-American

• Polvara and Sands were two of just 11 first team honorees and the only winners from the BIG EAST Conference.
• Georgetown was the only school to have two people on the first team, and one of only five schools to boast multiple honorees.
• The last Hoya to win the award was Joshua Yaro who was a first team selection in 2015.
• Prior to Yaro, only two Hoyas had been recognized with the honor as Tom Greaser and Bill Bednarz earned first and third team selections during the 1997 campaign.