Wednesday, November 26, 2008 | Men's Soccer
Missouri Valley Conference Announces 2008 Men's Soccer Scholar-Athlete Teams

Seventeen student-athletes have earned a spot on the 2008 Missouri Valley Conference men’s soccer scholar-athlete and honorable mention teams, announced by the league office today. Eastern Illinois’ Adam Gartner, who was recently named an Academic All-American, headlines the 11-player first team.

Of the 17 players named to this year’s team, seven earned ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-District honors. The Valley’s scholar-athlete team is voted on by the league’s soccer sports information directors.

The criteria for the all-MVC honor parallels the CoSIDA (College Sports Information Directors of America) standards for Academic All-America voting. Nominees must be starters or important reserves with at least a 3.00 cumulative grade-point average (on a 4.00 scale). Also, students must have participated in at least 75 percent of the regular-season matches or played in the league tournament. Student-athletes must have reached sophomore athletic and academic standing at their institution (true freshmen and redshirt freshmen are not eligible) and must have completed at least one full academic year at their institution.

First Team

 

 

 

 

Name, School

Yr.

GPA

Major

Hometown/High School

Calvin Clark, Drake 

Jr. 

3.85

Business

Overland Park, Kan./St. Thomas Aquinas

Johannes Demarzi, Missouri State 

Jr. 

3.42

Political Science

Carmichael, Calif./Sacramento Waldorf

^Adam Gartner, Eastern Illinois 

Sr. 

3.64

Finance

Iowa City, Iowa/Regina

^Luke Gorczyca, Drake 

Jr. 

3.50

Accounting

Overland Park, Kan./St. Thomas Aquinas

Matthew Kuhn, Drake 

So. 

4.00

Accounting

Raytown, Mo./South

^Mike Lewis, Eastern Illinois

Sr. 

3.86

Accounting

St. Charles, Mo./Christian Brothers

Mike Luttrull, Evansville

So.

3.82

Accounting

Indianapolis, Ind./Avon

Brad Peters, Eastern Illinois 

Sr.

3.14

Kinesiology/Sports Studies

St. Peters, Mo./St. Dominic

Kevin Shrout, Drake 

Jr. 

3.41

Management

Lee’s Summit, Mo./Lee’s Summit

Tucker Sindlinger, Creighton 

So.

3.74

Business

Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Cedar Valley Christian

^Seth Sinovic, Creighton 

Sr. 

3.32

Economics

Leawood, Kan./Rockhurst

^First Team selection in 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Honorable Mention

 

 

 

 

Name, School

Yr.

GPA

Major

Hometown/High School

Sam Bornstein, Evansville 

Jr.

3.85

Mechanical Engineering

Cape Girardeau, Mo./Cape Central

Grant Campbell, Bradley

Jr.

3.20

Undecided

Littleton, Colo./Chatfield

Nicholas Foster, Drake 

So. 

3.65

General Business

West Des Moines, Iowa/Valley

Tom Irvin, Evansville 

Jr. 

3.20

Psychology 

Collinsville, Ill./St. Louis U High

Robby Lynch, Evansville

So.

3.73

Biology

Carmel, Ind./Carmel

Theodore Schleisman, Drake 

Sr.

4.00

Actuarial Science

Verona, Wis./Middleton

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12/2/2008 Creighton's Gotsmanov Named Hermann Trophy Semifinalist
11/29/2008 Creighton Advances to NCAA Quarterfinals; Heads to Maryland
11/26/2008 Missouri Valley Conference Announces 2008 Men's Soccer Scholar-Athlete Teams
11/25/2008 Creighton Advances to NCAA Third Round; Will Host UConn
11/22/2008 Late Goal in 2nd OT Ends Drake's Season
11/19/2008 Gartner Named Academic All-American
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