December 20, 2004

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA . . . Eight Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) soccer players were recognized by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) as the organization announced its All-Region and All-America Teams.

Wartburg College senior goaltender Collin Lane (Muscatine, Iowa/Muscatine) and senior forward Verne Houston (Omaha, Neb./Benson) became the first two Iowa Conference men’s soccer players to be named All-Americans, both earning NSCAA/adidas Third Team honors. Lane and Houston were also named NSCAA/adidas First Team All-West Region. Houston was a First Team selection last season as well.

Joining the duo on the All-West Region Team were Central College senior forward Kyle Halfpop (Urbandale, Iowa/Urbandale), Loras College senior defender Dan Johnson (Dubuque, Iowa/Hempstead) and Loras senior midfielder Sean Moran (Alsip, Ill./Marist). Halfpop was named to the All-West Region Second Team, and Johnson and Moran were named to the All-West Region Third Team.

On the women’s side, Loras senior forward Michelle Wieser (Dubuque, Iowa/Senior), Loras senior midfielder Katie Brake (Kansas City, Mo./Notre Dame de Sion) and Luther College senior forward Katie Pettigrew (Farmington, N.M./Farmington) received All-Central Region recognition. Wieser was a First Team selection, Pettigrew was a Second Team selection and Brake was a Third Team selection. Wieser and Pettigrew were both First Team All-Central Region selections in 2003 and Third Team selections in 2002.

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