Ray Gaddis announcing his retirement just before training camp opened back in January may have been a bigger surprise than the fact that he is receiving a national award for “extraordinary accomplishments and service beyond the sport itself.”
The retired Philadelphia Union defender will be honored at the annual United Soccer Coaches Convention in Kansas City in January with the Jerry Yeagley Award for Exceptional Personal Achievement.
“How fitting for an Indiana favorite son to receive the Jerry Yeagley Award for Exceptional Personal Achievement,” United Soccer Coaches President Dr. Melissa Price stated in a news release.