November 14, 2001
B.B. Branton
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Men's Soccer:

All-SCAC Honors for Sewanee

(Sewanee, TN.) --   For the second year in a row, Sewanee swept the two major awards in the All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference men’s soccer balloting announced today by the conference office.

Coach Matt Kern was selected as SCAC Coach of the Year for the second straight season, and senior forward Ryan Davis (Duncanville, Texas/Duncanville HS) was voted Player of the Year. Davis was second team All-SCAC as a sophomore and a junior. This is the first time in SCAC history that one school has received both major post-season awards in consecutive years.

LAST YEAR: In 2000, Kern was SCAC Coach of the Year and All-American Scott Polanacich was SCAC Player of the Year.

Sewanee seniors Andrew North (Forward, Florence, S.C./Chattanooga Baylor) and goal keeper Paul Roper (Richmond, Va./Collegiate) earned first team All-SCAC honors, while second team All-SCAC honors went to junior defender Chris Wooster (Lexington, Ky./Lexington Catholic) and sophomore forward Kyle Johnston (Bowling Green, Ky./Bowling Green HS) and honorable mention All-SCAC was awarded to junior forward David Allen (Lexington, Ky./Lexington Catholic).

TEAM HIGHLIGHTS: Sewanee was 15-3-0 on the season, won the school’s first SCAC soccer championship and also earned the school’s first NCAA tournament bid.

Coach of the Year

Matt Kern – Sewanee Head Coach (15-3-0; career – 126-92-11, 57.4%)

SCAC Coach of the Year – 2000, 2001

SCAC Team Championship – 2001 (co-champions)

NCAA Tournament Participant – 2001

1st Team

RYAN DAVIS -- Senior Forward (defender & forward in several matches)

SCAC Player of the Year - 2001

2nd Team All-South – 2000

2nd Team All-SCAC – 2000, 1999

2001 – 6 goals, 8 assists; Winning goals – 4

Career – 26 goals (11th all-time); 28 assists (6th all-time)

Academic All-South – 2000

Academic All-SCAC - 2000, 1999, 1998

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PAUL ROPER -- Senior Goalkeeper

1st Team All-SCAC - 2001

2nd Team All-South – 2000

2nd Team All-SCAC – 2000, 1999

2001 – 6 goals, 8 assists; Winning goals – 4

2001 – 9 shutouts, 7 in a row

Career – 23 shutouts

2001 – Goals against average, 0.88

ANDREW NORTH -- Senior Forward

1st Team All-SCAC -- 2001

2nd Team All-SCAC – 2000, 1998

2001 – 5 goals, 17 assists; Winning goals – 3

Career – 21 goals (15th all-time), 43 assists (2nd all-time)

2nd Team

CHRIS WOOSTER -- Junior Forward/Defender

2nd Team All-SCAC – 2001, 1999

2nd Team All-South – 2000

Academic All-SCAC -1999

2001 – 3 assists

Career – 4 goals, 8 assists

KYLE JOHNSTON -- Sophomore Forward

2nd Team All-SCAC – 2001

2001 – 5 goals, 1 assist; Winning goals – 2

Career – 5 goals, 1 assist

Honorable Mention

DAVID ALLEN -- Junior Forward

Honorable Mention All-SCAC – 2001

2001 – 6 goals, 8 assists; Winning goals – 4

Career – 20 goals (16th all-time) (20 Assists (8th all-time, tied)