Nov. 18, 2009

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Senior midfielders Haley Beam and Adam Gross of the Charlotte women's and men's soccer programs were named to the first-team CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America squads, while Temple senior midfielder J.T. Noone was tabbed a CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Men's Soccer Academic All-America second-team member as announced this afternoon by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

Beam, a Cornelius, N.C. native, boasts a 3.80 grade point average as a Finance and Marketing major. Beam was named the 2009 A-10 Midfielder and Student-Athlete of the Year for the second consecutive year and is a two-time first-team All-Conference and Academic All-Conference selection. She also garnered third-team TopDrawerSoccer.com National Team of the Season honors. Beam finished her senior campaign second in the A-10 with 10 goals, 10 assists and 30 points. She earned A-10 Player of the Week honors twice this season and ends her career as the program's all-time leading scorer.

Gross has a 3.66 grade point average in Business Management. The Austin, Texas native ranks among the A-10 leaders with a team-leading career-high eight goals with four of them being game-winners. He also is second on the team with six assists which gives him a team-leading 22 points. He scored two goals and added two assists in the 49ers win over George Washington. He has earned A-10 Player of the Week honors twice this season.

Noone, hailing from Harrisburg, Pa., earned a 3.70 cumulative grade point average for his college career, being named to the Academic All-Atlantic 10 Conference team the past two seasons. A two-time All-Atlantic 10 Conference first team selection, Noone led the Cherry and White in assists for the third consecutive season (7). Setting the single-season assist mark last year with 13, he became TU's all-time leader in that category against Albany on Sept. 20, now owning 26 career dishes. Combined with 12 career goals, he accumulated 50 points during his tenure.