November 20, 2008 - The NAIA Association of Independent Institutions announced on Thursday their 2008 A.I.I. Men's Soccer All-Conference team, as selected by the A.I.I. men's soccer coaches. 2008 A.I.I. Champions Lambuth University (TN) were the big winners, as head coach Paul Conway and midfielder Adam Goldie were named the conference's 2008 Coach and Player of the Year respectively.
Lambuth's leads all teams with five first-team selections, six in total. A.I.I. runners up Simon Fraser University (B.C.) were next on the list with four first-team selections, while St. Thomas (TX) and Thomas (GA) both have two student-athletes on the first team. Lambuth defeated SFU this past Saturday in the 2008 A.I.I. Championship game by virtue of penalty kicks (6-5), after finishing regulation and both overtime periods knotted at 0-0. Lambuth travels to face Oklahoma to face South Nazarene in the opening round of the NAIA Championship this Saturday (1 p.m.).
Goldie was tied for Lambuth's team lead with 28 points, and led the A.I.I. in assists with nine on the season. Lambuth enters the NAIA National Championships with a 12-4-2 overall record, and will make their first ever appearance at the national tournament.
Here is the full list of A.I.I. conference awards:
2008 AII Men's Soccer All-Conference
Tabulated Votes
Coach of the Year: Paul Conway - Lambuth
Player of the Year: Adam Goldie - Lambuth
1st Team All-Conference
|
Name |
School |
Position |
|
Adam Goldie |
Lambuth |
M |
|
Thomas Lindley |
SFU |
G |
|
Vincent Stewart |
SFU |
M |
|
Wade Wadsworth |
Lambuth |
F |
|
Nick Boras |
St. Thomas |
M |
|
Lucas Barrett |
SFU |
F |
|
Ross Hayman |
Lambuth |
D |
|
Jonah Mukada |
Thomas |
F |
|
Adam Grant |
Lambuth |
M |
|
Rafael Bustos |
St. Thomas |
F |
|
Anthony DiNicolo |
SFU |
D |
|
Chris Harrington |
Lambuth |
M |
|
Luciano Lorca |
Thomas |
M |
|
Greg Reese |
CSUSM |
M |
2nd Team All-Conference
- Curtis Marcikic - F Cal State - San Marcos
- Bradley Greer - G Crichton
- Andre Verardi - F Embry-Riddle
- Jakob Horstmann - G Embry-Riddle
- Romulo Nobrega - M Holy Cross
- Oswaldo Garcia - M Holy Cross
- David Fallon - D Lambuth
- Esteban Rocha - M OLLU
- Ricky Guerra - D OLLU
- Martin Jimenez - M St. Thomas
- Lukas Simon - G St. Thomas
- Stefano Pannu - M Simon Fraser
- Jan Feldman - G Thomas
- Cormac Finn - D Thomas
