GREENWOOD, Ind. — High Point University's Josh Caron has been named to the Academic All-America Second Team, which is selected by the College Sports Communicators and was announced on Tuesday afternoon.
 
Caron is the first Panther selected as an Academic All-American since 2012 and the third ever to receive this prestigious honor. He graduated with his finance degree last Friday and will return for his final year of athletic eligibility in the fall of 2026.
 
The redshirt junior goalkeeper is the epitome of student-athlete, excelling on and off the field and adds Academic All-America to his list of accolades this season: Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Big South Goalkeeper of the Year, Big South All-Academic Team and First Team as well as CSC Academic All-District.
 
Caron started in all 20 games — with a program-tying best nine complete shutouts and 10 combined clean sheets — on 180 shots faced in 1782 minutes played for a 14-2-4 record. Caron allowed just 15 goals for 0.76 goals against average. He led the Panthers to a pair of Big South Conference Championships, the best league goal difference in Big South history, 30-1, and HPU's first Sweet Sixteen appearance after the school's first-ever second round win over West Virigina.