THREE MEN'S SOCCER PLAYERS NAMED ECAC ALL-STARS
Orangeburg, NY (12/3/09) Three Dominican College men's soccer players have been named 2009 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division II All-Stars as was announced by the ECAC yesterday. Senior Joe Wright and sophomore Brandon Heembrock were named to the First Team, while junior Clifton Huxtable was named to the Second Team.
Orangeburg, NY (12/3/09) Three Dominican College men's soccer players have been named 2009 Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division II All-Stars as was announced by the ECAC yesterday. Senior Joe Wright and sophomore Brandon Heembrock were named to the First Team, while junior Clifton Huxtable was named to the Second Team.
Wright, a senior forward from
Stratford-Upon-Avon, England, led the team and ranked second in the
CACC with 16 goals on the year. He also leads the team and
ranks second in the conference in points (38), third in the CACC
points per game (2.00) and goals per game (0.84). He led the
team with 67 shots this season and ranked fourth in the CACC, while
being ranked second in the conference with five game-winning
goals. Wright's recently earned his third
consecutive appearance on the All-CACC First Team and his third
appearance on the Daktronics East Region Second Team.
Huxtable, a junior defender who hails from
Toronto, Ontario, has started all 19 games this season. He is
a crucial part of a Charger defense that has allowed just 16 goals
all season and has helped the team record six shutouts this
year. He recently earned his first appearance on the All-CACC
First Team and Daktronics East Region Second Team honors.
Heembrock, a sophomore keeper from Ottawa,
Canada, has started all 19 games in the net this season. He
led the conference in save percentage (.869) and shutouts (6) and
finished second in goals against average (0.82). He ranked
third in saves (106) and fourth in saves per game (5.58). He
was named to the All-CACC First Team this season after earning
All-CACC Second Team honors in 2008 and was named to the Daktronics
East Region Second Team.
The ECAC is the nation’s largest athletic and the only
multi-divisional conference with approximately 300 Divisions I, II,
and III
colleges and universities from Maine to North Carolina and westerly
to Illinois. Established in 1938, the ECAC, a non-profit
service
organization, sponsors nearly 100 championships in 37 men’s
and women’s sports, assigns more than 4,400 officials in 12
sports,
administers nine affiliate sports organizations and six playing
leagues and recognizes more than 2,000 student-athletes through the
public relations arm of the conference. The ECAC serves as the
primary conference for select members in the sports of men’s
and women’s ice hockey, and men’s lacrosse.
