January 3, 2008

CEDAR RAPIDS , IOWA . . . Loras College men’s soccer players Matt Brumfield (Davenport, Iowa/Assumption) and Santiago Mejia (Cali, Colombia/Colegio Bolivar) have been named D3Kicks.com All-Americans as announced by the online publication Wednesday, January 2. In addition, Brumfield and Mejia are two of nine Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) men’s soccer players named to the D3Kicks All-West Region Teams.

Brumfield, a senior defender and the 2007 IIAC Men’s Soccer MVP, was one of the centerpieces of this year's Duhawk defense. Loras held IIAC opponents to one goal in eight league games and helped the Duhawks post a shutout streak that, at one point, extended to over 1070 minutes and included 11 straight shutouts. Brumfield, who notched a pair of assists while starting all 25 games, was also honored for his academics and is an accounting major with a 3.37 grade-point average.

Mejia, a sophomore midfielder, was the Duhawks’ second-leading scorer with 25 points after posting five goals and a team-high 15 assists.

In addition to Brumfield and Mejia, fellow Duhawks Matt Pucci (Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville) and Nate DuBois (Lemont, Ill./Lemont) were named to the All-West Region First Team. Pucci, a senior forward, led Loras in scoring with 35 points on 17 goals and an assist. DuBois, a freshman goalkeeper, played in 19 games, starting seven, posting a 15-0-1 record with a 0.20 goals-against average, a .955 save percentage, and 64 saves.

Loras junior defender Matt Splittgerber (Marshalltown, Iowa/Marshalltown), Central College senior forward Cody Stoermer (Coralville, Iowa/Iowa City West), and Wartburg College senior midfielder Casey Johnson (Dubuque, Iowa/Wahlert) and senior forward Luke McClyman (Cedar Rapids, Iowa/Jefferson) were named to the Second Team. Splittgerber started all 25 games for the Duhawks, notching one goal on seven shots from his defender position. Stoermer broke Central’s career records for points (137), assists (39), shots (304), shots on goal (154), game-winning goals (10) and games started (77) while setting school season marks for goals (19), assists (12), shots (91), shots on goal (52) and points (50). Johnson started all 21 games for Wartburg, finishing tied for fourth on the team in scoring with 10 points on four goals and two assists. McClyman led the Knights offensively with team-highs in points (31), goals (12), assists (7) and game-winning goals (4).

Loras freshman midfielder Miguel Bonilla (Cali, Colombia/Colegio Bolivar) was selected to the Third Team. Bonilla was the Duhawks’ fourth-leading scorer with 20 points on eight goals and four assists.

The entire 2007 D3Kicks.com Men’s All-West Region and All-America teams follow.

2007 D3Kicks.com Men's All-West Region Team
FIRST TEAM
Pos.	Name	Yr.	School
GK	Nate DuBois	Fr.	Loras College
D	Brian Lubeck	Sr.	Pacific Lutheran University
D	Jameson Martin	5th	University of Redlands
D	Matt Brumfield	Sr.	Loras College
MF	Anthony Scarlett	Sr.	University of California-Santa Cruz
MF	Bryan Fakkema	Jr.	University of Redlands
MF	Santiago Mejia	Soph.	Loras College
MF	Stephen Phillips	Jr.	Whitman College
F	Matt Pucci	Sr.	Loras College
F	Mike Butterworth	Sr.	Gustavus Adolphus College
F	Ross Schunk	Jr.	University of Redlands
SECOND TEAM
Pos.	Name	Yr.	School
GK	Andy Roraff	Sr.	University of Redlands
D	Flynn Stewart-Franzen	Jr.	Gustavus Adolphus College
D	Jeremy Abrams	Sr.	University of California-Santa Cruz
D	Matt Splittgerber	Jr.	Loras College
MF	Casey Johnson	Sr.	Wartburg College
MF	Fraser Horton	Soph.	Gustavus Adolphus College
MF	Max Bowman	Sr.	University of Redlands
MF	Scott Blanchet	Sr.	University of Puget Sound
F	Cody Stoermer	Sr.	Central College
F	Luke McClyman	Sr.	Wartburg College
F	Michael Ferguson	Sr.	Pacific Lutheran University
THIRD TEAM
Pos.	Name	Yr.	School
GK	Pete Van Sant	Sr.	University of Puget Sound
D	Greg Swanson	Sr.	University of Puget Sound
D	Nick Manders	Sr.	Augsburg College
D	Robert Carlton	Soph.	Carleton College
MF	John Zietlow	Fr.	St. Olaf College
MF	Josh Moskowitz	Jr.	California Lutheran University
MF	Miguel Bonilla	Fr.	Loras College
MF	Patrick Morrison	Sr.	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
F	Adam Smarte	Sr.	University of California-Santa Cruz
F	Joe Voller	Sr.	University of St. Thomas
F	Trevor Cobb	Jr.	Colorado College
2007 D3Kicks.com Men's All-America Team
Player of the year: Kai Kasigurian, Messiah Coach of the year: Dave Saward, Middlebury
FIRST TEAM
Pos.	Name	Yr.	School
GK	Brian Bush	Jr.	Middlebury College
D	J.D. Binger	Jr.	Messiah College
D	Matty Carlson	Sr.	Johns Hopkins University
D	Thomas Owens	Sr.	Trinity University-TX
MF	Alex Elias	Sr.	Middlebury College
MF	John Ports	Soph.	York College of Pennsylvania
MF	Kai Kasiguran	Sr.	Messiah College
MF	Kyle Altman	Sr.	Trinity University-TX
F	Brandon Corday	Sr.	Franklin & Marshall College
F	Casey Ftorek	Sr.	Middlebury College
F	Patrick Carver	Jr.	Emory University
SECOND TEAM
Pos.	Name	Yr.	School
GK	John San Filippo	Jr.	Plattsburgh State
D	Andrew Germansky	Sr.	Middlebury College
D	Evan Scheffey	Jr.	York College of Pennsylvania
D	Matt Brumfield	Sr.	Loras College
MF	Edison Bilbao	Sr.	New Jersey City University
MF	Konrad Kruczek	Sr.	Kean University
MF	Santiago Mejia	Soph.	Loras College
MF	Tyrone Petrakis	Jr.	Trinity University-TX
F	Nick Figueiredo	Sr.	Bowdoin College
F	Patrick Lenehan	Sr.	Messiah College
F	Ross Schunk	Jr.	University of Redlands
THIRD TEAM
Pos.	Name	Yr.	School
GK	Nick Mele	Jr.	Montclair State University
D	Elvin Perez	Sr.	Dominican University
D	Matt Vogel	Sr.	Transylvania University
D	Nick Mikolenko	Sr.	University of Rochester
MF	Bryan Fakkema	Jr.	University of Redlands
MF	Jeremy Lippel	Soph.	Stevens Institute of Technology
MF	Jeritt Thayer	Sr.	New York University
MF	Marco Kirsch	Fr.	North Carolina Wesleyan College
F	Brandon Massie	Soph.	Virginia Wesleyan College
F	Matt Kochanowski	Jr.	Dominican University
F	Terrance Johnson	Soph.	Stevens Institute of Technology

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