November 25, 2003

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA . . . Four Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) soccer players, three men and one woman, were named to the Academic All-America® Soccer Teams as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).

On the men’s side, Buena Vista University senior defender Nick Fox (Omaha, Neb./Ralston HS), a computer science/math double-major, was named to the First Team. Cornell College senior defender Matt Loptien (Littleton, Colo./Summit HS), a biochemistry major, was named to the Second Team. Coe College senior forward Kyle Fargen (Appleton, Wis./East HS), a biology/psychology/general science major, was named to the Third Team.

On the women’s side, Simpson College senior forward Erin Goettl (Burnsville, Minn./Apple Valley HS), a computer science major, was named to the Second Team.

The Academic All-America® selection was the second for Loptien, Fargen and Goettl, and the first for Fox. Loptien and Goettl were Second Team selections in 2002. Fargen was a Third Team selection in 2002.

To be eligible for the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team, a student-athlete must be named to the Academic All-District First Team, must have reached sophomore academic and athletic standing, be a starter or key reserve and possess at least a 3.20 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale).

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