Niemeyer Named to Academic All-America First Team
11/22/2004 12:00:00 AM | Men's Soccer
TOLEDO, Ohio -- ESPN and the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) announced today (Monday, Nov. 22) that University of Michigan senior Matt Niemeyer (St. Louis, Mo./John Burroughs HS) has been named to the ESPN Academic All-America first team for men's soccer. Niemeyer, a mechanical engineering and pre-med major, is the first Wolverine to earn Academic All-America honors.
This season, Niemeyer has captained the Wolverines to the second round of the NCAA Tournament and an 11-7-4 overall record. He is one of three U-M students who will represent the entire student body at the Rhodes Scholar state-level competition later this month. In his career, Niemeyer has earned three Academic All-Big Ten Conference citations (2001-03) and is a four-time recipient of the U-M Athletic Academic Achievement award.
The Wolverines play in the second round of the NCAA Tournament with a match against No. 2 seed Indiana on Tuesday (Nov. 23) at 7 p.m. The match will be played at Bill Armstrong Stadium in Bloomington, Ind.
ESPN Academic All-America
FIRST TEAM
GK -- Mike Tortora, Lafayette, Jr., Economics & Business
D -- David Ledet, LIU-Brooklyn, Sr., Political Science & English
D -- Guy Melamed, Boston College, Sr., Accounting
D -- Matt Niemeyer, Michigan, Sr., Mechanical Engineering (Pre-Med)
D -- Ryan Rzepka, Oakland, Sr., Accounting
MF -- Eric Carlson, New Mexico, Sr., Financial Management
MF -- Matt Groenwald, St. John's, Sr., Biology
MF -- Jonathan Hemmert, Bucknell, Sr., Political Science
F -- Christian Bowers, Denver, Sr., Biology & Spanish
F -- Antou Jallow, Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Sr., Marketing
F -- Jeff Rowland, New Mexico, Jr., Accounting
SECOND TEAM
GK -- Dean Arnaoutakis, Columbia, Sr., Pre-Med
D -- Ben Ashwill, New Mexico, Jr., Management
D -- Luke Kitchen, SUNY College-Oneonta, Sr., Business Economics
D -- Noah Salsi, Duquesne, Jr., Physician Assistant
D -- Matt Wootton, New Mexico, Jr., Human Resource Management
MF -- Adam Ben-Zikri, Wisconsin-Green Bay, Jr., Business Administration
MF -- Steven Wacker, Temple, Sr., Kinesiology
MF -- Matt Wiley, Tulsa, Jr., Philosophy & Science
F -- Ablaye Camara, Detroit, Sr., Economics
F -- Alon Lubezky, Hartford, Sr., Economics & Finance
F -- Jason Garey, Maryland, Jr., Finance
THIRD TEAM
GK -- Chris Eylander, Washington, Jr., Engineering
D -- Matt Haney, Delaware, So., Biology
D -- Chris Raye, South Florida, Sr., Psychology
D -- Jonathan Young, Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo, Sr., Business Administration
D -- Adam Zenor, Drake, Sr., Pre-Law
MF -- Doug Lascody, Southwest Missouri State, Accounting
MF -- Dominic Mediate, Maryland, Sr., Kinesiological Science
MF -- Danny O'Rourke, Indiana, Sr., Biochemistry
MF -- Tye Stebbins, Dayton, Sr., International Business
F -- Patrick Colas, Radford, Jr., Economics
F -- Charles Darkwah, Binghamton, Sr., Human Development
F -- Will Weatherly, Santa Clara, Sr., Accounting
*The extra midfielder on the third team resulted from a tie in voting.
Contact: Paul Dickerson (734) 763-4423
