Waukesha, Wis. – Carroll University's Craig Carlson headlines four Pioneers selected to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-North Central Region Team.

Carlson (right), a junior midfielder from Jackson, Wis. (Grafton High School), earned First-Team honors while fellow junior, Marc Hietpas (Little Chute, Wis./Little Chute), was a Second-Team selection.

Named to the All-Region Third-Team were senior midfielder Dona Lado (Milwaukee, Wis./Wauwatosa West) and junior goalkeeper Stanislaw Miaskowski (Appleton, Wis./Xavier).

All four players were also named to the All-Midwest Conference squad. Carlson earned MWC Player of the Year honors with Miaskowski netting Goalkeeper of the Year. Hietpas joined Carlson and Miaskowski on the First-Team while Lado was a Second-Team selection.

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After a season that saw Grinnell finish in the finals of the Midwest Conference Tournament, three Pioneers were selected to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-North Central Region Team.

Senior forward Andrew Walsh (right) of Madison, Wis. (West) lands on the Second-Team, while a pair of junior defenders were named to the Third-Team in Alex Exarhos (Richland, Wash./Hanford) and JP Prouty (Stillwell, Kan./Blue Valley ).

Prouty was named All-Region for the second time in his career after landing on the Third-Team as a freshman in 2006. This is the first All-Region selection for Walsh and Exarhos. Earlier this season, all three players were named First-Team All-MWC.

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Grinnell College and Lawrence University were two of 58 institutions to have both its men’s and women’s soccer programs earn the Team Academic Award from the National Soccer Coaches Association of America.

A total of 361 teams earned the award, 259 women’s squads and 102 on the men’s side. All four teams won the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Team Academic Award, which goes to teams that earned a grade point average of 3.0 or higher during the 2007-08 academic year.

This marks the fourth consecutive year Lawrence has had both teams win this award. 

This is the sixth consecutive sesaon the Lawrence women have been honored and the sixth time the men have earned the honor since 2001. The women's team had a GPA of 3.34 during the last academic year, and the men were at 3.18. 

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St. Norbert College senior midfielder John Cremer has been named to the first team of the 2008 College Division Academic All-America men’s soccer team as sponsored by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) and ESPN The Magazine. The Academic All-America honor is Cremer’s first and marks the fourth consecutive year and the fifth time in the last six years the St. Norbert men’s soccer team has had an Academic All-American.

“Our men’s soccer program has developed a strong tradition in the classroom, and John is well-deserving of adding his name to the list,” St. Norbert athletics director Tim Bald said.

Cremer (Pewaukee, Wis./Waukesha Catholic Memorial HS) owns a 3.98 grade point average majoring in business administration. Cremer (right) played in 16 games this season, scoring five goals and three assists for 13 points to sit as the third-leading scorer on the team. Cremer is St. Norbert’s male chair of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, works in the Office of Admissions and is a Special Olympics volunteer.

St. Norbert finished 13-6 overall this season and placed second in the Midwest Conference with an 8-1 record. The honor marks 40th time a St. Norbert College student-athlete has received Academic All-America mention. St. Norbert’s 40 Academic
All-Americans are the most among Midwest Conference member schools.

To be eligible for national or regional selection, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.30 on a scale of 4.0, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at his current institution and be nominated by his sports information director. The Academic All-America team is selected after All-District teams are picked from eight geographic regions nationally.

Grinnell College’s Andrew Walsh (right) and JP Prouty (left) have been named to the College Division District 7 Academic All-District men's soccer second team.

The award is presented by ESPN the Magazine and the College Sports Information Directors of America.

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Illinois College junior Christopher Schulte (right) has been chosen for a prestigious honor after demonstrating the ability to combine success in the classroom with skill on the soccer field.

Schulte, a defender from St. Charles, Mo., was named to the 2008 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District College Division Men’s Soccer Team. The Duchesne High School graduate secured a first-team position and will automatically become a candidate for Academic All-America honors.

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Carroll University followed up its 2008 Midwest Conference Championship and Tournament title by placing a league-high nine players on the 2008 Midwest Conference Men’s Soccer All-Conference Team. Regular season runner-up St. Norbert had an impressive seven student-athletes picked while Grinnell, who was the No. 3 seed in the Tournament, had four honorees. Lawrence earned the final berth into the tourney and has three players represented tying it with Lake Forest who also added three. Beloit, Illinois College, and Monmouth each have two All-MWC selections while Knox and Ripon finish with one.

For the second consecutive season Carroll swept the MWC awards. Junior midfielder Craig Carlson (left) becomes the first non-senior to win Player of the Year since its inception in 2000 while Rick Mobley (right) wins Coach of the Year for the fourth time in his career.

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Midwest Conference Champion Carroll University defeated Wittenberg University 3-2 in Friday's opening round of the NCAA Tournament. Trailing 2-1 in the 84th minute, senior midfielder Alex Goranson knocked in the tying goal before junior forward Andy Prentice scored his second goal and the eventual game-winner two minutes later.

The thrilling victory set-up a second-round match-up between Carroll and Ohio Northern University, who upset host Wheaton College the previous day. Trailing 1-0 to start the second half, senior defender Bram Daelemans found the back of the net in the 41st minute to even the game. The score would remain that way through regulation and the first overtime until Ohio Northern ended the Pioneers' season with a goal at the 109-minute mark.

Friday, November 14
Carroll 3, Wittenberg 2

Saturday, November 15
Ohio Northern 2, Carroll 1 (2OT)

MWC Champion Carroll and Tournament Winner Carroll University will travel to Wheaton College to take on Wittenberg University on Friday, November 14 at 5 p.m. Wittenberg, in post-season action for the first time in 12 years, received an at-large bid as the runner-up in the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament.

Ohio Northern will take on host Wheaton College, which has the longest active streak in NCAA Tournament appearances for Division III Men's Soccer at 16. The winners will face each other on Saturday.

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