December 11, 2009

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA . . . Loras College midfielders Santiago Mejia (Sr., Cali, Colombia/Colegio Bolivar) and Miguel Bonilla (Jr., Cali, Colombia/Colegio Bolivar) are among the 42 players who have been named to the 2009 NSCAA/Performance Subaru Men's NCAA Division III All-America Team. This is Mejia's third honor, being named to the Second Team in 2007 and the Third Team last year.

In addition, ten Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) men’s soccer players were named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) All-North Region Team announced Thursday, December 10.

Iowa Conference champion and NCAA qualifier Loras College led IIAC schools with four All-Region selections followed by Wartburg College with three and University of Dubuque with two. Luther College picked the remaning All-Region pick.

Mejia and Bonilla were each named to the First Team for the third consecutive season. The duo was joined on the 11-player First Team by Wartburg senior goalkeeper Trent Michael (Urbandale, Iowa/Urbandale) and junior defender Luke Prater (Springfield, Mo./Kickapoo) and Dubuque junior forward Idrissa Soumaoro (Fort Stewart, Ga.). Michael was a First Team selection last season after being a Third Team pick in 2007, while Prater was a Second Team honoree a year ago.

Loras senior defender Matt Splittgerber (Marshalltown, Iowa/Marshalltown), Wartburg senior midfielder Geoff Miller (St. Louis, Mo./University), and Dubuque sophomore midfielder Ryan Zurbuchen (Fitchburg, Wis./Madison West) were named to the Second Team, while Loras senior defender Nate Minkel (Marshalltown, Iowa/Marshalltown) and Luther senior forward Adam Pyzdrowski (Minnetonka, Minn./Hopkins) were tabbed for the Third Team.

The entire 2009 NSCAA All-America Team can be found at: http://www.nscaa.com/articles/20091211101735535.php.

The entire 2009 NSCAA All-North Region Team is listed below and can also be found at: http://www.nscaa.com/downloads/09D3MNO1210.html.

2009 NSCAA
NCAA Division III Men All-North Region
FIRST TEAM
Pos.	Name	Year	School
K	Trent Michael	Sr.	Wartburg
D	Robert Carlton	Sr.	Carleton
D	Alex Hildebrandt	Sr.	Augsburg
D	Reid Moser-Bleil	Jr.	St. Thomas
M	Miguel Bonilla	Jr.	Loras
M	Wes Elfman	Jr.	Carleton
M	Santiago Mejia	Sr.	Loras
M	Luke Prater	Jr.	Wartburg
F	Carson Gorecki	Sr.	Macalester
F	Andrew Prentice	Sr.	Carroll
F	Idrissa Soumaoro	Jr.	Dubuque
SECOND TEAM
Pos.	Name	Year	School
K	Mads Schmidt	Sr.	Concordia-Moorhead
D	Ross Hamilton	Sr.	Carleton
D	Nathan Juergens	Jr.	Macalester
D	Matthew Splittgerber	Sr.	Loras
M	Will Howell	Sr.	Wisconsin-Oshkosh
M	Geoff Miller	Sr.	Wartburg
M	Bo Wilkins	Sr.	Beloit College
M	Ryan Zurbuchen	So.	Dubuque
F	Luke Buchholz	Jr.	Wisconsin-Whitewater
F	Mike Hutton	So.	St. Thomas
F	Tim Wills	So.	Carleton
Third Team
Pos.	Name	Year	School
K	Andrew Krueger	So.	Wisconsin-Whitewater
D	Jack Borski	Jr.	Wisconsin-Oshkosh
D	Nathan Minkel	Sr.	Loras
D	JP Prouty	Sr.	Grinnell College
M	Craig Carlson	Sr.	Carroll
M	Fraser Horton	Sr.	Gustavus Adolphus
M	Daniel Montanye	Jr.	Wisconsin-Whitewater
M	Angel Riera	So.	St. Thomas
F	Brian Gottschlich	Jr.	Wisconsin-Platteville
F	Drew Lukas	Sr.	Hamline
F	Adam Pyzdrowski	Sr.	Luther

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