Five
Mustangs earn all-conference awards
Posted
11/1/07 3:36 PM
Nick Miller |
Zlatko Tomic |
Drago Ceranic |
Petar Triva |
Jeff Wagner |
CEDAR RAPIDS,
Iowa -- Five members of the Mount Mercy College men's soccer team,
including junior forward Nick Miller and sophomore midfielder
Zlatko Tomic, garnered all-Midwest Collegiate Conference honors,
the league announced Wednesday.
Miller and
Tomic were first-team all-conference picks. Miller, who missed
the 2006 season while battling cancer, led the Mustangs in scoring
with career-highs of 15 goals and seven assists. He was a second-team
all-MCC performer as a freshman and landed on the first team as
a sophomore. Miller is now the third-leading scorer in school
history with 40 career goals and 18 assists.
Tomic, an
honorable mention all-conference selection as a freshman, was
second on the squad in goals this season with six and also collected
five assists. In just two seasons, he stands eighth in school
history in goals scored (13) and ninth in points (33).
Mount Mercy
sophomore defender Drago Ceranic and freshman midfielder Petar
Triva received honorable mention all-conference laurels. Ceranic,
also an honorable mention honoree as a freshman, scored one goal
and assisted three others while anchoring the Mustang defense
this fall. Triva was the team's second-leading scorer, netting
six goals to go along with six assists in his first season at
Mount Mercy.
Junior midfielder
Jeff Wagner represented the Mustangs on the all-conference NAIA
Champions of Character team.
St. Ambrose
University forward Greg Lehman was the 2007 MCC Player of the
Year after leading the Fighting Bees to the regular season league
title. Kendrick Tyson, also from St. Ambrose, was named 2007 MCC
Newcomer of the Year. Ashford University's Mick Regan was tabbed
2007 MCC Coach of the Year.
2007
Midwest Collegiate Conference Men's Soccer Awards
2007 MCC Player
of the Year: Greg Lehman, St. Ambrose
2007 MCC Newcomer of the Year: Kendrick Tyson, St. Ambrose
2007 MCC Coach of the Year: Mick Regan, Ashford
2007 MCC Men's
Soccer First Team:
- Forwards:
Mirsad Kazic (Grand View); Nick
Miller (Mount Mercy); Greg Lehman (St. Ambrose)
- Defenders:
Jordan Carver (Grand View); Gustavo Rocha (Grand View); Iain
Whiteside (Grand View); Garrett Alderson (St. Ambrose)
- Midfielders:
Ernad Jaskic (Grand View); Chris Scott (Grand View); Zlatko
Tomic (Mount Mercy); Mike Schuenemann (St. Ambrose);
Kendrick Tyson (St. Ambrose)
- Goalkeepers:
Chris Rennie (Iowa Wesleyan); Justin DeSousa (St. Ambrose)
2007 MCC Men's
Soccer Honorable Mention:
- Cale Clark
(Ashford); Eddie Garza (Ashford); Soroush Kalhor (Ashford);
Tim Teliszczak (Clarke); Marcus Dawson (Grand View); Darren
Martin (Grand View); Drago Ceranic
(Mount Mercy); Petar Triva (Mount Mercy); Max
Muchow (St. Ambrose); Nils Sundin (St. Ambrose); Kyle Yager
(St. Ambrose); Elliott Purdom (Viterbo); Sean McPherson (Waldorf);
Eric Rinkema (William Penn); Fernando Sanchez (William Penn)
2007 MCC Men's
Soccer Champions of Character Team:
- Mark
DeRee (William Penn); Pat Graham (Viterbo); Ryan Martin (Waldorf);
Adam Mennig (Clarke); Matthew Nicholson (Iowa Wesleyan); Mike
Rosselli (Ashford); Chris Scott (Grand View); Nils Sundin (St.
Ambrose); Jeff Wagner (Mount Mercy)
