November 11, 2004

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA . . . The Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) announced today that Wartburg College sophomore forward Harrison Kibombo-Lugujjo (Uganda/Fjaler (Norway)) was named 2004 IIAC men’s soccer Most Valuable Player and that Wartburg head coach Jim Conlon was named 2004 IIAC men’s soccer Coach of the Year.

Kibombo-Lugujjo had a part in nearly a quarter of all Wartburg’s goals this season becoming the first Knights’ player to receive Conference MVP honors. He scored 17 goals and added three assists in 18 matches tying for second in the Iowa Conference in goals scored and ranking third in points scored (37).

In seven Conference matches, Kibombo-Lugujjo scored nine goals (30 percent of team’s total) and 19 points, leading the Conference in both categories. His 2.71 point per game average against IIAC opponents is the sixth-highest total since 1998 and his 1.29 goal per game average against IIAC opponents is the third-highest total in that same period.

Conlon, in his fifth year as head coach at Wartburg, earns Conference Coach of the Year honors for the second consecutive season after leading the Knights to their first-ever Iowa Conference Championship. Wartburg advances to the second round of the NCAA Tournament with a 18-1-2 overall record, finished 7-0-1 in Conference play and won its second straight Conference Tournament.

The IIAC also announced today the 2004 men’s soccer All-Conference Team. The 26-member Team includes 15 repeat All-Conference honorees including six individuals who become three-time All-Conference performers and one, Wartburg’s Verne Houston, who becomes the IIAC’s second four-time First Team All-Conference performer (Simpson’s Mike Wilson, 1996-99). Conference Champion Wartburg has six players on the All-Conference Team, Luther has five All-Conference performers, and Buena Vista and Loras each have four.

The complete 2004 IIAC All-Conference Men's Soccer Team is here.

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