NKU's Beattie Headlines Daktronics Men's Soccer All-Region Team
INDIANAPOLIS - Northern Kentucky junior forward Steven Beattie has been named the Midwest Region Player of the Year and headlines the 2009 Daktronics Division II Midwest Region Men's Soccer Team. Beattie, the 2008 Ron Lenz National Player of the Year, is one of ten GLVC All-Midwest REgion first team selections.
The team is sponored by Daktronics, Inc., an acknowledged world leader in scoring, timing and programmable display systems for virtually every sport at every level of competition. The team is voted on by the members of the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA), with voting powered by ATHLETICSITE.COM.
Beattie led Northern Kentucky to a 15-6-2 overall record in 2009. The 2009 GLVC Offensive Player of the Year posted 19 goals and six assists for the Norse.
Drury placed six on the first team while Tiffin had two and Ashland, Bellarmine, Lewis and UW-Parkside each had one member on the first team.
Members of the Midwest Region first team are eligible for the 2009 Daktronics Division II All-America men’s soccer team, to be announced Tuesday, Dec. 1.
Midwest Region Player of the Year: Steven Beattie, Northern Kentucky
First Team
Goalkeeper
Stephen Conner, Drury
Defenders
Ben Taylor, Drury
Luke Brookfield, Ashland
Peter Higgins, Drury
Zac Bond, Lewis
Midfielders
Andrew Bordelon, Drury
Ross Hopkins, Bellarmine
Rhys Cannella, Tiffin
Niklas Boedts, UW-Parkside
Forwards
Steven Beattie, Northern Kentucky
Micah Whorton, Drury
Steve Wilczewski, Drury
Ashton Campbell, Tiffin
Second Team
Goalkeeper
Jeff Frisch, Tiffin
Defenders
Chris Dobrowolski, Northern Kentucky
Tony Iyayi, Tiffin
Patrick White, Rockhurst
Michael Kennedy, Ashland
Midfielders
Bojan Adler, Saint Joseph’s
Seth Eckerlin, Northern Kentucky
James Livingston, Ashland
B.J. Goodwin, Findlay
Forwards
Braden Bishop, Northern Kentucky
Nestor Hernandez, Lewis
Bradley Barraclough, Bellarmine
Ross Ashley, Ashland