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Team honors standouts 2 All Conference Team 2 Soccer Hall of Fame 3 Additions to Complex 4 Alumni Game 4 Academic All District Cont. 5 2011 by the numbers 6 The Grove City College men’s soccer team were 12-6-1 overall, with a 6-1-1 conference record in 2011. The 2011 season was quite “We had a wonderful year. intentional about everything in Head Soccer Coach an adventure. After graduating We played great soccer this our program. Our team culture Mike Dreves ’97 10 seniors off a roster of 27 year and accomplished a lot, should set us up for success from 2010, everyone on cam- simply trying to do the right every year. Each day the team pus was asking how good the things every day. The season buys in more and more and Design Wolverines would be following ended with some disappoint- commits to what we are trying Michael Baker ’09 a 15-6-2 campaign. Combine ment though, as we were good to do. If that continues to hap- Communications Associate that with what turned out to enough to win every game pen we will set ourselves up be one of the rainiest seasons we played and had a shot at for success. Printer in recent memory, the men’s winning the conference,” said Soccer is a funny game soccer team had numerous men’s coach Mike Dreves ’97. sometimes; crazy things can SCP Group challenges to overcome. “We strive for excellence in Sharon, Pa. How did the team fair? everything we do and we are See SEASON, page 3 Center Circle is the official Players earn Academic All-District alumni newsletter of the Grove City Men’s Soccer Team Three Grove City College fielder Brian Eckenhoff (Mount men’s soccer players earned Laurel, N.J./Lenape) and junior Capital One/College Sports In- defender Josh Kern (Fairfield, formation Directors of America Pa./Fairfield) all earned First (CoSIDA) Division III Aca- Team recognition. As First Team demic All-District honors this honorees, all four student- season from the region’s sports athletes advance to the national information directors. Academic All-America ballot. Senior forward Tim Boswell Boswell started all 19 (Jonesborough, Tenn./Provi- Josh Kern ’13 dence Academy), senior mid- See ACADEMIC, page 5 Wolverines honor teammates with awards

At the end of each season, players vote for the recipients of their team awards. The team selects a Most Improved Freshman (in honor of Phil Procopio, attended in the 70s), an Outstanding Junior and MVP (both in honor of Bill Buchanan ’67), and the David Henson Memorial Award. The Henson Award is given to the player who represents a high standard of leadership, dedication and inspiration. Jon Rothgeb ‘15 Andrew Quinn ‘13 Adam Brewer ‘12 Brian Eckenhoff ‘12, This year’s award recipients are: Most Improved Freshman Outstanding Junior Most Valuable Player Mark Leach ‘12 Memorial Award

All-Conference recognition

The Grove City College men’s team this year and helped lead a defense that placed three players on All-Presidents’ posted six shutouts and yielded just eight Athletic Conference teams. goals in conference play. He started all Junior forward Andrew Quinn 19 matches, contributing to Grove City’s (Damascus, Md./Damascus) and junior 1.23 goals-against average this year. defender Josh Kern (Fairfield, Pa./ Brewer earned All-PAC Second Team Fairfield) both earned First Team honors. for the third consecutive season after Senior midfielder Adam Brewer (Beaver, finishing the season with six goals and Pa./Beaver) merited Second Team 12 points. He played in all 19 matches, All-PAC. making 16 starts. Brewer tied for second Quinn (pictured on left) led Grove City on the team in scoring and third in points. with 10 goals and 21 points in 18 games Grove City tied for second in the played. He ranked fourth in the confer- conference during regular season play and ence in goals scored and second in the qualified for the Eastern College Athletic PAC with his team-leading five game- Conference Southern Championship winning goals. Quinn also earned First Tournament. Team All-PAC as a freshman in 2009. Kern moved into the starting lineup

Team gives back to community

In September, the men’s soccer team took a break from practicing and gave back to the community by putting on a free youth soccer clinic. In conjunction with the Grove City Youth Soccer Association, the Wolverines spent time running u-6, u-8 and u-10 players through skill development and fun games at the Hunter Run soccer fields near the College. More than 100 youth attended and had an amazing time. The team holds a clinic each fall and spring and plans to continue to do so in the future.

Center Circle Page 2 Nominate a grad to the Hall of Fame

If you played with an outstand- ing teammate, please consider nominating him for the Grove City College Soccer Hall of Fame. Nominations are easy! Go to www.gcc.edu/Soccer, navigate to the soccer page and click on the “Hall of Fame Information” link. Mark your calendar: You can also send an e-mail to [email protected], fax to (724) 458- Homecoming 2012! 3855 or mail your nomination to Box 3074, 100 Campus Dr., Grove Sept. 21: Home vs. , 4 p.m. City, PA 16127. Hall of Fame Game, 10:30 a.m. Sept. 22: Submit your nomination today! Hall of Fame Luncheon, 12:30 p.m. Hall of Fame Induction, 1:15 p.m.

SEASON (continued) team. It was time to regroup and wait for a Medaille Mavericks (87 goals scored in 24 potential post-season invitation. matches) to just six shots overall (one in happen, but at the end of the day, if you While the loss eliminated them from the first half) and only two on-goal. continue to do the right things, you will NCAA playoff contention, the team was “In the end, I am extremely proud of be successful.” very much in the hunt for an Eastern Col- this team. We have won 27 games in the The team finished the regular season lege Athletic Conference (ECAC) invita- past two seasons – more than in any other 12-4-1 and 6-1-1 in the conference. Dur- tion. The Wolverines are no stranger to consecutive seasons in our history. People ing the season, they came up with some the tournament competing in 1995, 1996, outside of the team and I imagine mem- big wins against rivals Penn State Behrend 2001, 2005, 2006, and 2010 (winning in bers of the team had their doubts about University and Carnegie Mellon Univer- ’96 and being runners up in ’05 and ’10). this year. Coach Edwards and I like to say sity. The Behrend Lions qualified for the The team did indeed earn an invitation that you are always going to miss what you NCAA tournament and made the round of as the No. 7 seed and played No. 2 seed don’t shoot for. They proved to everyone, 32. The Wolverine win against CMU was Medaille College in Buffalo. and themselves, that if you demand excel- the first against the Tartans since 1986. While there are seeds in the tournament, lence and shoot for it, that is what you will The conference record earned the team a regional location is often more important get,” said Dreves. third place seed in the conference tourna- than record or strength of schedule. In The challenge continues in 2012, as the ment thanks to a regular season tie with 2006, the team earned the No. 8 seed and Wolverines look to build upon this great and a goal differential won its first round game, and in 2010, the campaign and continue to seek excellence. tie breaker. This resulted in another game team went to the finals as the No. 7 seed. against conference rival Geneva in the Again, Grove City felt the sting of a 1-0 semi-final match. After a hard fought game, defeat. In what turned into a midfield the contest ended with a 1-0 loss for the battle, the team held the high powered

Center Circle Page 3 Alumni take the field for annual contest

Any alumni returning to campus for time was had by all. Dr. Donald Lyle, for nearly 75 years. Homecoming this fall were greeted by a former head men’s coach and current Mark your calendars for another wonderful surprise on Saturday morning athletic director, opened the program chance to deepen our family bonds at – the sun! For a brief time the clouds did with some words from the Hall of Fame Homecoming 2012! part and the sun shined brightly for the committee. Lyle, serving as the yearlong annual Hall of Fame Soccer game. chair of the committee, spoke about the Throughout most of the fall, rain committee as a whole and encouraged dominated the weather report. On the those present to nominate fellow alumni Friday of Homecoming, it was the story for selection. He also spoke about the of the day, as the men’s team played ongoing field renovations and awarded visiting Penn State New Kensington in a the John Hickly Service Award to the steady downpour. Physical Learning Center custodians With the field in less than a perfect Mike Bell, Deb Brain and Bob Shoop. state, a large crowd of alumni were on Following Lyle came the formal induction hand to witness the annual march to the of Carnes and Harrington. Carnes was Alumni compete in annual Hall of Fame Soccer game. field to honor Hall of Fame inductees. introduced by teammate Matt Lux ’69 This season, both inductees, Ross Carnes and Harrington by his wife, Marcia. ’70 and Chuck Harrington ’73, suited After some time of food, fellowship up for the match and played significant and speeches, the crowd of more than 150 minutes. parted ways until 2012. As they left, men’s Due to poor field conditions because of coach Mike Dreves thanked the crowd the day before, the teams played two 30 for their ongoing support of the program minute halves and then adjourned to the and encouraged everyone in the room, Physical Learning Center for lunch and including current players and alumni, the induction ceremony. to never forget that the strength of this With a heavy delegation from the late group is built on the great relationships 60s and early 70s on hand, a wonderful and family-like bonds that have been built Friends from the late 60s and early 70s share memories. Additions to soccer complex

Over the past several years there has at Homecoming. Finally, the fence and been a seemingly continuous stream of bushes were placed on the back side of upgrades made to the soccer complex. the bleachers for aesthetic purposes, but This year was no exception as 10 also to keep balls from rolling under the removable flagpoles with conference bleachers during practices on the top flags, two new plaques, a fence behind field. the bleachers and more than 50 burning Thanks to all of the alumni and friends bushes were added to the complex. The who have donated to the men’s soccer flags, located behind the road side goal, team to make these additions possible! frame the field nicely and mimic flags that have adorned Thorn Field for several years. One plaque at the entrance to the bleachers offers up thanks to all of the alumni and friends whose donations have made the complex renovations possible. An additional plaque near the flag poles was placed in honor of Chuck Holmes ’71, when the wall and flag poles were formally dedicated in Chuck’s honor

Center Circle Page 4 ACADEMIC (continued) assist from his midfield position while also honorary. matches for the Wolverines this year and helping the Wolverines post six shutouts. The 2011-12 academic year marks the scored four goals. A two-year letterman, He has played in 60 straight matches and first year that CoSIDA has based its Aca- Boswell was in his first year as a full-time helped Grove City reach the 2010 ECAC demic All-America program on individu- starter and was a 2011 team co-captain. finals. al divisions within college athletics. Cur- In 2010, Boswell helped Grove City reach Eckenhoff owns a 3.98 GPA as a busi- rently, CoSIDA honors student-athletes in the finals of the Eastern College Athletic ness management major. He has earned NCAA Divisions I, II and III, along with Conference (ECAC) Southern Champi- Dean’s List honors, along with placement a “College” division that includes NAIA onship Tournament. on the conference’s Academic Honor institutions and junior colleges. Prior to He has achieved a 3.98 GPA while Roll. He has earned the Presidential this year, the College Division included majoring in molecular biology. Boswell Scholarship and is president of both Omi- NCAA Divisions II and III, as well as is a Dean’s List student who has also been cron Delta Kappa and the College’s chap- NAIA schools. named to the Presidents’ Athletic Con- ter of Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Grove City is now part of District IV ference Academic Honor Roll. Boswell Kern moved to defender this year and for the CoSIDA Academic All-America has received the College’s Presidential started all 19 matches for Grove City. His program. District IV includes all of the Scholarship and earned induction into the work has helped Grove City record six NCAA Division III programs in the Mortar Board and Omicron Delta Kappa shutouts and an overall 1.25 goals-against Commonwealth of . honoraries. average. He played extensively as a reserve Eckenhoff earned his second career in 2010, his first season at the College. Academic All-District honor after receiv- Kern has a 3.56 GPA while majoring in ing Second Team All-District College entrepreneurship. He has achieved Dean’s Division in 2010. Eckenhoff played in all List honors along with a spot on the PAC 19 matches for Grove City, making 10 Academic Honor Roll. Kern has also Donations starts. He scored one goal and added one been inducted into the welcome

If you would like to support the men’s soccer program, make checks payable to Grove City College with “Men’s Soccer” on the memo line. Mail to: Advancement Office, Grove City College, 100 Campus Dr., Grove City, PA 16127.

Caleb Koch ’13 makes save in heavy traffic (left). Adam Brewer ’12 races up field (right).

Center Circle Page 5 100 Campus Drive

Grove City, PA 16127

9. Thiel 9. Waynesburg T-5. 0-0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 0 17-16 Koch Caleb 0

Westminster 8. Bethany 4.

0-0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 0 6-3 Burgan Chris 1

Vincent Saint 7. City Grove T-2.

Jefferson & Washington T-5. Geneva T-2. 0-0 0 .000 0 .000 0 0 0 0 10-2 Leach Mark 3

More Thomas 1.

0-0 0 .000 0 .000 1 0 0 0 5-0 Bjorndal Evan 7

Standings PAC 2011

0-0 0 1.000 1 .000 1 0 0 0 7-0 Rothgeb Jonny 23

1 Chris Burgan 5-3 270:07 5 1.67 12 .706 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 .706 12 1.67 5 270:07 5-3 Burgan Chris 1

0-0 0 1.000 1 .000 1 0 0 0 8-1 Wiley Andrew 24 0 Jesse Wilson 17-16 1480:49 19 1.15 48 .716 11 5 1 4 1 5 11 .716 48 1.15 19 1480:49 17-16 Wilson Jesse 0

No. Name GP-GS Minutes GA Avg Saves Pct W L T Sho T L W Pct Saves Avg GA Minutes GP-GS Name No. 0-0 0 1.000 2 .000 2 0 0 0 4-0 Monteith Maccrae 20

0-0 0 1.000 2 .000 2 0 0 0 18-3 Finelli Nick 36

GOALKEEPERS

0 0 0 19-19 Kern Josh 6 0-0 0 .000 0 .000 3

222 3 2 110 107 Opponents

0 0 0 13-1 Richert Kyle 18 0-0 0 .000 0 .000 4

229 1 4 108 116 City Grove

1 1 0 10-2 Kuniholm Ben 5 0-0 0 .000 0 .000 0

Total OT2 OT 2nd 1st PERIOD BY FOULS

1 1 0 19-19 DeAugustino George 2 0-0 0 .571 4 .000 7

62 0 2 34 26 Opponents

2 0 1 6-0 Snyder Matthew 22 0-0 0 1.000 1 1.000 1

129 1 0 78 50 City Grove

2 2 0 1 19-11 Shupp Mike 15 0-0 1 .300 3 .100 10

Total OT2 OT 2nd 1st KICKS CORNER

3 3 0 11-5 Ayer Alex 8 0-0 0 .385 5 .000 13

92 1 0 49 42 Opponents

3 1 1 15-2 Wilkes Brian 31 0-0 0 .667 2 .333 3

65 1 2 32 30 City Grove 3 1 1 19-10 Eckenhoff Brian 19 0-0 0 .529 9 .059 17

Total OT2 OT 2nd 1st PERIOD BY SAVES 4 4 4 0 19-4 Carmichael Jordan 4 0-0 0 .400 2 .000 5

183 2 6 103 72 Opponents 4 4 4 0 17-14 Adams Daniel 12 0-0 0 .267 4 .000 15

4 0 2 19-18 Wilson Jesse 13 0-0 1 .600 3 .400 5 262 2 2 147 111 City Grove

4 0 2 19-1 Juergens Zach 11 0-0 1 .600 6 .200 10 Total OT2 OT 2nd 1st PERIOD BY SHOTS

4 0 2 19-5 Matherne Kyle 32 0-0 0 .462 6 .154 13

24 0 0 15 9 Opponents

8 4 2 19-17 Kocur Richie 17 0-0 2 .500 12 .083 24

38 1 1 19 17 City Grove

9 1 4 19-19 Boswell Tim 16 0-0 0 .522 12 .174 23

Total OT2 OT 2nd 1st PERIOD BY GOALS

12 0 6 19-16 Brewer Adam 10 0-0 1 .500 19 .158 38

Home: 5-2-1 Away: 7-4-0 Neutral: 0-0-0 Neutral: 7-4-0 Away: 5-2-1 Home:

13 1 6 19-9 Fitchwell Eric 14 0-0 1 .542 13 .250 24

Overall Record: 12-6-1 Conference: 6-1-1 6-1-1 Conference: 12-6-1 Record: Overall

21 1 10 18-12 Quinn Andrew 9 2-2 5 .575 23 .250 40

2011 Statistics 2011

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Pts A G GP-GS Name No. PK- GW SOG% SOG Shot% Sh