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Patrick Short Named Drexel's CAA Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year
4/2/2025 2:00:00 PM | Men's Soccer
RICHMOND, Va. – Patrick Short of men's soccer has been named Drexel's Coastal Athletic Association's Male Scholar-Athlete.
Short completed his graduate campaign with five goals and 10 assists for 20 points across 13 matches and 1311 minutes. Short concluded the regular season with a five-point performance against Charleston. The Georgetown, Del. native scored two goals and tallied an assist in the 5-1 victory. Short was named the CAA's Co-Midfielder of the Year, the first Dragon to win the award, and also to the All-CAA First Team. In addition, Short was named to the CSC Academic All-America First Team this past fall. Short is the second straight Drexel men's soccer player to be named to the Academic All-American first team. Youri Senden was selected to the team in 2023. It is the first time a Drexel program has had players win back-to-back Academic All-American first team since Kelli Griffith of Softball was selected to the first team in both 1992 and 1993.
Each of the CAA's 13 institutions had a nominee for the CAA Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year, and each will be recognized with a crystal award. Dave Fitch of UNCW was named the 2024-25 Coastal Athletic Association Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
2024-25 CAA Institutional Male Scholar-Athlete Awards
Short completed his graduate campaign with five goals and 10 assists for 20 points across 13 matches and 1311 minutes. Short concluded the regular season with a five-point performance against Charleston. The Georgetown, Del. native scored two goals and tallied an assist in the 5-1 victory. Short was named the CAA's Co-Midfielder of the Year, the first Dragon to win the award, and also to the All-CAA First Team. In addition, Short was named to the CSC Academic All-America First Team this past fall. Short is the second straight Drexel men's soccer player to be named to the Academic All-American first team. Youri Senden was selected to the team in 2023. It is the first time a Drexel program has had players win back-to-back Academic All-American first team since Kelli Griffith of Softball was selected to the first team in both 1992 and 1993.
Each of the CAA's 13 institutions had a nominee for the CAA Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year, and each will be recognized with a crystal award. Dave Fitch of UNCW was named the 2024-25 Coastal Athletic Association Male Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
2024-25 CAA Institutional Male Scholar-Athlete Awards
| Campbell | Owen Mikoy, Men's Soccer |
| Charleston | Mattia Bernardi, Men's Tennis |
| Delaware | Kevin Ellington, Men's Lacrosse |
| Drexel | Patrick Short, Men's Soccer |
| Elon | Matthew Doyle, Men's Golf |
| Hampton | Donte Armbrister, Men's Tennis |
| Hofstra | Pierce Infuso, Men's Soccer |
| Monmouth | Bastian Hatcher, Men's Soccer |
| UNCW | Dave Fitch, Men's Swimming |
| Northeastern | Ethan Exilhomme, Men's Track and Field |
| Stony Brook | Jonas Bickus, Men's Soccer |
| Towson | Raymond Glass, Jr., Men's Lacrosse |
| William & Mary | Ben Parker, Baseball |
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