Tuesday, November 08, 2005

Contact: Chris Kilcoyne

 

ODAC Announces 2005 ODAC Men’s Soccer All-Conference Team                

 

SALEM, VA – The Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) announced its 2005 Men’s Soccer All-Conference teams on Tuesday with Roanoke defender Donny Smith and Randolph-Macon goalkeeper Nick Warner being named Co-Players-of-the-Year.

 

Smith, a senior from Roanoke, Va., started all 15 matches this season for RC, registering one-goal and anchoring a defense that allowed just a total 21 goals and posted four shutouts.  Smith helped the Maroons to a second-place regular season finish in the ODAC.

 

A senior from Timonium, Md., Warner posted a league-best 0.70 goals-against-average.  He notched nine shutouts in 17 matches, allowed just 12 goals, while making 71 saves on the season.  Warner helped the Yellow Jackets to a 12-4-2 finish this season.

 

Emory and Henry’s Elliot Anderson has been named the Rookie-of-the-Year.  Anderson, a native of Ooletwah, Tenn. and a second-team all-conference defender, finished tied for fourth in the league with nine goals.  He added five assists for a total of 23 points which was also good for a fourth-place finish in the ODAC rankings.

 

Washington and Lee’s Rolf Piranian has been honored by his peers as the 2005 Coach-of-the-Year.  Piranian capped off his 30th-year on the W&L sidelines by leading his team to a 9-6-2 overall record, a third-place regular season finish in the ODAC and a spot in the semifinals of the league tournament.  This is the seventh-time Piranian has received this award.

 

Eastern Mennonite’s Adam Shank was recognized by the Sports Information Directors in the ODAC as the Men’s Soccer Scholar-Athlete-of-the-Year.  Shank, a first-team midfielder, totaled eight points this season on two goals and four assists.  Shank helped lead the Royals to the ODAC Championship match versus Virginia Wesleyan.  A native of Harrisonburg, Va., Shank has a 3.96 grade-point-average while majoring in Justice, Peace, and Conflict Studies and Spanish at EMU.

 

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2005 ODAC All-Conference Men’s Soccer Team

First-Team

Pos.                        Player                                    Team
F                              Kelvin Murray                        Virginia Wesleyan

F                              Chris Keating                       Roanoke

F                              Jack Palmer                         Washington and Lee

F                              Damien Woodley                 Virginia Wesleyan
MF                           Ryan Cassel                        Virginia Wesleyan

MF                           Matt Cooper                          Randolph-Macon

MF                           Adam Shank                         Eastern Mennonite

MF                           Eric Eversole                        Roanoke

D                             Donny Smith                         Roanoke

D                             Derrick Lott                           Washington and Lee

D                             Jamie Flynn                          Randolph-Macon

D                             Drew Jamison                     Lynchburg

GK                          Nick Warner                          Randolph-Macon

 

Second-Team

Pos.                        Player                                    Team
F                              Elliot Stallings                      Roanoke

F                              Grant Dickens                      Hampden-Sydney

F                              Andres Miranda                   Guilford

F                              Lincoln Hurney                     Lynchburg

MF                           John Costello                       Bridgewater

MF                           Robert Harem                      Hampden-Sydney

MF                           Josh Dodds                          Washington and Lee

MF                           Win Wharton                         Lynchburg

D                             Chris Mills                             Virginia Wesleyan

D                             Chris Cadogan                    Hampden-Sydney

D                             JM Monger                            Roanoke

D                             Elliot Anderson                    Emory and Henry

GK                          Tim Koehn                            Eastern Mennonite

 

Honorable Mention

Pos.                        Player                                    Team
MF                           Patrick Leonard                   Bridgewater

MF                           Joel Shank                            Eastern Mennonite

D                             Chris O’Conner                   Emory and Henry

D                             George Bowen                     Guilford

D                             Kerry Burke                           Hampden-Sydney

D                             Casey Zambor                     Lynchburg

D                             Dane Wendell                      Randolph-Macon

GK                          Harper Thorsen                   Roanoke

MF                           Evan Small                           Virginia Wesleyan

D                             Roger Morscheiser             Washington and Lee

 

Co-Players-of-the-Year
Donny Smith – Roanoke

Nick Warner- Randolph-Macon

Rookie-of-the-Year
Elliot Anderson-Emory and Henry

Scholar-Athlete-of-the Year
Adam Shank-Eastern Mennonite

Coach-of-they-Year
Rolf Piranian-Washington and Lee