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Forward Phillip McCormick was named Gulf South Conference Freshman of the Year| 11/05/08 (source http://www.hardingsports.com/News/msoc/2008/11/5/08%20MS%20AllGSC%20Honors.asp?path=msoc)
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| Phillip McCormick became Harding's second GSC Freshman of the Year. |
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HU'S McCORMICK NAMED FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Harding forward Phillip McCormick became just the second Bison to win a major award in men's soccer, claiming the 2008 GSC Freshman of the Year honor. McCormick is the second HU player to claim the award, first since Ben Faris grabbed co-honors in 2002. The Coppell, Texas native is in the top four of the GSC in shots per game (1st), points per game (4th) and goals scored (2nd). McCormick set the bar high from the beginning, recording a hat-trick in his first career match and once again less than a month later.
Kat McCullough WAC POW | 09/30/08
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 Kat McCullough was named WAC Offensive Player of the Week. |
Tech's McCullough Named WAC POW
Junior midfielder shines in Lady Techsters three games Sept. 29, 2008
(source Lousiana Tech website http://latechsports.cstv.com/sports/w-soccer/spec-rel/092908aaa.html) RUSTON -- Louisiana Tech midfielder Kat McCullough has been named the Western Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 22-28. The junior from Coppell, Texas, led the Lady Techsters to a 2-0-1 mark during the week as she totaled five points in three games, scoring at least one point in every contest. McCullough scored the game-winning goal in Tech's 1-0 win over Mississippi Valley State Sunday in the 79th minute of the contest. She also registered an assist on Tech's only goal in a 1-1 tie against Centenary on Friday night in Shreveport. She began the week with two assists in a 7-0 rout over Southern. McCullough finished the week with three assists and one goal, while breaking the Tech career assist record with eight. It's the first player of the week award for McCullough and the third time this year a Lady Techster has earned the accolade.
Fresno State defender Selena Gill was named the WAC Defensive Player of the Week.
Kat McCullough WAC Soccer Player | 09/30/08 (source www.WACSports.com)
DENVER – Louisiana Tech’s Kat McCullough and Fresno State defender Selena Gill have been named Offensive and Defensive Western Athletic Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for the week of Sept. 22-28. McCullough, a junior midfielder from Coppell, Texas (Coppell HS), led the Lady Techsters to a 2-0-1 mark during the week as she totaled five points in three games, scoring at least one point in every contest. The junior scored the game-winning goal in Tech’s 1-0 win over Mississippi Valley State in the 79th minute. She assisted the only goal in Tech’s 1-1 tie against Centenary as well as finishing with two assists in a 7-0 rout over Southern. McCullough finished the week with three assists and one goal. With her three assists, she became Tech’s all-time leader in career assists. It is the first Player of the Week honor for McCullough and third time this season a Lady Techster has garnered the award. |
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Paul Souders, Coppell Graduate, Named Lobo Men's Soccer Assistant Coach | 04/16/08
Fishbein adds former Dayton assistant to his staff.
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April 2, 2008 (Source - University of New Mexico Athletics) University of New Mexico men's soccer head coach Jeremy Fishbein announced the addition of Paul Souders to the Lobo coaching staff today. Souders comes to UNM as an assistant coach after three seasons in the same role at the University of Dayton. Souders will be replacing associate head coach Carl Junot who has accepted a similar position at Harvard University. Former Lobo assistant coach Jamie Clark recently took over as the head coach at Harvard. "Paul is a guy that I have known and been impressed with for years," stated Fishbein. "When we had an opening come up at UNM he was one of the first guys I had in mind. I am really excited to have him come join us and I know he will be a valued asset to our program." Souders, 27, spent the last three seasons at Dayton, helping the Flyers to a 27-18-11 overall record. In addition to the success on the field, Souders has coached four former Flyers who have played professionally in North America and Europe. "I am very excited to join Coach Fishbein's staff here at New Mexico," stated Souders. "The Lobo program has a great reputation in collegiate soccer based on their accomplishments over the past few years and I am hoping to add that success." A native of Dallas and a graduate of Coppell High School, Souders earned a bachelor's degree in secondary education at Clemson University. Souders also played in the United States Olympic Pool for Under-23. He has coaching experience with the New Mexico State U-16 team. Souders was also a graduate assistant in 2004 at the University of Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. Dayton finished the 2007 campaign 10-4-5 overall and advanced to the opening round of the 2007 Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Championship. The Flyers completed the season on a six-game unbeaten streak, had two players selected to the All-Atlantic 10 and NSCAA/adidas® Middle Atlantic Region teams and finished No. 8 in the regional rankings.
Link to this article on University of New Mexico Athletics Webpage
2006 Coppell Grads Honored | 02/26/08 2006 Coppell graduates Lindsay Cogburn and Colin McDaniel were named to the Academic All-American Southwest Conference team along with 35 other Hardin Simmons University Athletes. Both Lindsay and Colin are sophomores at Hardin Simmons and both play on their respective soccer teams. Colin also received Honorable Mention from the ASC All Conference committee.
To be eligible for ASC All-Academic honors, student-athletes must have lettered in the fall 2007 season, be in their second year and carry a cumulative grade-point average of 3.00 or better.
Cowboys 1st Annual Alumni Game - Alumni Team Photo | 01/02/08
2006 Graduates Estevan Arbaiza, Lindsay Cogburn and Colin McDaniel | 11/20/06
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Pictured left to right: Estevan, Megan, Lindsay and Colin | |
Hardin Simmons Freshmen Estevan Arbaiza, Colin McDaniel (HSU Cowboys) and Lindsay Cogburn (HSU Cowgirls) won their respective 2006 American Southwest Conference Championships Nov. 5, 2006.The HSU Cowgirls had to go to a second overtime to defeat UTD 2-1 in the final. The HSU Cowgirls finished the regular season 15-0-3 overall and 8-0-2 in conference. Lindsay had an assist in the semifinal (5-0)..The Cowboys defeated Mississippi College in the final 2-1 The Cowboys finished the regular season 11-5-1 overall and 9-3-1 in conference. Colin and Estevan were two of five freshman starters with eight freshman in the rotation. Colin had the assist in the semifinal (1-0) and Estevan scored a goal in the final (2-1). Estevan also received 2006 ASC All-Conference Honorable Mention. Both teams advanced to the NCAA Div III Championship Tournament. The Cowboys lost to #1 Trinity in first round. The Cowgirls defeated #5 Puget Sound, #1 Trinity, #13 Santa Cruz to advance to the Sectional Round (Final 8) were they lost to Wheaton. School Success - Hardin-Simmons is one only six teams across the country to have its men's soccer, women's soccer and volleyball teams make the NCAA Tournament. It is the first ever appearance for the Cowgirl volleyball team, the sixth trip for the women's soccer team and the fourth time for the men's soccer team. |
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2003 Graduate Brad Earl Receives Multiple Honors | 9/27/06
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Brad Earl Receives Another National HonorCHARLESTON, Ill. - Brad Earl of Eastern Illinois men's soccer has added another honor to his week of regional and national recognition, as www.soccertimes.com has named the junior midfielder to its Honor Roll. After scoring three goals last week while leading the Panthers to a 3-0 record and team title at the Wisconsin-Green Bay Nike Classic, Earl was tabbed Brine/Missouri Valley Conference Offensive Player of the Week and also selected to College Soccer News' National Team of the Week. He opened the week with an overtime goal to beat Western Illinois and added a pair of scores in the second-half in the Nike Classic-clinching victory over UW-Green Bay. The multi-goal game was the first of his career while the overtime score was the first netted by a Panther in a true road environment since 1998. Earl Named MVC Offensive 'Player of the Week' CHARLESTON, Ill. - Brad Earl ignited and capped Eastern Illinois men's soccer's 3-0 week with an overtime goal at Western Illinois and two-goal effort at Wisconsin-Green Bay, respectively. Monday he was recognized for his OT heroics as well as leading EIU to the team championship at UWGB's Nike Classic with Brine/Missouri Valley Conference Offensive Player of the Week honors. He was also named to the College Soccer News' National Team of the Week. Earl scored EIU's first overtime goal since 2004 when he found the back of the net with two minutes remaining in the first overtime period Tuesday in Macomb. The overtime victory was EIU's first in a true road environment since 1998, the last also coming at Western. Sunday in the 3-0, Nike Classic-clinching victory over the host Phoenix, Earl scored a pair of second-half goals just one minute and 19 seconds apart. It was his first career multi-goal game. The junior midfielder from suburban Dallas leads all EIU active players with 10 goals. With four this season he has already matched his sophomore-year total. Earl is the first Panther to receive the double honor since Jimmy Klatter did so last year following his hat trick in the regular-season finale at Evansville. College Soccer News is a web site - www.collegesoccernews.com - based in Tallahassee, Fla. that covers strictly men's soccer and selects an 11-man National Team of the Week each Monday.
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Jamie Watson with David Beckham | 8/24/06
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Coppell alum Jamie Watson Real Salt Lake and David Beckham of Real Madrid. |
2005 Coppell Graduate / Kathleen (Kat) McCullough | 8/21/06Kathleen McCullough named an Academic All-Western Athletic Conference Freshman. The four year starter for Coppell High School's Women's Soccer Program [2002 through 2005], ended her first year of college with a 3.43 GPA, and saw action in all 17 soccer matches for Louisiana Tech University during the 2005 season. Along with Kat, Louisiana Tech placed 8 freshman soccer players on the Western Athletic Conference's (WAC) All Academic Freshman List -more than any of the conference's other seven soccer programs. In the WAC, student athletes must have a 3.0 GPA or better and have participated in at least half of their teams' contests to qualify for an Academic All-Conference honor. Making 14 starts for LaTech's Lady Techsters in the program's first year in the WAC, Kathleen McCullough, wearing her number 11, totaled over 1,100 minutes of action, averaging just over 66 minutes per game. She recorded five goals, four assists and fourteen points in her first year of Division I collegiate play. Her three assists vs. Belhaven College [at 1:00 minute, 58:45 minutes, and 89:15 minutes] in an 8-0 win on Sept. 9, 2005, was the individual season best for assists in a single game among all WAC players, and ranks eighth nationally. Kat ranked 2nd in the WAC by recording three game-winning goals on the season; and holds 4 more top 10 Conference rankings of the 9 categories available to field players: No. 8 in goals per game (0.29), No. 9 in points per game (0.82), No. 10 in points (14), and No. 10 in goals (5). Kat had a team-high 31 shots. Her goals and points both ranked second on the 2005 LaTech team. She registered her first collegiate goal at 1:55 into the match in a Louisiana Tech 7-0 win over Robert Morris College on Sept. 2, and her first collegiate assist on the second goal in a 2-0 win over Centenary College on Sept. 4. At Coppell, Kat played just over 3,625 minutes in 89 contests scoring 37 goals and closed her high school career playing in 64 wins, 18 losses and 7 ties. Kat played in the 2002 State Semi-Finals as a Freshman and with Coppell's first ever District Champion Cowgirl soccer team her Senior year in 2005 Kat will be recovering from an ACL injury suffered last March when LaTech opens its 2006 campaign on August 25 against Nicholls State in Thibodaux, LA. The first home game and first game ever on the newly resurfaced Joe Aillet Stadium in Ruston will be September 1 vs. SFA. Kat is expected back to play before LaTech's first 2006 WAC game against Utah State October 8 in Ruston.
2006 Coppell Sidekicks| 8/15/06
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A group of former and current Coppell soccer players played in the Coed Open Division 1 League at Extreme Edge Indoor in Flower Mound this summer. Not Pictured: Faye Eaton, Victoria Johnson and Steve Hedeman. |
2005 Coppell Graduate Scott Geppert | 6/05/06DALLAS (SMU) - SMU head men's soccer coach Schellas Hyndman announced the addition of three more student-athletes to the Mustang squad for this coming season. They include transfers Scott Geppert (Coppell, Texas), Ben Hemkens (Eureka, Mo.), and freshman Seth Tamminga (Aurora, Colo.). A 6-0 forward, Geppert comes to SMU via Brown University where he earned the 2005 Ivy league Rookie of the Year honor. He led the Bears in scoring last season with four goals and six assists, including three game-winning goals. A third-team freshman All-America selection by College Soccer News, Geppert saw action in all 18 games for Brown, starting in 14. Named the 2004 Texas State Player of the Year his senior season at Coppell High School, Geppert earned All-America status and was named MVP of the 2004 Texas state tournament. He scored 54 goals during his career at Coppell. Geppert played club soccer for the Dallas Comets '87 blue team, which won the 2003 Texas Premier League championship. His parents are Tom and Cindy Geppert.
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